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New Year message from the Chaplain
As we begin the new year 2021, my wish for you all is for a happy and blessed year. But while I write this, I am well aware that the difficulties of 2020 have not gone away. I get fed up with it all, and I know you do too. How we face up to 2021 will be one of the major challenges for each of us this year. Change, restrictions, challenges abound in our own families and lives: what about Christ…
A letter from the Chaplain on lockdown #2
Dear members and friends of Christ Church, Thursday evening’s announcement by President Macron of a second lockdown took me by surprise. I knew we were facing further restrictions but even though I had not expected lockdown#2 I found myself humming ‘We Shall Overcome’! Whilst that may something about my age, it also speaks volumes about where we are as a church community, resilient, cheerful, flexible, responsive, caring. In March we moved our community on-line in the space of a few…
A message of encouragement and hope
Dear members of Christ Church, far and wide,I write to offer words of encouragement and hope. We find ourselves in uncertain times, many of our usual activities, particularly coming to church, have been suspended for the time being due to the Coronavirus/ Covid-19 pandemic. I believe that it is our role as Christians to offer a way of living not driven by fear, but to listen to the medical professionals and act in a way that helps our communities. Never…