Category Vicar’s News

Dear Friends, We begin this month with our wonderful Christingle Service at church. This annual event is held each year at Candlemas. Although Christingle services are often celebrated at Christmas, we like to mark ours at Candlemas—a special day which…

Happy New Year! 2026, I can’t believe it!! I hope you had a relaxing if not enjoyable Christmas and that you have been able to find some time to stretch your legs and blow away the cobwebs? Its lovely if…

As I write at the end of November, I am thinking about Christmas puddings! One of my favourite things at Christmas. This coming Sunday is known as Stir Up Sunday because one of the set prayers following Holy Communion, after…

We have had a lot going on this last month in the parish of Capel and Ockley. Our last fundraising event of the year – the Murder Mystery play and supper was performed to great acclaim at Ockley Village Hall…

Writing this on what is predicted to be the hottest day of the year thus far, it is rather pleasant to think that September is only just over 2 weeks away! I am thinking of cooler days and mellow September…

August – a time to take a breather perhaps? Schools out and for some it is holiday time. As I write I am preparing to take a trip to Portugal for a few days with my daughter and grand daughters…

Liz’s Letter June is a particularly joyful month for us this year as we continue our Easter celebrations. The Easter season concludes in June, and we’ll mark this with the celebration of Pentecost—the fulfillment of Christ’s promise with the arrival…

Dear Friends, I hope you had a happy Easter and have been enjoying this very warm spring of late. As I am writing this letter for May we have just celebrated Easter at our churches. It was a blessed occasion…

I am writing this on the first day of Spring following several days of beautiful warm sunshine. What a treat! The early blossoms are burgeoning amidst the brightly coloured daffodils and primroses which adorn our beautiful countryside around here. How…