St. Paul's Church, Chippenham

CHURCH WARDENS  -  I want to welcome John Hartley as a new Church Warden (at St Paul’s) and thank all those who have been re-elected this year as Wardens -  Michael Meilton; Caroline Preston & Sarah Cook; Derek Boulton & Debbie Loveday; and Colin Labouchere.  Thanks for what you do – you ARE appreciated!
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GRACE & TRUTH  -  Ann & I have recently been to Lee Abbey where we heard Mike Pilavachi speak on the topic Grace Awakening.  As always, it was a lovely time away in a beautiful setting with good food, fellowship and worship.  For me the highlight was to re-read John 1:14
The Word became flesh and [...]

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ST PAUL’S REORDERING – with the excitement and wonderfully generous response (some £110,000 given, pledged or loaned) for the next phase of work at St Paul’s church we are looking to be able to start on this after Easter. The PCC recently gave its go-ahead and we are hoping the builders will be proceeding with [...]

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EVERY BLESSING – I write this before Christmas and yet you may read it after the start of 2010. So, I wish you God’s peace and blessing at this time. The dark nights and colder weather remind us that we are a people who thrive on warmth. We need the sun and household heating to [...]

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ST PAUL’S RE-ORDERING APPEAL  -  as I write this, I am delighted by the initial response to our appeal for Phase 2 of the St Paul’s church building improvements.  Something like half the required money has already been donated or pledged as we look for £100k +.  Thank you for all that has been given [...]

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I AM BACK!!!!!!  -   you may have noticed that I have not been rambling recently… or you may not have! …but I am back and should appear on both St. Paul’s Chippenham website and that of St. Nicholas’ Hardenhuish.  Also, we are looking at ways of possibly printing some copies off and distributing them.  If [...]

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VISITORS FROM UGANDA – what a superb visit we had from Bishop Paul and Mama Margaret from Mukono in Uganda last month. It was a real joy to have them with us as we celebrated 40 years of the link between Uganda & Bristol diocese. Very special was the Confirmation service held at Box and [...]

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WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL – I am writing this as we celebrate Easter which is indeed a wonderful festival in the Christian year. But part of the joy comes as a contrast with the events leading up to it – in what we now (2000 years later) call Holy Week. I always appreciate marking Holy Week and [...]

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THE STATE OF THE WORLD  -  we are all very aware of the current economic situation (which has an effect of some sort on virtually everyone – but in a variety of different ways) and I don’t think I can add much to what has been said – except that it reminds me to put [...]

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LAST MONTH/THIS MONTH – sorry, we did not manage to produce a copy of the February CLARION (due to some technical difficulties) but I am glad we are back for March!
WHERE THERE IS NO VISION… – Proverbs 29:18 is a verse of the Bible which was introduced to me when I was working for CMS [...]

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