St Augustine's Church with Holy Trinity

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we enter this Christmas season, I invite you to imagine a kind of hope that is rooted in the unchanging nature of God and his promise to restore every part of his creation. We may have experienced many challenges throughout the year, but I want you to know that Advent hope does not minimise any difficulties you might have gone through, nor does it assume things will soon get better. Instead, it introduces us to a place where we can face

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we approach the close of the Church’s liturgical year, this Sunday’s gospel from Luke 21: 5-19 invites us to reflect on perseverance, witness, and hope as we prepare for the year ahead. The gospel reminds us that following Christ requires endurance and trust, especially when the world around us is uncertain, or hostile to faith. I think this is a good message at this time as it helps us in our preparation for the season of Advent. And d

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, November contains many significant foci, including acts of remembrance. However, it also contains the annual Inter-Faith Week (Sunday 9th – Sunday 16th November) which could not come at a more important time in terms of our national and global need for understanding of, and care for, our neighbour, whatever their religious background. Across our diocese we are blessed by many local examples of relationship building between faith leaders an

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Harvest Festival: Today we celebrate harvest festival to give thanks to God for the food and for all...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I will be on Extended Study Leave (Sabbatical) from today 1st June to September 2025. This short...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The Annual Parochial Church Meeting (APCM) is held this Sunday. This is an opportunity to review the...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The period leading up to Jesus’ death and resurrection appeared as chaotic and confusing for his...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we look back to how the events leading up to Easter Sunday transformed our lives, we are reminded...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We come together to mark the beginning of Holy Week with the Palm Sunday celebrations. We process...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In our Bible Study this week we explored the concept of ‘being together.’ We discussed a number of...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Mothering Sunday: Today we celebrate and honour mothers and "mother figures” for their love and...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we enter the third week in Lent let us take time to share with one another how we are keeping...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, During this season of Lent, we might want to ask ourselves what it is that we long for and desire....

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We mark the beginning of Lent with the knowledge that the season introduces us into a new journey of...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Ash Wednesday: We will mark the beginning of Lent on Wednesday 5th March with two services of Holy...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Outreach to Children and Young People: We made a commitment to deliberately reach out to children...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In today’s Gospel (Luke 5:1-11) we hear how Simon Peter struggled to catch fish all night, and in...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Today we celebrate the presentation of Jesus in the Temple and the purification of his mother, Mary,...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, On this third Sunday after Epiphany, we hear from the gospel of Luke (4:14-21) about the beginning...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Join us on this Second Sunday of Epiphany, to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Mothers’ Union...