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Rev. Jimmy Holden
One of my regular duties as a chaplain is hosting a monthly drop-in with a colleague of mine, Lynn. Lynn is what the hospital calls a “Freedom to Speak Up Guardian” . She helps people who want to blow the whistle on malpractice within the NHS, but she often ends up addressing problems in the Trust that often have no simple solution. She’s a bit like a chaplain in that respect. Anyway, Lynn and I sit down together once a month. And sometimes staff join us to talk through their issues. Sometimes nobody comes,
Civility - Last Sunday after Trinity 2026.m4a
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Rev Jimmy Holden
Yesterday I was at Hilfield Friary again for their lunchtime Mass. I was talking with some friends afterwards, and I mentioned that I was heading home to write my sermon for today. And one of my friends – a priest – said, “Ah, the parable of the wedding banquet.” My other friend breezily said how easy they thought it would be to write a sermon about that parable; and the first friend said, “No, it’s not the nice version from Luke’s Gospel; it’s the other one.”
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Rev. Jimmy Holden
I’m conscious that all of us here will have experiences of being hurt. Sometimes we have felt able to forgive, and sometimes we haven’t. All of this is deeply uncomfortable. I would like to make the message today more palatable for you, and there are one or two things I can do to help; but I suspect the main thing is to make it very clear how little room there is for compromise here.
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Rev Jimmy Holden
One of the many guilty pleasures of twenty-first century life is watching other people arguing on social media. Whatsapp is great for this – by which I mean, not so great. I’m part of a large and diffuse group of people who share a Whatsapp chat to keep in touch. Most of the group are Christians, which normally keeps things civilised. But the other day one member of the group managed to insult someone who they know only slightly in real life, and the insulted party took offense.
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Rev. Jimmy Holden
Those of you who’ve been coming here for a while will know that I like word-play, a pun or a double- meaning. Sometimes that’s fun, but sometimes the English language is unhelpful – it forces us to do a bit of extra work. One example that comes up regularly for me is the word “patient”.
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Rev Jimmy Holden
I’m conscious that there are quite a few people here today who are familiar with the inner workings of Church of England schools. That might be because you attended one; it might be because you sent your children to one; you may have taught or been a governor at one of them; or maybe your experience is some combination of these things.
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Rev. Jimmy Holden
Institutional forms of Christianity like the Church of England have a problem. Generally speaking, the more mainstream Christianity becomes, the more reluctant it is to address the darker parts of our religious experience. With establishment comes a desire for stability, and in the interests of courting the largest possible audience we try to avoid anything that might make us seem judgemental or exclusive. So being an institution goes hand in hand with an aversion to conflict. (Christians who don’t feel lik
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Rev Jimmy Holden
I recently re-watched a favourite TV series of mine on Netflix. It's called The Good Place. The premise of the show is that the main character, Eleanor, is dead. When she opens her eyes, she sees the words: “Welcome! Everything is great!” She meets a being who looks like a kindly older gentleman, who introduces himself as Michael. Michael is a sort of angelic figure who is the architect of a neighbourhood in the afterlife; and it's a good neighbourhood. Michael informs Eleanor that she doesn't need to worry
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Rev Jimmy Holden
This morning I’ve decided to share something with you that makes me feel a bit vulnerable. I’m not sharing in order to get sympathy, although sympathy is always welcome; I’m sharing because I hope it will help. I hope that it helps all of us become the people God created us to be, and to worship God with our whole selves. With that aim in mind, I’d like to tell you what church music means to me.
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Rev Jimmy Holden
What is righteousness? What is righteousness? I wonder whether we spend any time at all thinking about righteousness. Probably not, is the answer. I feel that in our society, we very quickly identify righteousness and self-righteousness. Righteousness and self-righteousness. We're probably quite shy of thinking about righteousness because we don't want to, we don't want to assume too much, I suppose. We don't want to overinflate our sense of value, our sense of worth.
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Hello and welcome to our churches. If you are a new visitor, we have a page for you to get to know us and learn more about planning a visit.
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Planning your Visit

A Warm Hello 

The following information is specifically for those planning a visit one of the churches in our benefice.

Where and When

Whichever church you visit, you'll receive a warm welcome. We're delighted to see you and make you feel at home. Most of our services are on a Sunday, but there are quite a few across the week.

Our Services

The types of services differ across our churches, and we'd like to find one that suits you. First, have a look at the Church Calendar to see what's going on and, second, if you have any questions, contact the church or fill out the form below. We're really happy to help.

What about my kids?

Children are always welcome but it's best to check with the individual church to see if there is a specific activity for them.

  • Dragons Sunday School runs every Sunday at St George’s Church from 10.30 - 11.30.
  • Tea, Toast and Toddlers our weekly toddler group meets at St George’s Hall from 9.30 - 12.00 on Monday Morning.
  • Forest Praise meets on the last Saturday in the Month 10.30 - 12.00 at St George’s Hall. All are welcome.


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If you would like to come and visit the church beforehand you are more than welcome! Get in touch and we can arrange a time that suits you.
 
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