News and views at Trinity Churches
The new word of the month seems to be ‘pingdemic.’ Have you heard it used? The number of people getting ‘pinged’ has been increasing hugely over recent weeks, resulting in empty supermarket shelves, staff absences...
I’ve been glued to the Olympics for the last few days. What is it about that sporting event that encourages us all to become armchair experts at Taikwondo scoring, synchronised diving splashing or dressage etiquette?...
Monday was “Freedom Day”. A friend of mine shared the following verses from Galatians with me, from The Message version of the Bible: ‘It is absolutely clear that God called you to live a free...
“It’s coming home?” Sadly not this year, though it’s been good to dream and great to watch the football over the last few weeks. Like me, did you stay up late on Sunday evening and...
Amidst ZOOM meet-ups, diocesan gatherings and a certain world cup game, it was a more sobering reminder in my calendar which has caught my attention. This week marks “Srebrenica Memorial Week“, recalling the events following...
Last week I sat through the final minutes of a football match between Portugal and France, their their last group game. It seemed that some final groups games had almost “finished before they had started”,...
We hosted a gathering of church leaders from across the area last night at Meole Brace Church. “Archdeacons Visitation” is what it was formally called, which does sound pretty formal and potentially painful doesn’t it!...
“Church talks about Jesus.” It’s hardly newsworthy stuff is it, the sort of thing that would ‘go viral’ on twitter or hit the front pages of the local newspaper. And yet that’s what we’re going...
Some of the staff team have spent the day sitting in the garden together. There were six of us enjoying time with each other, building team together, and doing some training alongside a few other...
We’ll keep this a briefer email than most weeks – think of it like a bank holiday week edition. So alongside the main reminder that we’d love to welcome you – in person or online...
I was reading a while ago about some of the different traditions associated with Pentecost: processions through the streets, blowing trumpets during the service, throwing rose petals from the ceiling, bringing flowers and green branches...
