Reverend Ann's Letter

June 2026 

On 31st May we celebrated Trinity Sunday, and we are now in the church season of Ordinary Time – or Trinity – but it does not feel at all as if we are in ordinary times.

On Trinity Sunday, the liturgical colour of our altar cloths and vestments changes to green and remains mostly green through to the feast of All Souls.  It is the longest liturgical period in the church year and I think it is very fitting that we should display green in our churches as a sign that we are people of hope and new life.

The abundance of growth – from the early green shoots of Spring - are a reminder that the cycle of death and new life is a constant one. This cycle is repeated in our lives, time and time again. Each Easter we carry away with us the promise that wherever there is death, whatever situations are ‘death-giving’, there is now always the possibility of new life and hope.

 If we look around we can see many green shoots growing; in places where communities come together, volunteers help the most vulnerable and people continue to make music, produce art and tend their gardens.  I am sure you can think of many other examples.

Let us all continue to pray that those green shoots will continue to grow and flourish, for they are of God and we need to nurture all that is good and hopeful.

Green is the colour of balance and growth the colour of renewal and rebirth.  It renews and restores depleted energy. The natural world is a sanctuary away from the stresses of modern living and can restore us back to a sense of well-being.  Spending time outdoors is a wonderful way of restoring some balance and re-connecting us with the cycles of life of which we are all part.

So in the ‘green period’ of summer, let us look together to find new ways to follow Christ, the bringer of new life to all of creation, and bring the good news of hope to those who need to hear it. 

Go well.

Ann