Category Archives: Letters

St Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, What a wonderful event our Flower Festival proved to be! St. Michael’s looked absolutely splendid with over forty amazing displays beautifully arranged by a band of incredibly talented floral artists – and … Continue reading →

Dear People of Alnwick, Weddings are featuring large in my life at the moment! We have more weddings booked at St Michael’s this year than I have known in the past five years – and that is really good news. … Continue reading →

St Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, I’ve always been interested in words – and when I talk with couples who are preparing for marriage we usually have a discussion about the word ‘commitment’. In modern day life, people … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, As Jane and I returned from the polling station to elect our County Council representatives, the postman was delivering our polling cards for the General Election which is to be held on … Continue reading →

                                                                                    St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, What a splendid Holy Week and Easter we had at St. Michael’s.  My thanks go to all who contributed in any way – and it was good to have such positive … Continue reading →

  Dear People of Alnwick, This letter will come to you just as Holy Week and Easter approaches. In the few short days between Palm Sunday and Easter Day, we experience just about every possible human emotion. From the ‘Hosannas’ … Continue reading →

St Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, I write this letter just days after the decision by the General Synod of the Church of England not to ‘take note’ of the Bishops’ report ‘Marriage and Same Sex Relationships’. Elsewhere … Continue reading →

St Michael’s Vicarage, Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, Christmas may now seem a distant memory – but I want to share with you some good news. In less than twenty-four hours between our Christingle service, Midnight Mass and the 8.00am … Continue reading →

St. Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, By the time you read this letter our “Posada” project will have begun again for another year. The figures of Mary and Joseph will have started out on their journey around the … Continue reading →

St Michael’s Vicarage Alnwick Dear People of Alnwick, Last Thursday afternoon I spent a wonderful time at St Michael’s Primary School. I’m very used to being there on a regular basis – particularly to lead school worship – but, on … Continue reading →