Image of the Porch at St Andrew's SAINT LEWINNA MEMORIAL ICON APPEAL UPDATE Please forgive the cheesy title but we think it does carry a message. Many of us have become so overwhelmed by the modern ‘icons’ of celebrity, film, TV, YouTube, etc., that we barely remember or care what the word ‘icon’ actually means or once meant, particularly in its Christian context, purpose and association. We may not know where the word originally comes from. Some of us would be forgiven for believing a...

This year, in creating our Christmas tree, we have gone with the colours of Advent, but what does this mean and what do the colours represent? The word ‘Advent’ means – Coming, or Arrival. It is the beginning of the Christian liturgical year. An opportunity to take time and reflect on the birth of Jesus. However, in this modern world it often becomes a time of stress, there’s so much to do that there hardly seems time to remember to put Christ into Christmas. In church the process of awaiting...

The church was packed to overflowing with a variety of dignitaries and members from his former churches of Keymer and Clayton as well as...