Dear Friends It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of Lady Grania Munro. Grania was a devoted member of our 8am congregation. She served and administered the chalice at our early service. Grania was for many years a committed member of a prayer group begun by Gwyneth Cole. What you might not know was Grania’s love for creating icons. An icon is a window onto another […]
Read more →Dear Friends Next Monday 14th June marks the fourth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire. This was a major event in the recent history of London and the entire nation. St Nick’s will be joining with other churches across the country to remember this tragedy by ringing our church bell 72 times at 7pm, once for each victim of the fire. At 7.03pm there will be two minutes’ silence, as […]
Read more →Art Auction organised by the Friends of St Nicholas Church, Chiswick raises more than £26,000 Sir Peter Blake’s screen print Red Nose Day 2019 sells for £2,300 The auction on Saturday afternoon 28th September 2019 at St Nicholas Church – organised by the Friends of St Nicholas Church – was a great success. It was attended by well over 150 people from near and far; close to 100 potential buyers […]
Read more →Dear Friends What does it mean to be baptised, or confirmed? It means declaring our faith in a God who made himself visible in the person of Jesus Christ, who through his ministry, death and resurrection transformed our relationship with the Divine, ourselves and the world. I often say at baptism that when we emerge (metaphorically) from the waters of baptism we view ourselves, our world and our neighbours through the prism […]
Read more →Dear Friends It’s great to go on holiday, it’s also great to return home, although driving back from Manchester along the M6 after a family funeral this afternoon wasn’t such a pleasant experience, the rain and spray! Part of my holiday was spent on the Island of Angelsey, it’s a great place in itself, but also allows for easy assess to the Snowdonia National Park and the Lleyn Peninsular, an area […]
Read more →Greetings from Armenia! I am travelling round Armenia with a clergy study group, learning more about this country and, in particular, the Armenian Church. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its state religion in the year 301. The photograph below is of Mount Ararat, which we have seen a number of times on our travels. It is the symbol of Armenian national identity, although with changed national […]
Read more →Dear Friends Some of you will be familiar with the Community Matters scheme run by Waitrose whereby each branch gives £1,000 to local good causes every month. When you are shopping in their store you are given green plastic tokens which can be used to vote between the three local causes they have chosen for that month and the £1,000 is allocated accordingly.. The St Nick’s branch of Crosslight, our […]
Read more →Dear Friends As I mentioned in my sermon on Sunday it hardly seems possible that I have completed 12 years as your Vicar, time really does fly by. On Sunday in my sermon I suggested that there have been two themes which have underpinned my ministry here at Chiswick and in reality has underpinned my whole ministry. The first is the need for authenticity. Authenticity in ministry, personal life and as […]
Read more →Dear Friends First a huge Thank You to Heather and her team for arranging such a magnificent concert last Thursday evening. Those who attended witnessed a performance from two amazingly talented young people who have stellar careers ahead of them. Sometimes I have to pinch myself when listing to concerts at St Nicks, the standard is so high, we are very lucky. Just a few dates for you all which […]
Read more →Dear Friends August is almost over and as we approach Autumn I though I would just offer you a few dates for your diary. Hayley has composed a useful diary of dates for the rest of this year and 2020. Click here for a copy or pick up at the back of church. The Bishop of Kensington will be with us on Sunday 1 December at 6pm in the evening for a […]
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