Letters from the Vicar

Letter from the Vicar – September 2026

Water is so precious, and essential for our existence. It gives and sustains life. Doctors encourage us to drink plenty of water because it is good for our health and wellbeing.

I wonder how you feel when an advert pops up on TV for a charity which is dedicated to bringing clean drinking water to parts of our world rife with malnourishment and disease?

In John 4, Jesus encounters a Samaritan woman at the well. He tells her:  

“Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Just as water sustains our physical lives, so does the living waters which Christ offers bring us eternal life.

Next time you drink a glass of water, give thanks to God for this great gift.

Revd. Keith Johnson

keiththevicar@gmail.com