Readings for Sunday 12 March

At St Laurence we have a dedicated Serving Team of eight, both men and women. With some variation of members, the current team dates back 32 years.

Readings for Sunday 5 March

Readings for 26 February.

We had a lovely service on Tuesday 21 Feb to mark the licensing of our new rector.

Join us to welcome our new rector, the Revd Dr Stephen O'Connor in his licensing service at St Laurence Church, Winslow.

Readings for Sunday 12 February.

Readings for this Sunday 5 Feb.

What does the Winslow railway have to do with St Paul?

A reflection from Revd Daphne for the Week of Christian Unity.

Readings for the week ahead, starting with the Second Sunday of Epiphany.

I expect many of you have given up on New Year’s Resolutions – but maybe I can tempt you to a daily one!

Happy new year! Some thoughts for 2023 and readings for Epiphany.

A Christmas reflection from the Revd Canon Alan Hodgetts.

Although Advent is seen as a season of repentance, just like Lent, it would be a hard heart that doesn’t start to get excited at the anticipation of the arrival of Christmas and all that entails.

We are called in Advent to wait in JOYFUL expectation for what comes next.

If it seems that you are in the middle of it at the moment, talk to someone, talk to God, none of us are alone.

Join us for a Christmas Coffee Morning!

This week is the last week in the church’s year and as a result we celebrate Christ the King.

We remember. God remembers.

This week we celebrate Bible Sunday, a day in which the church takes time to celebrate God’s word.

This week we are celebrating St. Luke, the man who wrote the Gospel of Luke as well as the Acts of the Apostles.

This Sunday marks the beginning of Prisons Week, an annual week of prayer working to see an end to the human suffering caused by crime and imprisonment – for all those affected.

On Sunday we are celebrating Michaelmas, the Feast of Michael and All Angels. It is a major day in the church

Having watched, like so many others, the funeral of the Queen on Monday, I came away with a mixture of emotions.

One of the saddest parts of my role, as well as being the greatest privilege, is getting to sit with the family of someone who has recently died.

When we heard of the death of the Queen, like so many, Sue and I felt such a strong sense of loss.

It is with a deep and profound sense of sadness that we, as a church, join in the praises and condolences at the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

We have chosen to God call Father. We do so to say something about the nature of the relationship he has with us.

What a strange word with which to begin a sermon! So, what is or was banned?

August is a strange month...

The church remembers quite a selection of people this week.

In the Book of Deuteronomy (15:4) it says that “there should be no poor among you”. Jesus says, “the poor you will have always with you” (Mark 14:7).

In my Confirmation classes about prayer I used to teach the students about A.C.T.S. with which I expect a lot of you are familiar. It stands for Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication.

This week the church celebrates James the Apostle, patron saint of Spain, Guatemala, Nicaragua, fishermen and, most importantly, Great Horwood’s church.

How do we get close to Jesus? Are we a Mary or a Martha?

Last week I went to answer questions from Year 5 in Winslow School about prayer.

This Sunday is the Feast of St. Thomas - “Doubting Thomas”. He is an apostle that we don’t know much about, but he does tell us a lot about ourselves.

Last Friday the Church celebrated the Birth of John the Baptist.

Saying ‘yes’ is a vital part of our relationship with God, because it means something.

The good news of Pentecost is something that carries on throughout the year because the Spirit pouring out into our hearts is what allows us to flourish.

This week we are celebrating a Jubilee - a Jubilee like no other.

How do you get on with authority? Revd Mark shares some reflections for Ascension Day.

Hypocrisy – not practising what you preach – was an accusation Jesus levelled at some religious leaders in his time. Are we guilty of saying one thing and doing another?

As we look around us, what works in our lives and the people around us testify to the love of Jesus?

Revd Didier shares his top tips for saying your prayers.

An Easter Day sermon from the Revd Daphne Preece.

None of our Holy Week activities were possible without a huge effort from a great array of people and we do not say thank you enough.

Readings for Easter Monday onwards.

Every day this week, we will be journeying with Jesus with a rich variety of services. Why not join us?

Readings for Mothering Sunday.

We have a little Fig Tree – nothing does it bear! Jesus uses the example of a Fig Tree to illustrate a couple of hard sayings.

The question that Batman asks himself is not really very different to that which God asks us: are we willing to bring hope and light into our corner of the world?

Given the appalling mess our world is in, and in particular the horrific situation in Ukraine, what would Jesus do? And what might Jesus want us to do?

I was asked this week by a child whose family owns some chickens, “Why did God make foxes?”

As I write this, the news from the Ukraine is looking very bleak. It can sometimes seem as though we learn nothing from our past mistakes.

Join us for our first Creative Communion service, suitable for all ages.

Readings and a reflection for the 14th February 2022.