Emmanuel Church
06.2023Emmanuel Church,Past Issues
A longing to belong
November 10, 2023
Now the clocks have gone back and the nights are growing darker, I love evenings spent gathered round the fire in…
05.2023Emmanuel Church,Past Issues
A time of ‘regathering’
November 10, 2023
At Emmanuel, we’re opening various spaces over September and October to help our community come together. We’d love…
06.2022Emmanuel Church,Editorial,Past Issues
Our journey as a community
November 21, 2022
Thom Jee, Vicar, Emmanuel Church Stoughton At the beginning of November we celebrate Remembrance Day. Across the country, we will hold silence as we…
05.2022Emmanuel Church,Past Issues
New vicar looks forward to settling in
October 26, 2022
My name is Thom, and along with my wife Sarah and our kids Sophia (3) and James (1), we moved to Stoughton this…
03.2021Emmanuel Church,Past Issues
Contrasting Words
May 1, 2021
I do hope that we have been able to enjoy a good Easter and that families have been refreshed by the holiday period. I hope also that we feel…
02.2021Emmanuel Church,Past Issues
Death and resurrection
March 1, 2021
As we approach Easter I want to focus on the two themes of the death and resurrection of Jesus hopefully in a way that involves you. If I begin with…
01.2021Emmanuel Church,Past Issues
The gift of space to write, think and pray
January 15, 2021
As I write, this strange year of 2020 is coming to a close. The Covid virus came upon us suddenly and changed our lives completely. This has been a…
06.2020Emmanuel Church,Past Issues
Fair Trade shop at Emmanuel Church in Stoughton
November 1, 2020
The Fair Trade shop in the Parish Centre at Emmanuel Church, Stoughton. Why not try the Fair Trade shop at Emmanuel…
06.2020Emmanuel Church,Past Issues
What does the word ‘normal’ mean?
November 1, 2020
Many of us have been saying to ourselves ‘I wish that I could have my normal life back again.’ I think that we can all identify with that feeling as…
05.2020Emmanuel Church,Editorial,Past Issues
Keeping Going
September 1, 2020
Patience, Endurance & Perseverance Frank Scammell, Vicar of Emmanuel Stoughton, discusses the longer term effect of the COVID crisis on the…