<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[St Mary's and St Andrew's Church]]></title><description><![CDATA[whittlesford-church]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:19:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Major Huw Thomas reflects on his favourite hymn]]></title><description><![CDATA[The words of the hymn of my choice were written in 1869 by John Ernest Bode, vicar of Castle Camps from 1860 until his death in 1874 [and...]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/major-huw-thomas-reflects-on-his-favourite-film</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60f1bb4f5bd52f00160cf49d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 17:01:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba993d_552ecfed49664d5cb9db55958cd8c8db~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_480,h_705,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ajc1020</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Edward Wilson and "To be a Pilgrim" by Sarah Airriees]]></title><description><![CDATA[This photo was taken 110 years ago today, on June 27th, 1910. These three men set out from base camp, to trek 60 miles through the deep...]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/edward-wilson-and-to-be-a-pilgrim-by-sarah-airriees</link><guid isPermaLink="false">60e1d897e9a4610041d4a9be</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2021 15:52:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba993d_28c6bdf7c85d4c28a27fa2a53241f2e2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_602,h_480,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ajc1020</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paula's sermon on Luke 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[You can hear Paula's sermon here]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/paula-s-sermon-on-luke-4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6022a824ad6a7700179b80f8</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:20:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/777971_872a82f003dc4966931e17913f9e32fa~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ajc1020</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Olivia's sermon on Wedding at Cana, Jan 2021]]></title><description><![CDATA[You can hear Olivia's sermon again here.]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/olivia-s-sermon-on-wedding-at-cana-jan-2021</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6022a73d0cd63500187e3ed4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:17:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/777971_8ac6f0a651d541bf8c226531f76baeea~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ajc1020</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paula's sermon on the Baptism of Christ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rev Paula Spalding is on placement from Burwell Church and preached at our 10am on-line service. You can hear it here .]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/paula-s-sermon-on-the-baptism-of-christ</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ffb20816064800017bb64aa</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2021 15:44:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba993d_ec01ae3eb95744039efbe99e3c8572e7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_768,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ajc1020</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[So now what?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Brexit has finally arrived. After years of speculation, anxiety, uncertainty, anticipation: it is here. So now, what? How is this...]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/so-now-what</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ff1de47e4720d001742df8e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 15:10:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba993d_755d8e162e46459b8e226c96d1d46030~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ajc1020</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look "Pause for Thought" December 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[There can’t be many people who won’t be glad to see the back of 2020! It’s been a year like no other in living memory. A year that no one...]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/look-pause-for-thought-december-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ff1ddfa710f070017a348a3</guid><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 15:09:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ba993d_d57cb45c42df43139aa43695f650d4cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>ajc1020</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remembrance November 2020 - Lionel Ginsberg]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pause for Thought - Remembrance Remembrance Pause for Thought November 2019 spoke of the need to reach out and connect across divides, be...]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/remembrance-november-2020-lionel-ginsberg</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fa7e3872353820017e54cbd</guid><category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2020 13:11:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/777971_a4c6e7fed06541608fb4463067be38fa~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Olivia Coles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reach out and connect... Lionel Ginsberg]]></title><description><![CDATA[Pause for Thought for Remembrance 2019 Reach out and connect…. “How hard it is to reach out and compromise….” In the last few years, the...]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/reach-out-and-connect-lionel-ginsberg</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fa7e30b3e1b520017a2b297</guid><category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2020 13:09:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b37213238ee047b6acdafab803a396f0.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Olivia Coles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The plague, uncertainty and the new normal]]></title><description><![CDATA[“For some organisations, near-term survival is the only agenda item. Others are peering through the fog of uncertainty, thinking about...]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/the-plague-uncertainty-and-the-new-normal</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f900d76f785b90017117e05</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:34:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1b177e2785bf4335a23a427ddffa9471.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alasdair Coles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep clean of our church July 2020!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Following the building work on our roof and the months of lockdown when we had to close our church doors, we invested in a deep clean of...]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/deep-clean-of-our-church-july-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f2eb498ba80680017b3c572</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2020 14:26:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/777971_6351ece4a9ef4c0b8ebbb35d2243280f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Olivia Coles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pause for Thought August 2020 - Alison Knights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Faith in times of difficulty.  'Do not be afraid']]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/pause-for-thought-august-2020-alison-knights</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f2eb1dcc82f8400176c1636</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2020 14:19:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/777971_b93b42ae113a49249b4fc2c9d5f2a919~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Olivia Coles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bubbles and the "New Normal"  
Pause for Thought July 2020 - Revd Olivia Coles]]></title><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/bubbles-and-the-new-normal-pause-for-thought-july-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5efb26ee49b7320017a14dcb</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:50:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_c1409a06e17142e39920ceaa29338b61~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Revd Olivia Coles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pause for Thought June 2020 
Sue Ginsberg]]></title><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/pause-for-thought-june-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5efb267bbb85310017c84455</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:48:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_b37d5979ba3f410a94952d615913ea55~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Revd Olivia Coles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revd Deborah Ford - Sermon for Pentecost – May 31st 2020 ]]></title><description><![CDATA[· It’s really good to be here with you today – not that I ever expected (when Olivia and I first arranged it) that it’d be under these...]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/sermon-for-pentecost-may-31st-2020-revd-deborah-ford</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5edcba93b1ab240017d18ef4</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2020 10:04:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5e6818d1a01c438abbe95a286d8c652b.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sarah West</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Daily Prayer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why not join in saying Daily Prayer from Whittlesford Church. Suitable for any day of the week.]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/daily-prayer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5edbc3553f50460017b675ec</guid><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2020 16:28:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a27d24_0a460e6e37cf444686e8d9b7a266304c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Revd Olivia Coles</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pause for Thought - May - by Sue Ginsberg]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I hear the noise of traffic above the sounds of nature again. A sign that - at the me of wring at least - human activity outside...]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/pause-for-thought-may-by-sue-ginsberg</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ed2c7fe57336d0017ae2fd1</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2020 21:02:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6e98e84a72f76d23d65b44482c0dae8c.jpg/v1/fit/w_900,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sarah West</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not leave you orphaned]]></title><description><![CDATA[Readings: John 14:15-21, Acts 17:22-31 Sarah West “If ye love me, keep my commandments; and I will pray the Father, that he shall give...]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/i-will-not-leave-you-ophaned</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ec108ed7a7a1800171f1e73</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2020 09:52:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/10298514ff5b4c75a885a62baa3f4578.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sarah West</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pause for Thought for May]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the last few months, I have been reading a book called ‘be not afraid; facing fear with faith’ by Rev Dr Samuel Wells. It is a...]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/pause-for-thought-for-may</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5eb710701baadb0017b08b77</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2020 20:20:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/66154d350a0b433da16d97d4ec3da8fb.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sarah West</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sermon for Sunday 26th April 2020 – Easter III]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whittlesford Parish Church and Whittlesford United Reformed Church The Revd. Dr. John Bradbury The Road to Emmaus is one of my favourite...]]></description><link>https://whittlesfordparish.wixsite.com/whittlesford-church/post/sermon-for-sunday-26th-april-2020-easter-iii</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ea9c59c7610060017cecb00</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:21:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/3eef6569009a6ae6096c290165a36537.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_667,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sarah West</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>