Author Archives: Revd Alex Pease

Crib Service 2020 – the Recording

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Christmas Day Parish Communion 2020

So lockdown Christmas – the preoccupation of planning from Remembrance Sunday! We started by thinking about a one service in four sites (our four churches) approach using zoom technology but soon realised that we almost had the technology to do … Continue reading

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Crib Service 2020 – in a year of Covid

OK so for the first time ever the Crib Service at Easton was not completely packed out – we had the regulation 30 people attending…but we did have the most amazing brand new poem re-telling the Nativity Story written by … Continue reading

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First Communion of Christmas John 1:1-18 by Revd Alex Pease

It was great to see St Mary’s Avington so full this evening.  The church had been decorated beautifully and it was wonderful to see the candles lit.   We were grateful for John Dover playing the organ as we hummed … Continue reading

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The Nativity Story

This will, I hope, make you smile this morning – produced by my son in law’s church Stenhouse Baptist Church in Edinburgh  

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Margaret Christine Hellier 1935-2020

Close family only were able to say goodbye today to Margaret Hellier who lived with her husband Russell for many years at Willowmead in Easton.  The processional music was Charles Aznavour singing ‘Old Fashioned Way’ and the recessional was ‘Edelweiss’ … Continue reading

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Christmas Services 2020

Dear Neighbours, I know that many of you will be feeling quite blue about Christmas this year as your arrangements for the day have been trashed by the virus; some will have too much turkey and food and some, who … Continue reading

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Valley Worship Sunday 20th December 2020 – The Recording

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Are we living in the Twilight Zone? Romans 13:11-14 by Nicky Barber

Romans 13 v.11-14 How often do you look at your watch or phone during the day, just in case something needs attention urgently. Does time (or the lack of it) ever feel like a slave driver, heaping pressure on you … Continue reading

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Beryl Irene Walker 1928-2020

A close group of family and friends met today to say a sad goodbye to Beryl Walker.  John Dover played the organ processional and Psalm 23 as a recessional.  Given the Covid restrictions, we were limited to lip synching and … Continue reading

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Carols on the Move 2020 and the Video

What a wonderful experience it was!  Despite the disappointment for Chris Ellis of the failure of the amplification and generator (into which he had put so much work to provide) which was to travel on the back of Michael Gray’s … Continue reading

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Is there enough evidence to convict you of being a Christian? By Archdeacon Richard Brand

At our Parish Communion on Sunday at St John’s Itchen Abbas we had some technical problems with zoom (for which many apologies and from which we have learned) but the service was led very kindly by Archdeacon Richard Brand who … Continue reading

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Carols on the Move Tuesday 15th December 2020

We will be visiting all four villages in the Parish as follows (please note slightly different locations in Martyr Worthy and Avington): Martyr Worthy: 6pm by the Church in Church Lane Itchen Abbas; 6.30pm Old Station Road Avington: 7pm meet at … Continue reading

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Carols on the move – Tuesday 15th December

Dear Parishioners, Because you were not able to come to us at Grace’s Barn this year to sing carols we have decided to visit you.  This year the Itchen Valley Parish Choir led by Maj. Gen. Tim Tyler will be … Continue reading

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Sung Advent Evensong at St John’s Itchen Abbas and John the Baptist Mark 1:1-8 by Revd Alex Pease

How wonderful to be back in church again after Lockdown 2.0!  This evening it was in St John’s Itchen Abbas where Maj Gen Tim Tyler brought his customary enthusiasm, humour and talent to lead the Itchen Valley Parish Choir to … Continue reading

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