Emmanuel Church, West Hampstead

Dear all
I do hope this finds you all well.  It’s hard to believe that the summer holidays are almost over and, as I write, the Schools are preparing to go back.  Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who start school for the first time this term at Emmanuel or other local schools, and [...]

Dear all
I hope this finds you all enjoying a good and restful summer and that you are managing to take a well-earned break from the hectic demands of everyday life. It was a joy and a delight to be at Mother Alysoun’s and Emma’s ordinations at the beginning of July in St Paul’s Cathedral and [...]

Dear all
I hope that you are all enjoying the lovely hot weather, even if you are not at Wimbledon or in South Africa for the World Cup! Many thanks to all those who worked so hard to make Emma’s final Sunday at Corpus Christi so memorable and special. She is now taking a very well [...]

Dear lovely Emmanuel Church family

I have finally been able to bring myself to read all your very kind messages and cards (somewhere I could shed a tear in privacy!), and am deeply touched by the lovely things they say.

It was a wonderful day yesterday, and will be a very happy memory for us all.  [...]

Dear all
I hope that this finds you all well and that you are enjoying the lovely spring weather we have been having recently.  As I write, the blossom on the trees in the Churchyard is magnificent and a sign of the many areas of new growth both within our Church and beyond.  I hope that [...]

One of the interesting things about Church Annual Meetings is that, even though they invariably fall during April, they don’t cover the fiscal year from April to April, or even the Church calendar year from Advent to Advent, but simply the ordinary secular calendar year from 1st January to 31st December. And so it is [...]

Dear all
As I write, we are counting down the days to Palm Sunday (March 28th) which marks the beginning of HOLY WEEK.  Palm Sunday this year also marks the beginning of British Summer Time so don’t forget to put your clocks an hour forward!  Holy Week is that time of year when we most closely [...]

Dear Friends

I hope that this finds you all well. As I write, we are almost half way through Lent and, despite the ongoing cold snap, we are beginning to see bluer skies and sunnier days. Such encouraging weather fronts have been matched in equal measure by your joyful participation in our Lenten activities. It [...]

Dear Friends

I hope this finds you all well. The year seems to be gathering pace with great momentum and, having just celebrated Candlemas, the season of LENT begins on ASH WEDNESDAY – this year 17th February. The word ‘Lent’ is derived from an old English word meaning quite literally “the lengthening of days” [...]

Dear all

HAPPY NEW YEAR OF OUR LORD 2010 !
It was lovely to see so many of you in Church last Sunday as we celebrated the Epiphany of Christ at our Family Eucharist. My initial thoughts that there might be a smaller congregation so early in the new year and on such a freezing cold [...]