All Saints Fishponds1 day ago3 min“Go on your way. See, I am sending you out.” Luke 10:3May you know afresh God’s call, invitation, grace and strength as you seek to serve him and draw others into his all-embracing love.
All Saints FishpondsJun 253 minWhat exactly is this thing called "Love"?Dear All Saints and St Marys Welcome to all who are new to our churches and I hope that everyone new and old (and anywhere in between)...
All Saints FishpondsJun 173 minThemes for the WeekDear All Saints and St Mary’s This Sunday, at St Mary’s, we have an opportunity to continue our reflections on what it means to believe...
All Saints FishpondsJun 102 min"We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:1Greetings dear friends on this Trinity Sunday, Trinity Sunday celebrates how in the coming of the Holy Spirit, God is revealed to us as a...
All Saints FishpondsJun 42 minCome Holy SpiritDear All Saints and St Mary's Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful people, and kindle in us the fire of your love! What a...
All Saints FishpondsMay 203 minJourney through the Acts of the ApostlesDear All Saints and St Mary’s In this Sunday’s readings we continue our journey through the Acts of the Apostles, with an excerpt from...
All Saints FishpondsMay 62 minImagery of shepherd and sheepDear All Saints and St Marys This weeks readings take us deeper into the meaning of Easter, and what it can mean to be a Christian. We...
All Saints FishpondsApr 293 minCare and TendIn Easter season we rejoice and proclaim the risen Lord. We give thanks for the new creation that the resurrection holds out to all in hope
All Saints FishpondsApr 222 minRejoiceThis Sunday we continue to rejoice in the new life that God offers us through the resurrection of Jesus.
All Saints FishpondsApr 152 min'Victory is ours through Him who loves us.’ (Desmond Tutu) Happy EasterThat is the power of faith and of a faith that is joyfully woven and committed to the resurrection.
All Saints FishpondsApr 82 minA Week of Different MomentsHoly Week starts this Sunday. This week we enter into, as the very first friends of Jesus did
All Saints FishpondsApr 22 minPress on to take hold....Press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of you... Philippians 3:12 Dear Friends, The 5th Sunday of lent is the...
All Saints FishpondsMar 262 minWho is my familyAs a Church family we come together for a myriad of reasons this Sunday and with it we bring ourselves, our stories, our lives to our church
All Saints FishpondsMar 123 minExpectations“…our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ." – Philippians 3:20 ...
All Saints FishpondsMar 53 minA Happy Lent ?But the word “happy” jars slightly when linked to Lent in the same way perhaps that the word “Good” always feels slightly at odds with Frida
All Saints FishpondsFeb 263 minWe pray.We live in uncertain times. Even when there is nothing practical that we can do, even when we don’t know what to pray for, we pray.
All Saints FishpondsFeb 193 minRuachBe merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, until the...
All Saints FishpondsFeb 123 minStrength of Love It has been a week of reflecting on love. The strength of love shown by a family. The strength of love seen in friendships.
All Saints FishpondsJan 222 minEpiphany Season - 3rd SundayDear All Saints and St Mary’s This Sunday we have a variety of things to be thinking and praying about. It is the third Sunday of the...
All Saints FishpondsJan 153 minTransforming Obedience in Water and Winet is a season in the church which invites us to understand a little more about God revealed in the person of Jesus Christ.
All Saints FishpondsJan 83 minEpiphany: The Baptism of ChristGreetings friends, This Sunday we remember and celebrate the glorious mystery of Christ’s Baptism. The gospel story is thrilling! The...
All Saints FishpondsDec 31, 20213 minHappy New Year!In this New Year when we wake up each new morning and see the sunrise (or hear raindrops tinkling on next door’s leaky gutter),
All Saints FishpondsDec 18, 20213 minAdvent 4: Mary, mother of the promised Saviour'Greetings, most favoured one! The Lord is with you!' - what reassuring words from the angel Gabriel to a surprised Mary!
All Saints FishpondsDec 11, 20213 minAdvent 3: John the Baptist Sunday – “What should we do?” Prophets throughout biblical and secular history have said and done things that challenge our norms and have been catalysts for change
All Saints FishpondsDec 4, 20213 minThe Adventure of AdventDear All Saints and St Marys On Tuesday I had the delight of being able to join Year 3 at Fishponds Academy to lead an Advent Assembly....
All Saints FishpondsNov 28, 20212 minThe Season of AdventDear All Saints and Saint Marys The season of Advent is a time to reflect on and prepare for the coming of Jesus. However, there has...
All Saints FishpondsNov 20, 20213 min“So you are a King then?”‘The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.’ Quite a title!
All Saints FishpondsNov 13, 20212 minRemembering on Remembrance SundayDear All Saints and St Marys This Sunday we mark Remembrance. Alongside sisters and brothers around the world we will pause and stay...
All Saints FishpondsOct 30, 20212 minSaints! Those who say ‘yes’ to GodAll Saints Day is a wonderful point in the calendar because it turns the spotlight of honour onto ALL Saints – whether known or unknown...
All Saints FishpondsOct 8, 20213 minThe Challenge of Balance and Getting MuddyDear All Saints and St Marys I have been contemplating the challenge of balance in the last few days. How do we balance things in our...
All Saints FishpondsOct 1, 20212 min"He is the radiance of God’s glory""He is the radiance of God’s glory, the stamp of God’s very being, and he sustains the universe by his word of power." Hebrews 1.3 Dear...
All Saints FishpondsSep 24, 20213 minBlessings of the small thingsGreetings All Saints and St Mary’s, Hope you have all had good weeks and known the God of goodness and mercy at work in your life. This...
All Saints FishpondsSep 17, 20213 minThe Changing Seasons of CreationDear All Saints and St Marys It has struck me in the past week that the seasonal changes that happen in autumn are much more present and...
All Saints FishpondsSep 4, 20213 minGearing Up or Winding Down as we Welcome SeptemberDear All Saints and St Marys – Blessings. September often brings with it a sense of the “new”. A new start for so many as schools go...
All Saints FishpondsAug 28, 20213 minPaying Attention to the small thingsDear Sisters and Brothers As the Bank holiday Weekend begins its good to be able to look forward to the next few days and what that...
All Saints FishpondsAug 20, 20213 minTo the saints who are in Fishponds and are faithful in Christ Jesus.Paul tells us to do two things. First, having prepared ourselves, we need to stand up to challenge the evil that is in the world. Secondly,
All Saints FishpondsAug 13, 20213 minGreetings of joy, peace and hope to you all today. 'Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us'.
All Saints FishpondsAug 6, 20212 min* Awake, stretch, and shine *One of the suggested lectionary-themed hymns this week begins with the line: “Awake my soul, stretch every nerve”.
All Saints FishpondsJul 30, 20212 minA God of Calling and ChangeDear All Saints and St Marys Blessings Today is the feast of Ignatius of Loyola – who lived in 1491-1556 in Spain. He is perhaps famously...
All Saints FishpondsJul 23, 20212 minFruits of the SpiritHow kind have you been to others this week? How gentle have you been to yourself?
All Saints FishpondsJul 2, 20213 minThanksgiving and Thank you’sDear All Saints and St Marys This weekend, and last weekend, are often called “Petertide”. After Saint Peter no less! St Peter and St...
All Saints FishpondsJun 25, 20213 minA question of fair balanceFairness and generosity are at the heart of Paul's plea to the church in Corinth in this week's New Testament reading
All Saints FishpondsJun 18, 20213 minGod of SurprisesI have been pondering the phrase “The best laid plans...”. Its a proverb which speaks of how even some of the best plans can go awry.
All Saints FishpondsJun 11, 20213 minJoy of the OrdinaryIt is this time in the ordinary cycle of the church that we are given a little space to settle into a familiar rhythm.
All Saints FishpondsJun 4, 20212 minWHAT EVER WE DO, WE DO FOR THE GLORY OF GODWe think about living in the light of the Glory of God in our services this week
All Saints FishpondsMay 21, 20212 minPENTECOST - Happy BirthdayAs part of the festival of Pentecost we celebrate the very beginning of the Church, a group of people from a multitude of places,
All Saints FishpondsMay 14, 20212 minASCENSIONTIDE - Earth becomes a part of Heaven’s story!In these days from Ascension to Pentecost, the church embarks on a global season of prayer called They Kingdom Come.
All Saints FishpondsMay 7, 20212 minAll’s well and All shall be wellToday – May the 8th - is also the day the Church remembers Julian of Norwich (1417). She was the first woman to have her writing published
All Saints FishpondsApr 30, 20212 minThe Good News We Share3 simple prayers: Morning Lord... Lunchtime Lord... Evening Lord....
All Saints FishpondsApr 23, 20213 minAlleluia Christ is Risen. He is Risen indeed. Alleluia There is something rather wonderful about the Easter greeting. Its simple call and answer response.