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In our cycle of prayer, we pray this week for Sarah Horsman (Warden), and all who live, work or seek refreshment at the @sheldonretreat.bsky.social in Devon. Their R5 (Read, Retreat, Rest, Relax, Recuperate) retreats run throughout the year, including 2-7 and 23-28 Nov. sheldonretreat.com #prayer

Um - do either England or South Africa (or both) need reminding that this is the *50* over World Cup?! #cwc2025 #BBCCricket

On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day. As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time. At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.

A message from the Dean, Revd Dr Ellen Clark-King, re today's attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the Crumpsall area in north Manchester: buff.ly/hjMvTea

A prayer following the attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue. 🙏

Looking for a quiet day, but unable to get away? Join an online 'oasis' day from the comfort of your own home on 14 October. Register now by emailing [email protected] #quietday #prayer

This month, we've been celebrating as new lay ministers have been licensed. If God calling you to ministry, lay or ordained, speak to your church leader and get in touch with your local vocations team to explore more.

There are two more Quiet Days at Ty Mawr Convent near Monmouth this year - on 4 Oct and 8 Nov. Book your place by emailing [email protected] #quietday #prayer @monknunanglican.bsky.social

A prayer for lay ministers, as many are licensed today and begin their ministry. 🙏

I’ve just taken a couple of Paracetamol, which would normally feel like responding to a headache, but today feels like an act of anti-fascist resistance.

When, in the 1980s, we used to drive past the Phurnacite Plant in the dark on the way home after visiting friends in Cwmbach, Dad used to refer to it as "Dante's Inferno". We lived in Port Talbot at the time, so we weren't exactly unused to flames against the night sky, but this was something else!

@phillipdawson.bsky.social I'm just catching up on last Friday's Church Times - congratulations on your appointment to an incumbency!

And now the two Union flags are down to one ...

Have you ever heard the Bible in Old English? This Creationtide, listen to the Old English translation of the Genesis story of creation, made by the Anglo-Saxon monk Ælfric in the tenth century - the first time people in England heard the Bible in church in their native language.

Well, that was a considerable over-estimate of how long the flags would last! As of this morning, the St George's Cross ones have gone, but the Union flags are still there. Which is interesting.

We're recruiting for a cook/chef, to work 5 days a week here at Mucknell Abbey. Check out the advert here, and if you know anyone who might be interested, spread the word! mucknellabbey.org.uk/job-advert-c...

I was hoping we might escape, but overnight flags have appeared on lamp-posts on my road. I give it about two months before the Council takes them down - so they can put the Christmas lights up. I wonder how many "patriotic Englishmen" will object to that ...?

Leading a workshop on Tuesday in central London if anyone is looking to ease themselves back into singing this term. Wonderful music by Tallis.

Do you know a boy aged 7-8 who loves singing? Our next Chorister Experience Day is on 4 October, with a chance to take a behind the scenes tour of the Abbey, join a rehearsal and sing Evensong with our choir. More:https://choirschool.westminster-abbey.org/choristership/chorister-experience-events/

A Retreat is an oasis of peace and quiet in the hurly-burly of life where, for a few days, ordinary people have time to think about God, themselves and their lives in an atmosphere of relaxation and prayer (APR archive 1966). Where might you go? promotingretreats.org #retreat #prayer

So, I'm asking folks in the area: if you know any doctors who live in Salem who recently took a Delta/KLM flight from PDX to Amsterdam and saved a vomit-covered dweeb from dying, please DM me so I can send him the biggest fruit basket the world ever did see.

For some reason, this song takes me right back to being 15 ...

Oh, this is beautiful 🥰.

Listening to Tom Lehrer's 'The Elements' on #BBCRadio3, I'm struck once again not just by the skill of the writing, but by the fact that he doesn't seem to need to breathe very often!

Ok this might spread into more than one message, but if you're able to share/help it would be appreciated. A Turkish Kurd is about to receive emergency housing for a week or so after an entire hotel of Asylum Seekers was turfed out of a hotel in Diss. Authorities are able to move his family...

It me ...

For your Saturday delight and delectation:

In our cycle of prayer, we pray this week for all who live, work or seek refreshment at Sarum College in Salisbury, and for all starting new courses there this autumn. Have you thought about expanding your horizons with further study? Find out more on sarum.ac.uk #prayer #retreat #theology

On this Feast of St Bartholomew, we pray for all who 'with joy and boldness preach the gospel', and for strength that we may also be 'drawn to the fire of God's love'. Make time to pray with a retreat - promotingretreats.org #prayer #retreat

Saturday stat: there have been two Test players with the surname Root, but all 13,543 runs by players of that name have come from the same one. The other was Fred Root (no known relation), who holds his own unique distinction as the only player to appear in as many as 3 Tests without ever batting.

Root had a long and successful county career, first with Derbyshire, then Worcestershire. Part of his time with the former overlapped with that of George Beet; against Sussex in 1913 they created a piece of cricketing poetry when the opposing captain Bertie Chaplin was dismissed "c Beet b Root".

Okay, this is perhaps not the best way to organise such things but I've gone through the usual list of people. If any of you bluesky CofE clergy have PTO in the Diocese of London and are free on Sun 31st Aug in the morning please get in touch? I'm trying to find cover for two services. ✝️ #CofEPeeps

[Alt-text: a photo of a sleeping baby otter, curled up in the palms of someone's hands.]

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus (Phil 4.6-7). Where might you pray? promotingretreats.org

When they call them baby potatoes, they're not wrong!

It's the 'clunk' of the stump that really makes it - I could listen to that on repeat.

AB B♭A

Ok, I am trying to help Pa B purchase a 3000 litre rainwater tank for his garden irrigation I cannot find one in Scotland, and the suppliers in Lincolnshire want £300 to deliver one WHO SELLS BIG RAINWATER TANKS IN EAST SCOTLAND? OR anywhere in Scotland. Have trailer, can collect if needs be

We are delighted to be partnering with the @englishchamberorchestra on our Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Minifestival, marking the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth. 🎶🎻 Tickets can be purchased through tinyurl.com/sct15 (General Admission £15/ Student £5)

Some may remember that not only are not all Palestinians Muslims, but places like Bayt Lahm (Bethlehem) & an-Nāṣira (Nazareth) are Palestinian towns. In the 80s, South African theologians produced a profound piece of resistance theology called the Kairos Document. This is Kairos Palestine:

I am the very model of a modern coast guard general I've information migratory, nautical yet mythical I know the fash in England and I invent facts hysterical From migrant boats to climate too, in manner unforgivable

Homer Simpson's supposed to be 36?!?! Ooof, that guy's seen/been through some stuff ...

This 👇.

What's that, staff cats, Monty and Misty? You want to remind eligible clergy households that they can apply for an Emergency Grant towards vet bills, that aren't covered by insurance? 🐾 This #InternationalCatDay, find out more: www.clergysupport.org.uk/pets

Do I, or any of you, know anybody who has worked or is working on the household of Juana of Castile (1479-1555)?

We believe that the the game of cricket must be played with the spirit of a Viking warrior, the humility of a sheep farmer, and the precision of a mathematician calculating Duckworth-Lewis in a snowstorm.

I will *never* apologize for a post