• December ’19 Parish Magazine

    December ’19 Parish Magazine

    Dear Friends and Parishioners  I have just selected the Advent Study Course book for this year,  ‘Image of the Invisible’ by Amy Scott Robinson, published by the Bible Reading Fellowship. I do hope that you either attend the sessions or read the book with its daily readings for Advent and Epiphany, or better still do…

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  • November ’19 Parish Magazine

    November ’19 Parish Magazine

    Dear Friends and Parishioners  The clocks have changed, and in the wonderful way of the Church, as the physical world goes into longer periods of darkness, spiritually we enter the Season of Light. During November we are reminded that our faith in Jesus Christ takes us beyond the darkness of death into the glorious light…

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  • September ’19 Parish Magazine

    September ’19 Parish Magazine

    Dear Friends and Parishioners  What a mixed bag of weather we have had this summer, more like autumn sometimes! Our climate never leaves us short of conversation material. It also makes us aware of the fragility of the world and our individual and collective responsibility to be good stewards of creation.  Since our Lent Eco-challenge,…

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  • July & August ’19 Parish Magazine

    July & August ’19 Parish Magazine

    Dear Friends and Parishioners  The excitement, noise and bustle of the TT races is behind us. Despite the downturn in the weather bringing more rain and mist than sunshine and dry spells, the bikers that I spoke to who visited Marown Church for hospitality were pleased to be here on their holidays. For some people…

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  • Special Guest: Revd. Alessandra di Chiara

    Special Guest: Revd. Alessandra di Chiara

    On Sunday 30th June 2019, our guest for the 18:30 service at St Luke’s Church Baldwin will be Revd. Alessandra di Chiara of St George’s and All Saints, Douglas.

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  • June ’19 Parish Magazine

    June ’19 Parish Magazine

    Dear Friends and Parishioners  Well the excitement of the TT races will have been and gone by the end of the first week of this glorious month of June. We pray that there will have been fine weather, great racing and safety for competitors and spectators alike along with genuine fellowship offered through the hospitality…

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  • May ’19 Parish Magazine

    May ’19 Parish Magazine

    I hope you had a very Happy Easter. We are looking forward to continuing the celebrations of Easter throughout the coming weeks. Unlike Christmas that is over in a week or two at most, this season lasts for seven weeks. During this time we also celebrate Ascension Day, which will be held at Old St…

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  • April ’19 Parish Magazine

    April ’19 Parish Magazine

    Dear Friends and Parishioners  I am sure you have noticed the number of sets of traffic lights that have appeared around the island over the past months. The ones at the Glen Darragh Crossroads in Glen Vine are creating a mini carpark as far as the vicarage first thing in the mornings as traffic queues…

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  • March ’19 Parish Magazine

    March ’19 Parish Magazine

    Dear Friends  Spring is almost upon us and as the earth comes to life once again, so we look to our spiritual renewal as we approach Lent. A ‘buzz word’ in Church circles these days is ‘discipleship’ but what does this word mean for us? Two thousand years ago it was associated with the ten…

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  • February ’19 Parish Magazine

    February ’19 Parish Magazine

    Dear Friends in Christ across the Parish,  I pray that 2019 has begun well for you and that you all enjoyed the celebrations of Christmas both at home and in our churches. I would like to thank all who helped to decorate our churches and those who had a particular role in our Christmas services.…

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