Category: Marown
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Advent Songs
Advent is a good time to think about and prepare for the return of Christ (as well as get ready for Christmas). Other than joining the Advent Course at Marown you might like to listen, think and pray to some songs and hymns on the theme of advent (or alternatively sing loudly whilst doing the…
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Easter Day 2020
Over the past week or so I have been able to look out from windows at the back of Marown Vicarage and watch new life unfolding. A particular joy has been to see two, sometimes three, young rabbits playing a game of tag round the vegetable beds at the top of the back garden. They…
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Weekly Pew Sheet 12-4-20
The most glorious day of our Church year has arrived and despite the social-distancing and church closures we will rejoice in the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour. We are more aware than ever before of our need for Jesus atoning sacrifice and the victory over death that comes from his resurrection. Our Bible readings…
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Easter Sunday Sermon 2020
Hope you’re enjoying the sunshine and the quietness. Happy Easter! Because it’s the most important (and joyful) day in the Christian calendar I’ve done a small piece on the resurrection (nothing original – nothing really new). The old medieval scholars – philosophers and theologians – always referred to two books: the book of Scripture and…
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Maundy Thursday and Good Friday
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Please find attached 2 services that I offer to you as we mark these holy days of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday plus a reflection from myself. I invite you to use the Maundy Thursday material this evening 7pm which is when we would have had our parish service…
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Weekly Pew Sheet 5-4-20
We are at the beginning of the most sacred week in our Church year. We celebrate Jesus entry into Jerusalem, the crowds cheering and waving their palm branches. This rapturous reception soon turned sour and by Friday Jesus would die on the cross. Doug chalk has written an excellent piece about Palm Sunday. There is…
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Palm Sunday Sermon 2020
During Lock-down I have, among other things, taken the opportunity to re-visit Richard Dawkins’s 2006 book The God Delusion. I have it on Kindle and a nice hardback edition too. Richard Dawkins is not pleased with God. He seems to have chosen God as his sworn enemy. The God Delusion is essentially an extended diatribe…
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April ’20 Parish Magazine
Dear Friends and Parishioners As we approach Holy Week and Easter, I offer you the poignancy and joy of this season. I keep you in my prayers, petitioning God for your safety and well-being. The events of the last week of Jesus life provide us with inspiration and reflection in our present situation brought about…
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Foodbank Collection Box
The Isle of Man Foodbank collection point at Marown Church has been moved to Marown Vicarage whilst the Church is closed during the current lockdown. The collection box can be found just outside the vicarage door. For the latest information about the work of the Isle of Man Foodbank, check out their Facebook page.
