The day of resurrection! Earth, tell it out abroad. So begins an 8th century hymn and every year Christians across the globe do just that. This day is greeted with shouts of joy; he is risen,...
From the Rectory – Resurrection
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Easter Opening at Coddenham Community shop
We look forward to seeing you over the Easter weekend for Easter eggs, gifts and lovely local products. Remember you can order fresh meat, cheese, bread and vegetables for your Easter celebrations....
Coffee Morning at St Mary’s
Coddenham Coffee Morning Homemade cakes and coffee with warm hot cross buns. Saturday 9th April 10.00 - 12 noon at St Mary's Church, Coddenham Easter crafts for children All welcome. All proceeds to...
From The Rectory – What Do You Do?
‘What do you do?’ For much of our life we are, so it appears, defined by our occupation. Even in retirement or death, official forms often seek to know ‘What did you do?’ What we do is not just a...
From The Rectory – Candles
This weekend we celebrate Candlemas. Traditionally this is the moment that candles were brought into church for blessing before use. With that in mind, I have been thinking about candles. ...
From the Rectory – Mothering Sunday
This week I enjoyed a fascinating TV programme about a Puma family (BBC Dynasties – Puma). I have never seen a Puma, but having once enjoyed a holiday in Chilean Patagonia, where much of the filming...
Mothering Sunday at St Mary’s
You are warmly invited to our Mothering Sunday Service at 10.00am on Sunday 27th March. A chance to say 'thank you' to those who care for us or have cared for us in the past. Children will be able...
From The Rectory
From the Rectory, Sunday 13th March 2022, Lent 2 No words of wisdom this week as the Rectory has been left in the ‘watchful hands’ of its new resident. Hopefully he/she won’t have eaten everything...
St Mary’s Coffee Morning – Saturday 12th March
To celebrate Fair Trade Fortnight Coddenham Church Coffee Morning will be open for freshly brewed coffee and home made cakes, with FAIRTRADE and TRAIDCRAFT STALLS. St Mary's Church, Coddenham....
From the Rectory – Spiritual Warfare
In 1989 the Berlin Wall fell, symbolically ending nearly 45 years of the Cold War dividing Europe. I had moved to West Germany with the RAF two years earlier, in 1987. Had anyone told me then that...