Chaplains
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Chaplains24th March 2020
Refuge & strength
In this time of the chaplaincy being closed, but all our people being open to God’s care and love, let us pray: Keep us, good Lord, under the shelter of your mercy in this time of uncertainty and distress. Sustain...
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Chaplains24th March 2020
Care on Campus
Dear Friends and colleagues, Having just heard the latest Government measures, I write to assure you of a Christian presence of inclusive and holistic care on this campus. The Chaplaincy will now be closed. However, the night light is on, and the...
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Chaplains23rd March 2020
Thought for the Day
Good morning. What a strange and disorientating time. Please God we quickly get on top of this new illness. The Bath campus is an eerie place - deserted. Most of our students have gone home. It happened so quickly. One...
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Chaplains19th March 2020
Chaplaincy in a time of crisis
Greetings We are living in extraordinary times. I don't remember such a degree of unsettled disorientation since 9/11. People are wandering around, looking dazed, wondering what will happen next. This is also a time of importance for our community, to...
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Chaplains17th March 2020
The Gift of Joy – “Come and see”
Sermon, Bath Abbey 15-3-20 Readings: Romans 5: 1-11 and John 4: 1-42 Text: Today we talk about the gift of joy. Guy, on the vision evening, give this invitation; “come and see”. There is so much joy, through generations. Imagine...
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Chaplains17th March 2020
Heartbeat and Reach
Advice from a CofE Bishop: In the midst of much fear and confusion, the Christian community is surely called to establish pools of gentleness, to re-imagine our common life as yeast and salt, heartbeat and reach. Almighty Father, creator and...
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Chaplains9th March 2020
New Zealand Prayer - Week 2 of Lent 2020
God of the unexpected When we come to our senses like the prodigal son Give is grace to repent and turn to you again; For where else can we go? Gentle Father, Show us our sins as they really are...
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Chaplains5th March 2020
What does Luke bring to the infancy narratives?
Readings: Isaiah 7: 10-14, Luke 1: 34-45 I sat thinking about the discussions after a conference of church ministers talking about eccentrics in the church - many priests are. It had been a good evening, and we had laughed at...
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Chaplains3rd March 2020
Churches Prayer - Week 1 of Lent 2020
Almighty God, Whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness, And was temped as we are, yet without sin: Give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit, And, as you know our weakness, So we...
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Chaplains27th June 2018
This Changes Everything
Easter reflection by Mark Searle, Rector, All Saints Weston There are two types of time. The ordinary kind of time, it is chronological and keeps on moving forward - Kronos. The other kind of time is the extraordinary, defining moment...