Author Archives: Parish Church of St Mark, Chadderton

I’m sure that, at one time or another, most of us will have heard someone say that they wouldn’t mind being a teacher, and the reason they’ve given for saying that is that teachers get so many holidays. Perhaps we’ve even said it ourselves!  But do teachers really get so many holidays? I’m sure thatContinue reading “Sermon: 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 6) 11th July, 2021”

Last Tuesday, 29th June, was the feast day of St Peter and St Paul. Because of the date of that feast of the Church, this time of year is often referred to as Petertide, and it’s the time of the Church’s year in which ordinations to the sacred ministry usually take place. Ordinations do takeContinue reading “Sermon: 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 5) 4th July, 2021”

In my sermon last Sunday, I spoke about the prevailing attitudes in the Church of England and questioned whether the current secular business model, woke agenda driven road the Church seems intent of following at the present time was the road the Church ought to be on. I asked whether this road would actually solveContinue reading “Sermon: 13th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Trinity 4) 27th June, 2021”