Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse April 2022 Dear Friends, It has often been suggested that the birth of the Christian Church corresponds to the events of the Festival of Pentecost, as recorded in the second chapter of the Book of Acts. The Gospel writer Luke…

Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse March 2022 Dear Friends, I am writing this letter with a heavy heart at the beginning of the Season of Lent not least because we are witnessing a truly awful and sickening act of terror in the heart of Europe.…

Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse February 2022 Dear Friends, As many of you will be aware, I recently returned to work at the beginning of the Season of Advent, after a significant period of ill health. I am deeply grateful for those who have expressed…

Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse September 2021 Dear Friends, Greetings at the beginning of a new Connexional Year! Over the last week it has been a great joy and privilege to preach at two Circuit Welcome Services in different parts of the District. The inspiration…

Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse July 2021 Dear Friends, On Wednesday 30th. June the Methodist Conference convened to listen to God and to seek to discern what God was saying to us about marriage and human relationships. When we gathered, both physically and remotely online,…

Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse May 2021 Dear Friends, I sat down the other evening with Jean to watch the film A Long Way Down; loosely based upon the novel by Nick Hornby of the same name. It tells the story of four desperate characters…

Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse March 2021 Dear Friends, Some of you will recall that in my pastoral letter for February I suggested that the Season of Lent might be viewed as a season of the heart; a period set aside intentionally for the interior work of prayer, reflection, and spiritual…

Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse February 2021 Dear Friends, As I turn to write this letter for a new month; I am conscious that we are on the cusp of entering the season of Lent – a penitential season of prayerful preparation that leads to the momentous events of Holy Week…