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Enlarge the place of your tents!

‘Clear lots of ground for your tents’ Make your tents large. Spread out! Think Big – Use plenty of rope, drive the tent pegs deep. You ar...

October Blog -'To be (real) or not to be: that is the question'

Part I My name is Anina and as of the start of the summer, I have been working with St Mark’s Church as your Curate. I am often being ask...

'Stepping Back & Learning to Rest'

Dear all, When I first arrived at St Mark’s 6 years ago, one of the first things I did in my new role as the Youth Minister was hold a ‘P...

New Shoes & Messy Encounters

‘I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full’ (John 10:10) As I sit at my desk and look out of the window with the rain ...

Rhythms & Rest

Hello all! At the end of March a group of 19 youth, students and leaders from St Mark’s went away for the weekend to Min-y-Don Christian ...

"You can sit with us"

In February I got the opportunity to visit the Holy Land on a pilgrimage with my college, St Mellitus. It was such an insightful learning...

Extending a Welcome

How many of us today are worrying about what will happen to us after the end of the month? As March 29th approaches media reports constan...

"See, i am about to do a new thing..."

‘Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not see it?...

Happy New Year

‘Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others. Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus’. (...

Happy Advent!

Advent is about waiting and getting ready. It a time of hoping and expectation of what is to come. It’s a time to be joyous and it’s a ti...

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