This sunday is the first sunday in Lent and Annette chats on the phone to The Venerable Hugh McCurdy, Archdeacon for Huntingdon and Wisbech in the Diocese of Ely.  During his chat with Annette, Archdeacon Hugh gives us his own thoughts on how we may approach lent this year.

May we say a huge thank you to Bob Hacking, Archdeacon Hugh McCurdy and the lovely and very talented Hutchings family - whose participation in the video is very uch appreciated.

We are at the last sunday before Lent.  Annette will be talking about Jesus' Transfiguration and gives us her thoughts on the origins of Valentines Day.  We are very grateful to Polly Carpenter-O'Driscoll , Churchwarden at Diddington, for kindly reading the gospel (Mark Chapter 9 vs 2-9) and to Angela Ellmer from Southoe who makes beautiful porcelain flowers and shows us two of the red roses she has made for Valentine's Day in order to raise money for cancer research.  Thank you to both.

This is the second Sunday before Lent and this week Annette features Holy Trinity Church and is joined by Ursula, from Great Paxton, who kindly reads The Gospel - John, Chapter 1 vs 1-14; the deeply mysterious and poetically beautiful prologue from St John's Gospel.  We are also fortunate that Daisy, Ursula's daughter, plays her guitar and sings beautifully, and with deep feeling, 'Morning Has Broken' .  A very big thank you to Ursula and Daisy for participating in our service.

Before this weeks' service you may wish to have a candle ready to light for prayer time.  This Sunday is the fourth sunday of Epiphany and we celebrate 'Candlemas' which takes place 40 days after Christmas Day (2nd February).  This week Annette speaks, via telephone, with Leslie Tennant (Retired Church Army Evangelist Officer), from St James Church, who kindly reads the passage from St Luke's gospel and reflects on Candlemas, or Presentation of Christ in the Temple.