Newsletter
Find out the very latest news from All Souls Church by viewing this week's newsletter.
Find out the very latest news from All Souls Church by viewing this week's newsletter.
Richard writes about the various groups that are on offer, which can help to explore and grow our faith... ...
Richard writes about the various projects that All Souls helps to run on our local Ivybridge Estate...
Richard writes... [download in pdf format] Turnout or Teamwork? Church life isn’t “politics” (I hear you cheer!), but perhaps an interest in “turnout” is one thing we have in common? Politicians talk about “getting out the vote” on election day, as we’re urged to “turn out” and do our civic [...]
It's time to grow! See what our vicar, Richard, has written to the church about in his monthly letter.
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"Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. ...and God separated the light from the darkness." "The light shines in the darkness and the darkness does not overcome it." I love that God created light - and Thomas Edison too. Walking up Kilimanjaro in the very early [...]
Did you know that ‘Eden’ means ‘pleasure’? We are supposed to experience the natural world as the ultimate playground. When we enjoy and savour it, we fulfil its purpose, we lift it into meaning. But this is best done with dirty hands, with the sweet, musty smell of turned soil [...]
Jesus said: "Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires [...]
Part of the mess of our world is our dis-location from the land beneath our feet, especially in urban ‘western' culture. We've lost our sense of dependence on- responsibility for- and delight in- the earth. Tomatoes grow on shelves, and will always be there, wrapped safely in cellophane. Our journeys [...]