Today we welcome Christina Beare-Maythan, together with her parents James and Suzanne and her godparents, for her baptism in Holy Trinity Frankfield. Please pray for Holly Alderson, Jenny Barber, Sophie Dawson, Kian Donovan, Amy Dunne, Davan Elliffe-Smith, Charlotte Greene, Kosi Ibebugwu, Isobel Kingston, Niall Lynch, Ella Marry, Daniel McCarthy and Katie Neill who will be confirmed by the Bishop in St. Luke’s Church at 11.15am. Monday Badminton [...]
The Curate writes…… Community of the Resurrection As I write this, the excitement in my household is almost palpable. Easter is coming and my children are looking forward to the arrival of the Easter Bunny and all the Easter eggs that come with it. They do understand that there is more to Easter than just Easter eggs, although sometimes, especially at the ages of five and seven it is [...]
Sunday 20th Palm Sunday Walk begins in Douglas Community Park at 3pm. Monday Evening Service – St. Michael’s Church, Blackrock @ 8pm. Tuesday Evening Service – St. Luke’s Church, Douglas @ 8pm Wednesday Holy Communion – St. Luke’s Church, Douglas @ 11am. Evening Service – St. Luke’s Church, Douglas @ 8pm Thursday Holy Communion – St. Luke’s Church, Douglas @ 8pm Friday Hour by [...]
Sunday 13th The Famine Lunch will take place in the Canon Packham Hall after the 11.15am service in St. Luke’s Church. Please support our confirmation group in this charity fundraising event. Monday Morning Prayer – St. Michael’s Church, Blackrock @ 11am Badminton – CPH @ 8pm Tuesday Parish Art Group - Old Schoolhouse @ 10am. Badminton - Marmullane @ 8pm. Select Vestry Meeting – CPH @ 8pm [...]
The Rector writes…… Three historical events frame the life of Jesus of Nazareth. He announced God’s Kingdom; he was crucified by the Romans; his disciples declared him to be the Messiah and Lord. From the first century onwards, sceptical interpretations abounded about him and still do today. Was Jesus a failed revolutionary whose followers invented morale-boosting stories about him? This seems unlikely. Other similar religious movements ended with [...]
As this is Mothering Sunday all parishioners are invited to join the clergy as we attend evensong today in St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral at3.30pm. It is our ‘Mother Church’ and for centuries people were encouraged to visit it on this day. Sunday Service and Sausages - St. Luke’s Church, Douglas @ 6pm followed by Hot Dogs in the Canon Packham Hall. Monday Morning Prayer – St. Michael’s Church, Blackrock [...]
Today we are delighted to have Linda Chambers from the United Society with us as a guest speaker at services in Marmullane and Douglas. At Christmas we supported the aid work being sponsored by the Society in Swaziland. Monday Morning Prayer – St. Michael’s Church, Blackrock @ 11am Badminton – CPH @ 8pm Tuesday Parish Art Group - Old Schoolhouse @ 10am. Badminton - Marmullane @ 8pm. [...]
Today we welcome Alan Espey into the family of the church as he is baptised in St. Luke’s Church, Douglas. Monday Morning Prayer – St. Michael’s Church, Blackrock @ 11am Badminton – CPH @ 8pm Tuesday Parish Art Group - Old Schoolhouse @ 10am. Badminton - Marmullane @ 8pm. Wednesday Badminton –Marmullane @ 10.30am Holy Communion – St. Luke’s Church @ 11am. Lenten Lunch – Blackrock [...]
Visitors from Sweden. To-day we welcome visitors from the Church of Sweden to our parish. Very Revd. Christofer Lundgren (Dean of Strängnäs Cathedral) will be the guest preacher in St. Luke’s Church. He will also be attending the service in Holy Trinity Church in Frankfield along with Mrs Ingrid Fredriksson who is a member of the Bishop’s Council in the Diocese of Strängnäs. Baptism. We also welcome Sam Clibborn [...]
The Rector writes…… This month sees the start of Lent. The theme we are adopting as a parish this year is ‘PILGRIMAGE’. We will be focusing on it is two specific ways. Firstly, each Friday morning we will be meeting upstairs in the Canon Packham Hall at 11.00am to explore the 2016 Lent Course on Pilgrimage prepared by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI). Each participant will be [...]
