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 July 2026
From the Parish Priest
Dear Friends,
At the very end of May, we celebrated one of our Fifth Sunday Special Celebrations, Celebrating the Unity of God in Trinity, at the Coronation Hall at the Fox and Grapes Pub.
It was the most wonderful occasion—not despite, but because of, a bit of a disaster…
The worshipping Community at Lifton Methodist Church discovered, with only a couple of days to spare, that the building works they had commissioned would not be finished in time for Sunday, and the church building would not be safe to use.
A couple of phone calls between the Minister and Parish Priest later, and all was sorted for our Methodist neighbours to come and join with us in our Fifth Sunday Celebration. To everyone that I have spoken with, it was the very best occasion we have had. It was joyful, friendly, and sincere, with members of all churches taking a full part.
My dad had a lovely phrase: “Our Pear-shaped can be God’s perfect apple!” God can transform human disasters into divine triumphs. The Miracle at Cana in Galilee and the Feeding of the Five Thousand are examples of God and human beings collaborating to rescue what would have been disasters, turning them instead into wonderful experiences of God’s love.
There is so much in the world that depresses us right now, but we know that God’s love transforms. We should look for every opportunity to demonstrate that in the world and the community we live in and share.
With love and prayers,
Philip