The Parish Church of Bramhope
Good morning everyone. So. This is it. The last time I wheel out the wheelie bins and convert the Church into a recording studio. Our last pre-recorded virtual service. Apparently we have produced around 700 separate videos since 23 March
Good morning everyone. It’s Pentecost Sunday. I’m always caught out by the sudden liturgical change to the colour red after it being white for quite a while. Likewise the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives catches us unawares – in
Good morning everyone. It was Ascension Day on Thursday and today is known as the Sunday after Ascension Day. Our reading is part of Jesus’ great prayer to the Father in John’s Gospel. The prayer contains many rich themes, like
Good morning everyone. In our Gospel today Jesus at the Last Supper says to his disciples, “I do not call you servants any longer, I have called you friends” (John 15. 15). In these words Jesus moves us away from
Hello everyone. In our Gospel this morning Jesus talks about abiding with us. The whole sweep of the Bible teaches us that God has chosen to abide with us. John’s Gospel develops this rich theme “and the word became flesh
Hello everyone. Today, Sunday 25 April, is St Mark’s Day. The Gospel reading for today honours the young man who accompanied Paul and Barnabas on their earliest missionary journeys and the person who wrote the first ever Gospel. In all
Hello everyone. This weekend we remember Prince Philip and the many decades he supported the Queen. People have been reassessing what he accomplished in his life, not least because the Duke of Edinburgh himself played down his own achievements.
Hello everyone, This week the Gospel is about my namesake Thomas meeting the risen Christ, and that moment when Thomas cries out “My Lord and my God”. We give thanks for Thomas and for this statement of faith articulating Jesus’s
Alleluia, Christ is risen! He is risen indeed, Alleluia! Happy Easter everyone. Our thanks to Marva Fuller, Sara Leefe and Joy Smith for decorating the Church with Easter flowers – which coincides with a return to Church today. I am
Good Friday Reflections Hello Everyone, Of all the Gospels it is perhaps Mark’s Gospel that is most suited to the year we have just had. Mark is the only Gospel to resist having a happy ending, with the women running