He is Risen Indeed. Alleluia For almost six weeks now there has been something missing from church. We’ve had occasional glimpses, usually when we’ve being doing special events for children, but usually, Lent means the ‘alleluia’s’ are absent from our Liturgy. Tomorrow they return Read more
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Currently we have four people who are preparing for confirmation, which is a special service to admit those suitably prepared into the adult fellowship of the church. In the Confirmation Service on 14th May Bishop Mark Middleton will invite them to remake their baptism promises and commit themselves to a life of Read more
Welcome to our church All are invited, all are included All are made welcome, none are excluded. We’re here for everyone. Everyone is welcome at our church. Want to come to church? Come along! Just turn up. You will be welcome. One of the great things about being in a church with the doors open […]Read more
The windows of St Clements Church are a particularly interesting part of the church fabric. Although many are plain glass there are a number of painted/stained glass windows that were commissioned to be memorials for people significant to the life of the church or local Read more
If we were to design churches now, they would look very different; accessible, catering facilities, toilets, meeting spaces, audio visual equipment etc but its unlikely we could ever afford the incredible stone buildings that our forebears built that we enjoy (and often take for granted) now. Most of us love the Read more
Once again we are looking at how we can raise money for the final phase of the roof repairs here at St Clements. If you are new to St Clements you may not know that the church has Grade 2 listed status; because of the quality of the architectural heritage that it provides. It is […]Read more
Sing Pray Be silent Talk to the vicar Have a cup of tea Listen to the gospel Celebrate communion Listen to the sermon Look at the stained glass windows Light a candle Listen to the sermon If you get stuck after this it is perhaps not surprising as these are what we have been used to […]Read more
The introduction to ‘Passiontide and Easter’ in the official liturgical books of the Church of England give some interesting historical background to this season in Lent. The origins of this annual memorial of the the death and resurrection of Christ are lost in the mists of time. We do not know when Read more
What makes something ordinary? Maybe the fact that its not extra ordinary? Not outside the usual way of things? My granddaughter said the other day ‘wouldn’t it be awful if it was Christmas everyday! You would get presents but you would never have any time to enjoy them before you got another Read more
Today (2nd February) is known in the Church as the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. It is a celebration of the recognition of Jesus as the Christ, the Messiah, who was promised from old and who would bring redemption of Jerusalem and, ultimately, through Jesus’s widening of the invitation Read more