Remembrance - a personal perspective Christ the King, Battyeford, Sunday 11 November 2018 The centenary of the Armistice at the end of World War I. Today my wife were at my father's church where he was to lay the poppy wreath later in the service. We met with him inside the church, where he was …
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Remembering
Remembering Christ the King, Battyeford, Sunday 16 September 2018 Two years ago, on the 18th September 2016. I went late to Christ the King to deliver the sad news to my Father that my mother and his wife had passed away in the night. Today, on the nearest Sunday to that day, my wife Linda …
Do not be afraid
Do not be afraid Christ the King, Battyeford, Sunday 1st July 2018 Not my usual church. This is my Dads church, although it was my church between 1974 to 1978 when I lived with my parents. I have even been on this church's PCC. I spent the day by taking the bus from Huddersfield, which …
Re:member.
Remembrance Sunday, 9th November 2014 Sunday was a trip to a different Church, Christ the King, Battyeford, The day was Remembrance Sunday, and my father was laying the wreath. Here he is after the service. But what do we remember? Is it the glorious dead? I can see nothing glorious in war, most of the …
Making an ass of myself 