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TODAY from 11am #muswellhill #alexandrapark #loveyourparish

Sarah Mullally is (or will be when formally installed) the first Archbishop of Canterbury to share her surname with anyone who played multiple Tests for England since Matthew Hutton in 1758. More recently Geoffrey Fisher and Rowan Williams shared theirs with one Test wonders.

The promises of the parish priest Alexandra Park Parish, St Andrew’s Church

Harvest ready!

250 people came to our parish history exhibition today - a great celebration of the parish church and its community past and present - thank you to all who came! Our parish magazine archive is such a treasure and it was a joy to be able to share it with so many.

Lucy Winkett (a priest in the ⁦London Diocese, so knows about her leadership style⁩) writes about ⁦BishopSarah⁩’s appointment as #ArchbishopofCanterbury. ⁦Archbishop of Canterbury⁩

‘Sin is blind to our social categories: it exploits every opportunity, corrupts every hierarchy, and stains even our noblest causes’. More excellent writing via Mark Clavier markclavier.substack.com/p/entangled-hi…

‘I loved the boy with the utmost love of which my soul is capable; and he is taken from me – yet in the agony of my spirit in surrendering such a treasure I feel a thousand times richer than if I had never possessed it’. Wordsworth.

Bishop of Birmingham hits back at Robert Jenrick Open letter expresses "dismay and disappointment" at Jenrick's comments about not seeing "another white face" in "worst-integrated" Handsworth Bishop Michael Volland says Jenrick's claims are "entirely wrong and I reject them"

Very grateful to Lambeth Palace for agreeing to coordinate announcement of new ABC BishopSarah to kick off our festivities 😜…Prayers offered for Bishop Sarah here on Sunday.

Tomorrow begins #BabyLossAwarenessWeek #BLAW2025. Each ribbon outside St Andrew’s bears the name of a loved one. We’re open every Thurs from 10am, Sun 9am-12:30pm & this Sat 11am-1pm if you’d like to drop in to light a candle or offer a prayer as we remember these precious lives.

‘Thou that hast giv’n so much to me, Give one thing more, A grateful heart… Not thankful when it pleaseth me, As if Thy blessings had spare days; But such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise’. George Herbert - Gratefulness

When Real Madrid players weren’t allowed to touch the ball more than once 🤩⚪️