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Ian Rees
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Archdeacon of Monmouth
Diocesan Director of Ministry
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Celebrating Christ the King in Portskewett tomorrow thinking about the immovable King in a shifting world
Sermon: sermonsforyou.blogspot.com/2025/11/shif...
November 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Looking forward to being in Llanellen and then Holy Trinity in Abergavenny this morning thinking about decisions!
Sermon: sermonsforyou.blogspot.com/2025/11/deci...
Decisions make a difference
I like lots of sports and one of the inevitabilities of watching sport with a favourite team is that occasionally you will get cross with ...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Revenge or forgiveness?

Father Forgive: Coventry Cathedral marks the 85th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz

In the aftermath of that night, there were two choices – revenge or forgiveness.

https://englishcathedrals.co.uk/latest-news/coventry-cathedral-remembers-the-85th-anniversary-of-the-blitz/
Coventry Cathedral Remembers the 85th Anniversary of the Blitz - The Association of English Cathedrals
Friday the 14th of November marks the 85th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz - a night which resulted in the death of 554 people with many more unaccounted
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November 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Really pleased to preach at Newport Cathedral evensong for Remembrance Sunday
Sermon: sermonsforyou.blogspot.com/2025/11/reme...
Remembrance 2025
The silence that takes place on Remembrance Sunday is never empty. It echoes with stories, with sacrifice, with love. Today, on this Remembr...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Great to be in All Saints Cyncoed to celebrate All Saints Day with them! And to think of how we’re all called to be saints letting the light of Christ shine through us!
Sermon: sermonsforyou.blogspot.com/2025/11/your...
November 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Very different buildings but both with lovely people - in St Christopher’s, Bulwark and St Pierre this morning for Bible Sunday
Sermon: sermonsforyou.blogspot.com/2025/10/livi...
Living word, living people
As children, the view of good parents often shifts dramatically. In those early years, they’re often trusted completely. We might cry for ...
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October 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Really looking forward to being in Llanfoist and then St Mary’s Abergavenny today and thinking about the power of faith
Sermon: sermonsforyou.blogspot.com/2025/10/long...
Longing for…
Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn endured years in the brutal prison camps of Siberia. Da...
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October 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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In St Mary’s Caldicot tomorrow - as with so many of our churches there is always a great welcome!
We would love to see you there at 11.
If you can’t make it, and want to read, here’s a link to the sermon about the freedom we are offered always!

Sermon: sermonsforyou.blogspot.com/2025/10/let-...
Let freedom in!
One year, while on holiday, I had the opportunity to stand at the spot where  Martin Luther King Jr.  delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream...
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October 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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Faith That Moves: Living the Gospel When It Feels Impossible…
Sermon: sermonsforyou.blogspot.com/2025/10/must...
Mustard seeds
There are moments in life when the call to follow Jesus feels overwhelming - times when we’d perhaps rather bury our heads and pretend not t...
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October 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Today I’m looking forward to being at Llanwenarth Citra and then Holy Trinity Abergavenny and thinking about the richness of compassion
Sermon: sermonsforyou.blogspot.com/2025/09/in-w...
September 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Great welcome and lots of good time together in the Severn Wye ministry area this morning
Sermon: sermonsforyou.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-li...
September 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday.

As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
Letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer condemning Elon Musk for inciting violence and urging unity to defend democracy.
September 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Holy Trinity Abergavenny now following an early start at St Mary’s (before the rain started!) - always good to be here!

Sermon : sermonsforyou.blogspot.com/2025/09/we-d...
September 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Somewhere new for me today - St Mellon’s in East Cardiff Ministry Area.
Challenging gospel reminding us of our call to care for everyone!
Sermon: sermonsforyou.blogspot.com/2025/08/love...
August 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Interested in coming to work with us in Monmouth Diocese? Take a look or pass this on to someone who may be interested!

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Archdeacon of Newport & Diocesan Director of Ministry and Discipleship - Monmouth
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August 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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"Our faith is authentic when it embraces our whole life, when it becomes a criterion for our decisions, when it makes us women and men committed to doing what is right, when we take risks out of love like Jesus did (8-24-25)." #PopeLeoXIV #LiveTheGospel
August 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Lovely morning in every way at St Tewdric’s Mathern and then St Andoenus Mounton.
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August 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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August 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Planning ahead with thoughts for tomorrow!

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Where else would you go?
This week, many young people received their GCSE results. For some, it was a moment of triumph after long days of study and uncertainty. F...
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August 23, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Picture from the garden of St George’s Cathedral,Jerusalem.
On Aug 15th the church celebrates Mary, mother of Jesus.
She spoke words known as the Magnificat-words about God’s love and power, about justice and about hope-revolutionary words for today!
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The magnificent Magnificat
This morning I want to think about the words we heard earlier known as the Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55). The words are very well known to all...
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August 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Today we remember St Maximilian Kolbe who died #onthisday in 1941, after offering his own life to save a fellow prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

He is one of ten 20th-century Christian martyrs whose statues stand above the Abbey’s Great West Door.
Close-up of a statue of St Maximilian Kolbe, showing him with a long beard, wearing robes and holding a book
August 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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The Story of scripture in four phrases repeated throughout its pages:

I love you.
I am with you.
Don’t be afraid.
You can come home.
July 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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At the beautiful churches in Shirenewton and then St Pierre on a beautiful morning! And thinking about getting our priorities right…

Sermon: sermonsforyou.blogspot.com/2025/08/gett...
August 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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"Everyone we meet at night is first loved by God...We listen, care and help where we can..."

A personal story of unity working in Hampshire from Eric, who has been a Street Pastor since 2008

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#StreetPastors #ChurchesTogether #AscensionTrust
August 7, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Latest in the testimony series from Monmouth Diocese

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Testimony - Revd Dawn Lindsay - Monmouth
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July 31, 2025 at 9:07 AM