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February 2025

Dear Friends,

 I’m writing this during the cold snap in the middle of January, the sky is grey and the sparse hours of day light have passed all too quickly. It is the stage of this month where I have started to wonder if it’s too late to continue wishing people a happy new year...

Even after a few weeks it feels like we are well into 2025, this will be even more true by the time my words reach you in February. Often the shiny new-ness of the new year appeals to us, it reminds us of the possibility of a fresh start. For some of us, though, change can feel unsettling. I wonder how the turn of the year felt for you?

There are changes afoot here in our parish magazine as we welcome our new editor Katie Garnish, and say farewell to Ian MacFarlane who has fulfilled this role so well in recent years. As many of us are aware, Ian’s diligence as editor was partly in honour of his late wife Jan, in whose memory the parish magazine has continued to thrive. We are all so grateful to Ian for all of his hard work, and are now pleased to welcome Katie into the role.

In phases of change in my own life I have always been steadied by remembering that God never changes, and goes with us into each new phase of our lives. So, whether you’re anticipating a change or settling into something new, might this reminder that the love of God never changes give you peace today.

With my prayers and best wishes,

Rev’d Christie