Chaplaincy
Welcome to the chaplaincy blog at the University of Gloucestershire.
Welcome to the chaplaincy blog at the University of Gloucestershire.
21 May 2020
Happy Ascension Day! Here is the reading and reflection from today’s communion service. And here’s a link to the song I played at the end – a lovely gospel infused melody from Mavis Staples called ‘God is not…
Read more15 May 2020
We’re going to be posting a series of videos on our Facebook page with conversations between chaplains and with others who have fascinating stories and interesting insights – because talking is what we do well! I’m delighted that…
Read more14 May 2020
Here is the reading and the reflection from today’s Communion. I mention in it a lovely video of someone telling the story of the exile for children and all ages, which you can see here. There is also…
Read more14 May 2020
Hi all – today at 12.30pm we have online Communion as usual via our Facebook page here. You are very welcome to join us. We’ll be using some new words for the service which are on the blog…
Read more7 May 2020
Here’s the reading and reflection from today’s communion service. The link to the video of the interview with Tom Herbert is here. Then those who welcomed Peter’s message were baptised, and on that day alone about three thousand…
Read more30 April 2020
Here’s the reading and reflection from today’s Communion service… On that same day two of Jesus’ followers were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and they were talking to each other about all…
Read more29 April 2020
When time is strange, and days seem short but weeks seem long, or every day seems the same, it can be helpful to find a rhythm which includes times to pause. One good time is mid-day – maybe…
Read more23 April 2020
Here is the reading and the reflection from today’s Communion service. I mention two resources in my reflection… a weekly podcast by Nick Helm called Beyond the empty tomb (part of his Journeying with Jesus series) and is…
Read more16 April 2020
Here’s the reading and reflection from today’s Communion service which you can also find in video form on our Facebook page here. Our next online service is Breathe which is at 4.30pm tomorrow (Friday). You can watch it…
Read more15 April 2020
This year our celebration of Easter has been very different. There have been no great celebrations in churches – the churches stand locked and empty. But many people have shared in Easter celebrations in their homes, joining online…
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