Author: Ian Trimnell

Service of Thanksgiving & Renewal, Sunday 5 September 2021, 3.00pm

On Climate Sunday, 5th September 2021, there will be a special Service of Thanksgiving and Renewal at 3:00 pm.  The service will be led by the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft, and the Presidents of the Milton Keynes Mission Partnership.
Click on the heading above to view the live stream and the order of service.

Morning Prayer Friday, 3 September 2021

Have you found some of the recent news broadcasts difficult to listen to, as I have?  While our hearts may have been uplifted by the determination and achievements of those taking part in the Paralympic Games, nevertheless much of our news, especially some of the harrowing stories from Afghanistan, has brought feelings of shock, disappointment, or...

Sermon for Sunday 29 August 2021

By Revd George Mwaura Psalm 15 & James 1: 17–27 God of wisdom, teach us to utilise the gifts you have given us wisely, using them to build each other and your church. Amen Today’s message from the letter of the Apostle James is not justification by works, but justification that works. He insists that righteousness...

Sunday Evening Together – 29 August 2021

At 6pm we will be leading the next Sunday Evening Together. This will be a relaxed time of fellowship with songs, reading, prayers and a short reflection given by Revd. George Mwaura. We plan that the meeting will be no more than 45 minutes long. While this is aimed primarily at those of our fellowship who...

Sunday Evening Together – 22 August 2021

At 6pm we will be holding our next Sunday Evening Together. Krou Assoua LLM will be leading this meeting, which will be a relaxed time of fellowship with songs, reading, prayers and a short reflection. We plan that the meeting will be no more than 45 minutes long. While this is aimed primarily at those of...

All Age Worship – Live Stream , 22 August 2021

Our All Age Worship will be live streamed today. There are two cameras, one faces the dais, covering the altar and lectern. The other camera faces the organ and choir area. The live feed from these cameras will be shown below.  You may watch both videos at once or just one. However, the size of your...

Holy Communion – Live Stream, 15 August 2021

Holy Communion will be live streamed today There are two cameras, one faces the Dais, covering the altar and lectern. The other camera faces the organ and choir area. The live feed from these cameras will be shown below. You may watch both or just one, depending upon the size of your device (two may fit...

Sunday Evening Together – 8 August 2021

At 6pm we will be holding our next Sunday Evening Together. Janet and I are hosting this meeting, which will be a relaxed time of fellowship with songs, reading, prayers and a short reflection. We plan that the meeting will be no more than 45 minutes long. While this is aimed primarily at those of our...

Holy Communion – Live Stream, 8 August 2021

Holy Communion will be live streamed today There are two cameras, one faces the Dais, covering the altar and lectern. The other camera faces the organ and choir area. The live feed from these cameras will be shown below. You may watch both or just one, depending upon the size of your device (two may fit...

Service of the Word – Live Stream, 1 August 2021

The Service of the Word will be live streamed today. There are two cameras, one faces the Dais, covering the altar and lectern. The other camera faces the organ and choir area. The live feed from these cameras will be shown below. You may watch both or just one, depending upon the size of your device...

Evening Prayer Wednesday, 28 July 2021

Let me think by Faiz Ahmed Faiz You ask me about that country whose details now escape me, I don’t remember its geography, nothing of its history. And should I visit it in memory, It would be as I would a past lover, After years, for a night, no longer restless with passion, With no fear...

Evening Prayer Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Do you have any advice for those of us just starting out? by Ron Koertge Give up sitting dutifully at your desk. Leave your house or apartment. Go out into the world. It’s all right to carry a notebook but a cheap one is best, with pages the color of weak tea and on the front...

Morning Prayer Tuesday, 27 July 2021

Evening by Raymond Carver I fished alone that languid autumn evening. Fished as darkness kept coming on. Experiencing exceptional loss and then exceptional joy when I brought a silver salmon to the boat, and dipped a net under the fish. Secret heart! When I looked into the moving water and up at the dark outline of...

Evening Prayer Monday, 26 July 2021

Do you have any advice for those of us just starting out? by Ron Koertge Give up sitting dutifully at your desk. Leave your house or apartment. Go out into the world. It’s all right to carry a notebook but a cheap one is best, with pages the color of weak tea and on the front...

Morning Prayer Monday, 26 July 2021

Trauma and silence By Felicia Murrell. If you’re silent, you can hear the forest breathe, the holy hush of the tree’s limb. “Silence,” said Thomas Merton, “is God’s first language”: the way it soaks into your skin, surrounds you, blanketing you like the forest’s breath. Silence: The cadence of the land at rest, the body asleep,...