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Author Archives: Colin Watson
St. Michael’s post-pandemic
St. Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick July 2021 Dear People of Alnwick, Many of us had hoped that, by the time you were reading this, we would have been released from ‘lockdown’ and things might have been returning to normal — whatever … Continue reading
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Happy Place
Jane, July 2021 When lockdown first started last March, it was suggested by a friend that one way to cope was to think of your ‘Happy Place’. After a while, I realised that my ‘Happy Place’ is my greenhouse. I … Continue reading
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“My Chains fell off, ….”
St. Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick June 2021 Dear People of Alnwick, As I write this letter the Prime Minister has just officially informed the nation that we can proceed to the next stage on the roadmap to recovery from the Coronavirus … Continue reading
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Gateway Magazine, June 2021
Gateway, the St Michael’s parish magazine, is available in hardcopy format, but you are also welcome to read the magazine here, via a downloadable pdf, or the embedded viewer below:
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Journey Out of Lockdown
St Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick May 2021 Dear People of Alnwick, As we continue to journey along our roadmap out of lockdown it had been really good to see so many people returning to church. Last Sunday, at the 10.00am service, … Continue reading
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Recovery
St Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick April 2021 Dear People of Alnwick, As I write this we are preparing, as a church, to take part in the National Day of Reflection marking a full year since our country first went into lockdown … Continue reading
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Nurturing the Seeds
St. Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick March 2021 Dear People of Alnwick, In early January Jane began her gardening year by planting tomato seeds. This year we will have red, yellow and black – yes, black – tomatoes. The seeds were carefully … Continue reading
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Gateway Magazine, March 2021
Gateway, the St Michael’s parish magazine, is now available in hardcopy format, but you are also welcome to read the magazine here, via a downloadable pdf, or the embedded viewer below:
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Lent Prayer
– A Lent Prayer Lord, it is Lent. Lent is for stillness. Let us be still in the presence of God. It is Lent after a long year. What has been done has been done; what has not been done … Continue reading
Towards a Thankful Lent 2021
St. Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick February 2021 Dear Friends, LENT 2021 Jennie and Iris were great friends and stalwart members of the church where I grew up and I remember them with great fondness. Coming out of Evensong many years ago … Continue reading
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