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Vicar Ramblings – a new route through a familiar landscape

The interview went well: I got the job! From January, I will become the Vicar for the Vale Benefice, continuing to live and work here, but taking on the senior vicar role, with a new responsibility for leadership and oversight. This will be a gradual transition, as one of the first things that I will need to do is work toward appointing a new Associate Vicar so that we can go back up to having...

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Vicar Ramblings – We can all get stuck in a rut.

We can all get stuck in a rut. Frustrated that we keep repeating the same errors. Saint Paul’s words can chime with all of us; “I do not understand what I do; for I don’t do what I would like to do, but instead I do what I hate.” Romans 7:15-25 How do we go about making changes in our life? In a podcast interview the author James Clear advises that the place to start,...

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Vale Benefice Advent Course, Thurs 28th Nov onwards

The Vale Benefice Zoom Advent course will be running from 8-9pm on Thursday 28th November, Thursday 5th December, Wednesday 11th December and Friday 20th Dec.  We will be exploring the Advent theme of the Coming of the Saviour, from the different perspectives of Bible characters linked to the Christmas story. For more information and the Zoom meeting details, please contact Alec at vicaralec@valebenefice.org.uk.

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Safeguarding Sunday

17 November 2024 is Safeguarding Sunday and this year more than 5,000 churches will take part, including St John’s. It’s a chance to listen and to talk together about how we can create places that are safer for everyone. We believe that safeguarding is an outworking of our faith in a loving and just God – the God who calls us to speak up on behalf of those who cannot speak for themselves and to Read more…

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