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Opinion Column True salvation, or just a shot in the arm? Andy Bryant is looking forward to an easing of Covid restrictions, but believes that the Church will face many more challenges in the coming months and years. When the first lockdown began there was much talk about how this could be an important moment of change.  Many talked about a determination that when lockdown was lifted, we should not go back to our old ways.  We could seize this moment and build back different and build back better.   Twelve months later as we are still enduring our third lockdown and wondering when, a...

16/02/2021 Although Stamford might appear very affluent, there is another side to the town. ‘We have this beautiful looking church, full of posh, middle class people and then people who can’t afford the electric or to put food on the table’. By addressing multiple issues – such as debt, mental health problems, addiction and relationship breakdown – St George’s helps people to secure a stable home and provides a community where people can feel a sense of belonging.

Opinion Column Andy Bryant reminds us that the first Christmas was also a time of great hardship. Christmas trees are glinting everywhere, out and about there is the soundtrack of Christmas songs and at church the preparations for the Christmas services are all in place.  But however hard I try I am still stuck in the middle of Lent.   Partly that is because the last time Church felt anything like normal, just before we were locked out of our church buildings, we were in the middle of Lent.  And despite all the best attempts of online offerings and the introduction of Covid safe in-pe...

Marlborough is playing host to a throng of heavenly angels. St Mary's Church, at the end of the High Street, has been adorned by more than 2,000 angels floating from the ceiling. The angel templates were decorated by members of the community, including children from four local schools. Pupils from Marlborough St Mary's, Preshute, Kennett Valley and St Francis in Pewsey all contributed to the display. Organiser Helen Stokes says she has been utterly thrilled with the response: "This started off as a project that people could easily do in lockdown," she said. "But the response has b...

Marlborough is playing host to a throng of heavenly angels. St Mary's Church, at the end of the High Street, has been adorned by more than 2,000 angels floating from the ceiling. The angel templates were decorated by members of the community, including children from four local schools. Pupils from Marlborough St Mary's, Preshute, Kennett Valley and St Francis in Pewsey all contributed to the display. Organiser Helen Stokes says she has been utterly thrilled with the response: "This started off as a project that people could easily do in lockdown," she said. "But the response has b...