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Lessons and Carols

Ever since he was a boy, the one thing Mr. Perkins looked forward to most about the Advent and Christmas season was the annual service

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Birthdays

In church-land there are certain little customs that seem to develop over time. At first, they are innocuous, charming, even quaint; but it doesn’t take

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Create in me a clean heart, O God

On Ash Wednesday, our old friend Mr. William Perkins, the rector of that little fictional town of Hampton’s Corners, had preached on the subject of

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The Advent Police

Mr. Perkins, the rector of Christ Church Hampton’s Corners, used to be a card-carrying member of the Advent police. The Advent police are those self-righteous,

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The Queen and duty

“I promise to do my best, to do my duty to God and the Queen, to keep the law of the wolf cub pack and

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Grace

One of the duties that falls to a cleric such as our old friend, Mr. William Perkins, is pastoral counselling. It’s not quite like psychotherapy.

Clergy enjoy time away at conference

The clergy of the diocese gather every two years for a much anticipated clergy conference at Brock University in St. Catharines. It is a time

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