Category Archives: Ministry Team Blog

My goodness what a busy week!  Sunday early morning BCP followed by Valley Worship and football, Monday Little Rainbows, Midday Prayers, Monday Group and extensive post holiday meetings with Beccy, then train to London to see Steve Brine speaking in … Continue reading →

Dear Neighbours, Then there was one!  From one full time Rector, two curates and two licensed lay ministers to just one part time Rector and one licensed lay minister in the space of a couple of years; there have been … Continue reading →

If you were interested in my post about HTB Focus HTB Focus Post and want to see the talks they are here. Unfortunately you now have to pay a small amount for each one.  I can however really recommend Graham Tomlin, … Continue reading →

Of course, it used to be sunny and warm in July and August and I guess that’s why we British are stuck in a cultural warp of organising all our outside events during these months.  And I did feel for … Continue reading →

This article first appeared in the August 2017 edition of Itchen Valley News ‘The five neighbour test’ Lucy and I, and a number of other volunteers, have, during July, been knocking on doors in the Valley with the Who Cares? survey.  … Continue reading →

This article appeared first in the March edition of Itchen Valley News In the final weeks of the US Presidential Campaign in 2016 Lucy and I were watching the final series in the US TV drama West Wing.  It was … Continue reading →

Letter from the Rectory by Revd. Alex Pease This letter first appeared in the December 2016 edition of Itchen Valley News During the month of December we enter the period of the church year called Advent.  It is a period … Continue reading →

CAVE CHURCHES OF MOKATTAM, CAIRO by Sarah Shirley On a recent visit to Egypt with my brother to visit my daughter, we had the opportunity to see the cave churches of Mokattam on the outskirts of Cairo Below the Mokattam … Continue reading →

September 1939 to May 1940 was a strange period in our history, when war had been declared by Britain against Germany, but no substantial military action had begun on the Western Front.  The decision had been taken, we were at … Continue reading →

Lucy, and our daughter Marina and I have just come back from a week’s retreat in the Costwolds. For the last 14 years we have been attending a week long family house party on the site of a school near … Continue reading →

Revd Dr Donald MacEwan of the Church of Scotland – Chaplain to the University of St Andrews with Alex and Marina Pease Lucy and I have been in St Andrews for the graduation of our daughter Marina.  Some time ago … Continue reading →

So today is Tuesday and the referendum is on Thursday.  So how are you going to vote?  If you are one of the 25% of the electorate who apparently have yet to decide, don’t be nervous and I hope that … Continue reading →

This Article was first published in the May 2016 edition of Itchen Valley News  I was minding my own business one afternoon, in the room which serves as a study in our cottage, when I received a telephone call.  I … Continue reading →

‘So did you have a good Christmas?’ ‘Yes, great thanks, all the family together, you know, it was good fun!’. How wonderful….! The jollity spreads down the office corridors and around the kitchen tables, as the children play in the … Continue reading →