Dear Village, This coming Sunday the 27th September is a special day. It’s not just Belfast’s annual baby Day, or the beginning of freshers week for many colleges around the UK; It’s not just the day when the Worshipful Company of Woolmen will run the annual sheep drive across London…
Little Children, Big Children. Sermon 20 Sep 2015 by Rev. Michael Hydes
Dear Village, Sunday 4th October is Anniversary Sunday in MCC. We’ve come a long way since we began in 1968. Same sex marriage is now a reality in many places and the world is changing in ways that are liberating and exciting to watch. However, just as many countries leap…
The Bible as a queer book. Sermon 13 Sep 2015, by Rev. Michael Hydes
Dear Village, Chris and I have been in a bit of a whirlwind the past month or so. Firstly there was Trans Pride, then Pride itself, then the Network Gathering, the wedding in Scotland, searching for cheaper granite colors for countertops, my new part time job with all the training…
It was the salmon mousse! Sermon 6 Sep 2015 by Rev. Michael Hydes
Surrendering to win. Sermon 30 Aug 2015, by Rev. Michael Hydes
Dear Village and friends, Whilst Chris and I were away we heard about the terrible air show accident. Although nobody I know was involved in the incident many friends and colleagues have been swept up in the aftermath. Support for those affected, funerals for those that were lost. Just the…
Life or Death. Sermon 23 Aug 2015, by Nigel Utting
Dear Village, I apologise that this blog has been a bit hit and miss of late. I’ve taken a part time role as a funeral arranger to supplement my income and didn’t realise that to begin with they would want me five days a week for training – straight after…