LETTER FROM THE VICAR OCTOBER 2022

Dear FriendsWelcome to the month of October in The Claydons, Calvert, Calvert Green, Sandhill and Verney Junction. October is a month for our rural senses, according to The Campaign for Rural England. Trees begin to turn colour, leaves rustle on the branches and...

POEM  : You wait for us

You wait for us until we are open to You. We wait for Your word to make us receptive. Attune us to Your voice, to Your silence.   Speak and bring Your son to us – Jesus, the word of Your peace. Your word is near, O Lord our God, Your grace is near. Come to us...

POEM  : The Sticky Label

I think, if I was clever That I would never, never Invent a label, sticky That needs one to be picky And takes a painful hour To scrape off from a jar!   They drive me into fits They tear in tiny bits! I can’t help feeling blue When they leave behind the glue;...

POEM  : The Difference

So often I can’t wear the right clothes, Speak the right words, Fit the right mould, Be the shape people want me to be, Expect me to be, Demand that I am, To conform. ‘ But you Lord Accept me, Release me, Make it possible to be me, Perfectly free In your...