‘Can archdeacons go to heaven?’ was a question that exercised medieval minds because it was this rank of the clergy – between the parish clergy and the bishop – which dealt with financial matters. Today’s archdeacons remain concerned with matters of finance and buildings but I hope that the current Archdeacon of Hastings – whose […]
The sad death at sea of Gary Cornelius, one of our fisherman, has rather brought into focus the debt we owe to ‘those who go down to the sea in ships and whose business is in great waters’ to use the Old Testament words of Psalm 107. Living in Hastings and St Leonards grants us […]
Old Town Week will soon be upon us and I’m looking forward to being involved as an honorary Old Towner for the first time. It should be a wonderful week of celebration as we emerge from Covid restrictions. We have lots of church-based events planned ranging from our special Old Town Service at St. Clement’s on […]
At a recent meeting of its Small Grants Sub-Committee, Big Local North-East Hastings agreed to grant more than £15,000 to 14 organisations to offer a wide range of services and events to local residents in the coming months. These included: Hastings Storytelling Festival for two performances of Ling Nose puppets at Sandown School as part […]
By Tom McCann With Covid restrictions lifting slowly local businesses are opening to trade again. Walking down George Street since the start of the year has been a strange experience for many. The street, normally bustling with people in and out of all the little shops that make it what it is, has been devoid […]
A simple statement from the Royal household yesterday announced the death of The Duke of Edinburgh: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. “His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle. “Further announcements […]
When the weather turned nice Tom McCann took his camera, went for a walk and considered all that Hastings means to him. The weather was lovely earlier in the week, for the first time in a very long time you could really feel that things are getting better – like a little bit of June […]
The Old Town’s answer to the world famous Oberammergau Passion Play is back this year in a new online version writes the Reverend Paul Hunt. Every ten years, pilgrims from all over the world flock to Oberammergau in Germany to see the re-enactment of Jesus’ last days performed by villagers. The first performance was in […]
‘I can forgive but I can’t forget.’ Those words attributed to the 19th century American clergyman Henry Ward Beecher (and brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin) will be familiar to many of us. Perhaps we have even used them. Offering genuine forgiveness is not easy and it can sometimes be difficult […]
