St Goran with St Just and St Michael Caerhays

St Goran with St Just and St Michael Caerhays 2 parishes, and 3 Churches in the Church of England

At St Goran Church this morning for those still at home ✝️
11/04/2021

At St Goran Church this morning for those still at home ✝️

11/04/2021

Going live for a special service in memory of HRH Duke of Edinburgh - Prince Philip

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07/11/2020

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I like the idea of God's promise in the story of Noah. Here is a rainbow over St Goran seen the other day during our cur...
16/09/2020

I like the idea of God's promise in the story of Noah. Here is a rainbow over St Goran seen the other day during our current 'flood'. No doom and gloom here! We are not alone.

Exciting News Tomorrow morning (Sunday) we are having our first service back in St Goran Church at 10.15am. It will be H...
11/07/2020

Exciting News

Tomorrow morning (Sunday) we are having our first service back in St Goran Church at 10.15am.

It will be Holy Communion. All safety precautions have been made with the worship details on screen and safe distancing procedures in place.

We will be ready and waiting to welcome you back (with big warm smiles in exchange for open arms)

Rather bear like we are coming out from hibernation. To let you know that we are reopening St Just Church this Thursday ...
07/07/2020

Rather bear like we are coming out from hibernation.
To let you know that we are reopening St Just Church this Thursday for visitors and those who would like some quiet space.

For the moment this will be between 10am-2pm with someone there to welcome you. This will be for the
foreseeable future on Monday's and Thursday's at the same times.

Just like Noahs Ark you will only be able to enter two by two.

01/06/2020

Melva and I have enjoyed applauding the NHS workers each Thursday at 8.00 o'clock; it has helped us get to know our lovely neighbours.
Now please spare a thought for our teachers, some of whom have not had a break since Christmas.

This fine weather has prompted me to get out into the garden with enthusiasm and a little energy!So I built some steps f...
31/05/2020

This fine weather has prompted me to get out into the garden with enthusiasm and a little energy!
So I built some steps from old stones - the first steps on my stairway to heaven. Obviously I have a long way to go!

23/05/2020

It may seem odd that our churches continue to remain closed during this pernicious outbreak, at the very time that you might wish to enter a holy place for prayer and solace. As your new(ish) vicar I too find this very frustrating.

It may seem that it is possible to open, particularly large churches like St Goran where there is sufficient room that everyone could sit far enough apart for either private prayer or public worship. But the truth is more problematic.

This little innocuous looking life form is very clever and having been around for a very long time has numerous tricks up its sleeve. He can lie in wait on some surfaces, surviving for days.

As the main person responsible here for our three churches I cannot take the risk that someone with Covid 19, even if they don’t know they are a carrier, could enter and leave hidden virus messages for the unsuspecting to pick up. Yes, I know that we have hand sanitizer ready for every worshipper but can I actually guarantee everyone will disinfect their hands especially when the church is unoccupied.

So for the moment our three Anglican churches offer spiritual refreshment and worship material on our parish website (stgoranandstmichael.org.uk) and also hold worship via Zoom on Wednesday and Sunday mornings, both at 10.30am. If you wish to join either of these services please send me an email for the link. ([email protected]) For those days also send out a short reflection on our website helping you to think about the things of God. Obviously you are aware of our page!

None of this is what I expected when I arrived last November. Indeed, Melva and I had hardly settled into the vicarage at the end of January when we found ourselves in lockdown. So for us our ministry has taken on a whole new meaning! All this waiting does require patience. Yet we are finding new ways of sharing the Good News of Jesus that we are loved and forgiven, and not alone.

And we are finding new ways of getting to know our immediate neighbours through our Thursday evening “clap for our NHS” and also waiting - suitably distancing of course - in the queue for our Village Store!
Keep safe and well and may God be with you.

I knew it was going to be one of those days when first thing the toilet roll spun out of control depositing its contents...
19/05/2020

I knew it was going to be one of those days when first thing the toilet roll spun out of control depositing its contents in a heap on the floor. I started to look for an errant golden lab puppy until I remembered we hadn’t got one! Then I made tea in the milk jug! A little later I called into the shop for my daily paper and Tracey pointed out, very politely, that in my previous offering on this page it is not ‘Nick’ but ‘Rick’! Of course I offered humble grovels and sincere apologies to her partner. Hey Ho.

But the day continued and sun still shone, dispensing gloomy moods. Later in the day a passer-by pointed out (knowing I am the vicar) “The sun shines on the righteous,” quoting their partially learnt bible. I tried to explain that their rendering of the verse was incomplete for it continues “and on the unrighteous alike”. It is not God providing his select few with blessings: it is a gift for everyone. But I am relieved I was recognized.

Napoleon Bonaparte dismissed we British as 'a nation of small shopkeepers. Well, a big hooray for them! We would be stuc...
15/05/2020

Napoleon Bonaparte dismissed we British as 'a nation of small shopkeepers. Well, a big hooray for them! We would be stuck without them at the moment.

This is our local Post Office and shop opposite St Goran church in Gorran Churchtown - a little way inland from Goran Haven. Tracey, Nick and Robyn are working hard to ensure we are able to obtain what we want, always with a ready smile and humorous comment in spite of the pressure. Like many other local shops they are places where people meet, have a chat and share the time of day. All our villages and towns become real communities when there is a shop, a school, a pub and a church which work together, even in our large cities because they are made up of numerous 'villages'. Even Jesus grew up in a small town and must have learnt about how communities work when inhabitants meet and chat.

At the moment Tracey wisely only lets one customer enter at a time, so often there is a queue outside in the road where we talk and share the latest news. Except when the temperature drops and cold wind blows causing the sale of frozen peas to drop. So I say 'Thank you God' for 'small' shopkeepers like Tracey (and Nick and Robyn) for all you do.

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Goran
Gorran
PL266HN

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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