Posts by Rev. Geoffrey Farrar

Dear friends, “Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” (John 12:24) The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which we would usually mark around this time of year, sadly seems to be another casualty of the pandemic. Most of us are not able even to worship in our own building, let alone anyone else’s! We can, however, to…

Dear friends, “we, who are many, are one body in Christ”  (Romans 12:5) Those familiar words from Paul’s letter to the Romans have never been more pertinent, I believe, than in the last few months. The Coronavirus pandemic has shown us more than ever before not only how inter-dependent we are as individuals but how we are truly part of one body, the Church. Though we serve different communities and work in different ways, all of our congregations have benefitted so…