Diocesan Blog
St Martin-in-the Fields to broadcast national online service for Advent Sunday
St Martin-in-the-Fields church in central London is to broadcast a national online service to mark the start of Advent this weekend as the nation prepares for a Christmas ‘like no other’ amid the coronavirus pandemic. The service for Advent Sunday will be the first in a series of pre-recorded ‘worship at home’ national online Church of England Advent and Christmas services with the theme of Comfort and Joy. This weekend’s service will be broadcast from 9am on Sunday on the Church of England’s YouTube and Facebook accounts. It will include Advent hymns from the Choral Scholars of St Martin-in-the-Fields and a sermon delivered by the Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Revd Dr Sam Wells. Revd Richard Carter, Associate Vicar for Mission at St Martin-in-the-Fields, will welcome viewers at the start of the service. “Advent is the time where we wait – we wait for the coming of Christ but we wait in hope… Read more
Prayer Diary December 2020
The December Diocesan Prayer Diary is no available online and for download… Read more
Giving Hope to Vulnerable Christians - Silent Nights in Bethlehem
Brothers and Sisters, This is the time when I had hoped that we would be on Pilgrimage to the Holy Land! The disappointment that we may feel at having to postpone our pilgrimage is as nothing compared with the plight of our fellow-Christians in the Holy Land and the wider… Read more
Change of Gear
After many years of lively, friendly lay ministry with the Church of England, Paul Bregazzi will no longer be wearing Reader gear in church having decided, aged 85, to stand down this month from the responsibilities of leading services or preaching. Dr Paul Bregazzi’s long ministry was celebrated in Ballaugh… Read more
New Team Rector Announced for Onchan, Lonan and Laxey
Bishop Peter is pleased to announce the appointment of The Revd Alessandra di Chiara, currently Interim Minister of St Peter’s, Onchan, as Team Rector of Onchan with Lonan and Laxey. Bishop Peter writes: It is with great joy that I appoint Revd Alessandra to this senior… Read more