Family Events and Celebrations
It is a privilege for the church community to host people when they come to celebrate and commemorate the important events of family and community life.
Whether you are wishing to celebrate the gift of new life through Baptism, or your marriage, to commend a loved one at the end of their life, or to commemorate or celebrate any event or achievement, you are most welcome to contact us about it.
Wherever you are on Life’s pilgrimage, we can assure you of our prayers.
Initially, please contact the Parish Priest.
Priest's Letter November 2025
Dear friends,
They say that Christmas gets earlier and earlier every year!
This year I saw my first Christmas display in a supermarket in August!!!!
I love Christmas — both the festive atmosphere in our homes and communities, and the joy of our Christmas Worship in church.
Despite what commerce may claim, Christmas begins on Christmas Eve.
The twelve feast days end with the wonderful celebration of the visit of the Wise Men on the feast of the Epiphany (January 6th), and the season concludes gloriously and finally on February 2nd, when we celebrate the last event of Christ’s infancy on the Feast of Candlemas.
Now, I am not a killjoy, and I am not in any way saying that we should not fully embrace the joy and hope of Christmas — but when we start Christmas so early, we stop ourselves being able to appreciate the joy and excitement of the season of Advent.
Advent Sunday heralds the start of a new Christian year — four weeks of excited anticipation, not just for our Christmas celebrations, but for God’s call and purpose for each of us.
The words, symbolism, and music of the season are some of the most poignant and meaningful that we have.
There is a real danger that we blind ourselves with so much early Christmas light that we fail to see or experience the beauty and joy of watching and waiting, which are the great Advent themes.
This year, Advent Sunday falls on a Fifth Sunday, and we will be celebrating it with every fibre of our being at a special Fifth Sunday Service in Lifton Community Centre, followed by a celebration lunch.
Do come and join us at the start of a new church year as we make our Christian New Year’s resolution and commitment to watch for, and wait on, the Lord Jesus.
With love and prayers,
Philip