Category Archives: Letters

St Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, Throughout my ministry one of my great interests has been the Church’s ministry of Wholeness and Healing. It is an area which, by prayer and sacrament, the Church has much to offer … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, “It’s a small world” so the saying goes – and so it has proved to be in recent weeks. You will be aware that we receive lots of visitors at St. Michael’s … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, I always look forward to this time of the year: the weeks which lead up to Petertide, one of the traditional times, and probably the most popular, for ordinations. This year it … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, Easter was so late this year that our magnificent display of daffodils in the churchyard was well past its best even before Palm Sunday. So, rather than having a somewhat ‘wilted’ greeting … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, This letter will be published on Mothering Sunday – the morning after the clocks go forward one hour. Hopefully the negative aspect of losing an hour’s sleep will be outweighed by the … Continue reading →

St Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, Hardly a Sunday goes by at St. Michael’s without finding that we have some visitors in our congregation. At 8.00am we find people on holiday who have plans for the rest of … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, I never cease to be fascinated when, in conversation, people tell me about their hobbies. In fact, taking the dictionary definition of a hobby as “a favourite pursuit; a personal pastime that … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, I am writing this letter the day after our very successful Winter Market which was, once again, held in our own Parish Hall. And what a splendid occasion it was! So many … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, My father was born in the last week of the First World War – meaning that 4th November would have been his 100th birthday. Of course very few of us need specific … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick  Dear People of Alnwick, As many of you will know, I usually have a murder-mystery book on the go. Recently, I’ve been enthralled by the writings of L J Ross whose novels are all based in … Continue reading →