Recent copies of letters from our previous minister Brian. These are reproduced from the monthly Newsletter.

From Our Previous Minister, Brian

Letters From Brian, Our previous Minister

Recent copies of the letters from our previous Minister Brian. These are reproduced from the monthly Newsletter..
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July 2018 From The Minister’s Waiting Room

The NHS does incredible work and sees vast numbers of patients every year ... -> More....

June 2018 From The Minister’s High Registers

‘You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind and all your strength' -> More....

May 2018 From the Minister's High Ground

Your likes and loves are a secret no more ... -> More....

April 2018 From the Minister's Igloo

People started talking to each other, many visited elderly neighbours -> More....

March 2018 From The Minister's Relative

It’s all very human and many of us see ourselves in that moment of anger. -> More....

February 2018: From the Minister's Level Playing Field

The Church has only recently brought equal thinking to bear. .. -> More....

January 2018: From the Minister's Blank Pages

Our approach to life can be the deciding mark for this New Year ... -> More....

December 2017: From The Minister’s Christmas Tree

Ordinary individuals lived through extraordinary times ... -> More....

November 2017: From The Minister’s Reading Pile

Jesus warned of persecution and people seeking to isolate Christians. -> More....

October 2017: From The Minister’s Conversation Pit

They do not do religion but they do do God? -> More....

August-September 2017 The Minister’s Memory

We need God for every aspect of our life -> More....

July 2017 From the Minister’s Wireless

Our expectations for those in public service has to find a reality check -> More....

June 2017 From the Minster's Soapbox

Jesus stayed out of politics .... -> More....

May 2017 From the Minister’s Ringing Ears

Christians may bang on about their Smartphone but how many of us ever talk about faith -> More....

April 2017 From the Minister’s Forward Planning

There is hardly a right time for sermons about the subject of death and one wishes to be sensitive. -> More....

March 2017 From the Minister’s Radio

It was his identification of our fears which grabbed my attention! -> More....

January 2017 From The Minister's Diary

Remembering the message of hope may prove difficult at times but Jesus is our rock and our salvation. -> More....

December 2016 From the Minister’s Christmas Tree

Advent offers all of us Hope, Peace and Love! -> More....

01/11/2016 From The Minister's Bunker

I said a few years ago at Remembrance that future conflict may well be cyber based rather than boots on the ground -> More....

01/08/2016 From the Minister’s Sporting Knowledge (this won’t take long)

Christ is keen on reflection, he asks us to examine ourselves -> More....

01/07/2016 From the Minisiter's Standpoint

The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew chapter five sets out a list of nine features of conduct. -> More....

01/06/2016 From The Minister's Fence

An old Sunday School Teacher used to pose the question ‘what would Jesus do’ ? -> More....

01/04/2016 From the Minister's Dog Walk

There are some days I could weep at having to turn out once more with an excited Labrador... -> More....

27/02/16 From the Minister's ...

As we come to Easter I think the world needs a simpler explanation for the importance of resurrection. -> More....

01/02/16 From the Minister's Radiogram

It’s all very sad and rather shallow, the hope of Christ has far more to offer to Hero and zero alike -> More....

22/12/15 From the Minister’s Pray Station

... prayers are said at my desk; out walking the dog; on my bike; in our church during the week and at the kitchen sink. -> More....

01/12/15 From the Minister's Christmas Tree

Even in the best Christian homes the telling of the Christmas story is a very rare event over the turkey -> More....

01/08/15 From The Minister's Bunker

To my mind the seagulls are worse this year than in all the years I have lived here -> More....

01/07/15 From The Minister's Comfy Chair

How often do we really know the answer to something without hearing from God what action to take? -> More....

01/06/15 From The Minister's Deckchair

We all need a rest, a change of scene, and a time to be -> More....

27/04/15 From the Minister’ soapbox

Politics like religion and money are private matters in this country .. -> More....

01/04/2015 Du Bureau De Notre Pasteur

Je suis Cheritein - I am Christian -> More....

01/03/2015 From The Minister's To-Do List

We should know that our view of ourselves may not be shared by many. -> More....

01/02/15 From the Minister’s Enthusiasm

We all know that some people are ‘glass half full’ characters while others are the opposite. -> More....

01/01/15 From the Minister’s Chair

The subject of optimism and pessimism come to many minds in Winter -> More....

01/12/14 From the Minister's Chair

Merchants and style gurus have made off with Jesus’ birthday and it’s time to give it centre stage once again. -> More....

01/11/14 From The Minister's Office Desk

Matthew chapter 7 states ”Do not judge or you too will be judged....' -> More....

01/10/14 From the Minister’s (Non-Existent) Pew

In John’s Gospel Jesus offers calmness to all who debate issues of contention. -> More....

26/07/14 From The Minister's Pew

I went back to preach at my old church in Bicester a few weeks ago -> More....

01/07/14 From the Minister’s Deck Chair

I don’t know if any of you have lived in community but it can have its moments as well as its blessings. -> More....

01/05/14 From The Minister's Workstation

This month marks the conversion of John Wesley .... -> More....

01/04/14 From The Minister's Workstation

What do YOU believe about the resurrection???? -> More....

01/02/14 From the Minister’s Fireside Chair

During my recent absence I had an excuse to watch more television than usual -> More....