Alec Corio
@alec-corio.bsky.social
Rector of East Barnet. Associate Tutor in liturgy at ERMC. Diocesan Inter-Faith Advisor for the Diocese of St Albans.
PhD in church history; interested in ecumenical and inter-faith engagement; also mountains.
PhD in church history; interested in ecumenical and inter-faith engagement; also mountains.
Reposted by Alec Corio
Jesus Christ is always at the centre of Christmas. And everyone's invited to experience it with us.
Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.
Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.
Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.
Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Jesus Christ is always at the centre of Christmas. And everyone's invited to experience it with us.
Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.
Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.
Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.
Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.
Barnet Collective, who work in partnership with St Mary's, were at St Albans Abbey on Monday to showcase their work serving our community for Inter Faith week.
I was there as well, but hiding at the back of the photo!
I was there as well, but hiding at the back of the photo!
🌍 On Monday night, around 150 people came together for our Diocesan Interfaith Event at St Albans Cathedral.
👉 Read the full story and see the pictures here: buff.ly/Xm3pjRr
#InterfaithWeek #LivingGodsLove
👉 Read the full story and see the pictures here: buff.ly/Xm3pjRr
#InterfaithWeek #LivingGodsLove
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Barnet Collective, who work in partnership with St Mary's, were at St Albans Abbey on Monday to showcase their work serving our community for Inter Faith week.
I was there as well, but hiding at the back of the photo!
I was there as well, but hiding at the back of the photo!
Reposted by Alec Corio
🌍 Continuing with our stories for Interfaith Week, we hear from a brilliant initiative called The Barnet Collective, run by St Mary's Church, East Barnet.
👉 Read the story here: buff.ly/r9vSw2q
#InterfaithWeek #Community #FaithInAction
👉 Read the story here: buff.ly/r9vSw2q
#InterfaithWeek #Community #FaithInAction
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🌍 Continuing with our stories for Interfaith Week, we hear from a brilliant initiative called The Barnet Collective, run by St Mary's Church, East Barnet.
👉 Read the story here: buff.ly/r9vSw2q
#InterfaithWeek #Community #FaithInAction
👉 Read the story here: buff.ly/r9vSw2q
#InterfaithWeek #Community #FaithInAction
You can hear more about the partnership between St Mary's and Barnet Collective in this special post for Inter Faith Week
www.stalbansdiocese.org/news/barnet-...
www.stalbansdiocese.org/news/barnet-...
Barnet Collective builds bridges through shared service
Find out how an Interfaith initiative in Barnet offering food to the community supports households in need through shared resources.
www.stalbansdiocese.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
You can hear more about the partnership between St Mary's and Barnet Collective in this special post for Inter Faith Week
www.stalbansdiocese.org/news/barnet-...
www.stalbansdiocese.org/news/barnet-...
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The @bmfforum.bsky.social's Interfaith Gardening and Green Food picnic last weekend, as part of the @london.gov.uk's #MayorsCommunityWeekend, was such an enjoyable day 😍
I loved sharing plants from Incredible Edible Barnet with people from across Barnet and beyond. And the food was delicious too 😋
I loved sharing plants from Incredible Edible Barnet with people from across Barnet and beyond. And the food was delicious too 😋
September 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The @bmfforum.bsky.social's Interfaith Gardening and Green Food picnic last weekend, as part of the @london.gov.uk's #MayorsCommunityWeekend, was such an enjoyable day 😍
I loved sharing plants from Incredible Edible Barnet with people from across Barnet and beyond. And the food was delicious too 😋
I loved sharing plants from Incredible Edible Barnet with people from across Barnet and beyond. And the food was delicious too 😋
We're preparing a great green interfaith event at St Mary's in @stalbansdiocese.org with our partners at @bmfforum.bsky.social and @incediblebarnet.bsky.social
This is part of the mayor's community week end @mayoroflondon.bsky.social
Register now to come along
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inter-fait...
This is part of the mayor's community week end @mayoroflondon.bsky.social
Register now to come along
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inter-fait...
Inter-Faith Gardening & Green Food Picnic : Mayor’s Community Weekend
Eventbrite - Barnet Multi Faith Forum presents Inter-Faith Gardening & Green Food Picnic : Mayor’s Community Weekend - Sunday, 14 September 2025 at St Mary's, East Barnet, London, England. Find event ...
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We're preparing a great green interfaith event at St Mary's in @stalbansdiocese.org with our partners at @bmfforum.bsky.social and @incediblebarnet.bsky.social
This is part of the mayor's community week end @mayoroflondon.bsky.social
Register now to come along
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inter-fait...
This is part of the mayor's community week end @mayoroflondon.bsky.social
Register now to come along
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inter-fait...
For anyone preaching on the Good Samaritan this Sunday, and not planning to just talk about Donaghue vs Stevenson, this is a must listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Archive on 4 - Kenneth Williams: Said the Actor to the Bishop - BBC Sounds
Kenneth Williams recorded excerpts from the Bible. They've not been broadcast until now.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
For anyone preaching on the Good Samaritan this Sunday, and not planning to just talk about Donaghue vs Stevenson, this is a must listen: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Reposted by Alec Corio
Nick at the Barnet Society has done a fabulous job, yet again!, telling everyone who didn't come to our Cool Beans event earlier this week what they missed out on. Thanks Nick!
New initiative from Barnet’s Incredible Edible campaign – a festival to celebrate the brilliance of the humble bean - The Barnet Society
A celebration of the joy of growing and eating beans organised by members of Barnet’s innovative Incredible Edible campaign group was a journey from start to finish – from seed to plate.
www.barnetsociety.org.uk
June 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Nick at the Barnet Society has done a fabulous job, yet again!, telling everyone who didn't come to our Cool Beans event earlier this week what they missed out on. Thanks Nick!
An impeccably (2 bottle) orthodox sermon is ready for Sunday.
June 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
An impeccably (2 bottle) orthodox sermon is ready for Sunday.
It was a privilege to lead today's very successful Wesley Day pilgrimage, from Wesley's Chapel to St Paul's cathedral.
Involving @methodist.org.uk @stalbansdiocese.org @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social
And we even arrived in time for Evensong.
Involving @methodist.org.uk @stalbansdiocese.org @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social
And we even arrived in time for Evensong.
May 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
It was a privilege to lead today's very successful Wesley Day pilgrimage, from Wesley's Chapel to St Paul's cathedral.
Involving @methodist.org.uk @stalbansdiocese.org @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social
And we even arrived in time for Evensong.
Involving @methodist.org.uk @stalbansdiocese.org @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social
And we even arrived in time for Evensong.
It's been an honour to prepare the material for the Wesley Day pilgrimage this Saturday.
We'll walk from Wesley's Chapel to @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social with friends from @methodist.org.uk and Barnet deaneries in @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social and @stalbansdiocese.org
Let's hope for good weather!
We'll walk from Wesley's Chapel to @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social with friends from @methodist.org.uk and Barnet deaneries in @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social and @stalbansdiocese.org
Let's hope for good weather!
May 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's been an honour to prepare the material for the Wesley Day pilgrimage this Saturday.
We'll walk from Wesley's Chapel to @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social with friends from @methodist.org.uk and Barnet deaneries in @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social and @stalbansdiocese.org
Let's hope for good weather!
We'll walk from Wesley's Chapel to @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social with friends from @methodist.org.uk and Barnet deaneries in @dioceseoflondon.bsky.social and @stalbansdiocese.org
Let's hope for good weather!
When the Son of Man comes in glory ... he will say ... "I was a stranger and you welcomed me" ... Then the righteous will answer him ... “when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you?” ... And the king will answer ... "just as you did to one of the least of these ... you did to me.”
“When you refer to the ‘incalculable’ damage done by uncontrolled migration, you are in danger of harming migrant members of our communities and strengthening those who would divide us.”
Bishops join other faith leaders in urging Prime Minister to ‘reconsider’ migration rhetoric
FIFTEEN bishops have joined Jewish, Muslim and other Christian leaders in calling on the Prime Minis...
www.churchtimes.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
When the Son of Man comes in glory ... he will say ... "I was a stranger and you welcomed me" ... Then the righteous will answer him ... “when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you?” ... And the king will answer ... "just as you did to one of the least of these ... you did to me.”
On what it measn to be fully alive, at Easter and a time of complexity and hate.
stmaryseastbarnet.org/2025/04/you-...
stmaryseastbarnet.org/2025/04/you-...
You are fully called
It is an important anniversary. Eighty years ago this week, the British Eleventh Armoured Division liberated the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. The troops who opened the gates there discovere…
stmaryseastbarnet.org
April 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
On what it measn to be fully alive, at Easter and a time of complexity and hate.
stmaryseastbarnet.org/2025/04/you-...
stmaryseastbarnet.org/2025/04/you-...
It was great to show Bishop Jane @stalbansdiocese.org some of the wonderful mission and ministry that is shared between St Mary's Church and School, and to have her preside at the termly school Eucharist we've introduced in this inclusive setting.
stmarysen4-barnet.co.uk/bishop-janes...
stmarysen4-barnet.co.uk/bishop-janes...
St Mary's Church of England Primary School | Bishop Jane’s visit to St. Mary’s
stmarysen4-barnet.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
It was great to show Bishop Jane @stalbansdiocese.org some of the wonderful mission and ministry that is shared between St Mary's Church and School, and to have her preside at the termly school Eucharist we've introduced in this inclusive setting.
stmarysen4-barnet.co.uk/bishop-janes...
stmarysen4-barnet.co.uk/bishop-janes...
I got through a whole lot of ash on Ash Wednesday at St Mary's, our wonderful church school in East Barnet
stmarysen4-barnet.co.uk/ash-wednesday/
stmarysen4-barnet.co.uk/ash-wednesday/
St Mary's Church of England Primary School | Ash Wednesday
stmarysen4-barnet.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I got through a whole lot of ash on Ash Wednesday at St Mary's, our wonderful church school in East Barnet
stmarysen4-barnet.co.uk/ash-wednesday/
stmarysen4-barnet.co.uk/ash-wednesday/
It's time for my annual liturgy lecture to those training for ministry to the ERMC on which Common Worship volumes are which, and which of them are actually useful.
Truly, liturgical texts exist in their thousands, but different editions and volumes of Common Worship in their tens of thousands.
Truly, liturgical texts exist in their thousands, but different editions and volumes of Common Worship in their tens of thousands.
March 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It's time for my annual liturgy lecture to those training for ministry to the ERMC on which Common Worship volumes are which, and which of them are actually useful.
Truly, liturgical texts exist in their thousands, but different editions and volumes of Common Worship in their tens of thousands.
Truly, liturgical texts exist in their thousands, but different editions and volumes of Common Worship in their tens of thousands.
I've been burning last year's palm crosses to create some more ashes before Ash Wednesday.
They'll have cooled down before they are offered then, mixed with a little olive oil, to make the sign of the cross on the forehead of any who wish it.
They'll have cooled down before they are offered then, mixed with a little olive oil, to make the sign of the cross on the forehead of any who wish it.
March 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I've been burning last year's palm crosses to create some more ashes before Ash Wednesday.
They'll have cooled down before they are offered then, mixed with a little olive oil, to make the sign of the cross on the forehead of any who wish it.
They'll have cooled down before they are offered then, mixed with a little olive oil, to make the sign of the cross on the forehead of any who wish it.
I got a phishing email this morning from a Mr Jean Calvin.
He must have known I was not destined to click on the link though.
He must have known I was not destined to click on the link though.
March 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I got a phishing email this morning from a Mr Jean Calvin.
He must have known I was not destined to click on the link though.
He must have known I was not destined to click on the link though.
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Our churches routinely offer gluten-free bread or non-alcoholic wine at Communion.
Read more at cofe.io/Communion.
Read more at cofe.io/Communion.
February 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Our churches routinely offer gluten-free bread or non-alcoholic wine at Communion.
Read more at cofe.io/Communion.
Read more at cofe.io/Communion.
I was at St Mary's School talking with reception about what 'goes into' making a church good for the wider community.
The food redistribution work we do with Barnet Collective is a shining example of that. Look at this box - one of about 70 sent out this week - overflowing with generosity.
The food redistribution work we do with Barnet Collective is a shining example of that. Look at this box - one of about 70 sent out this week - overflowing with generosity.
February 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I was at St Mary's School talking with reception about what 'goes into' making a church good for the wider community.
The food redistribution work we do with Barnet Collective is a shining example of that. Look at this box - one of about 70 sent out this week - overflowing with generosity.
The food redistribution work we do with Barnet Collective is a shining example of that. Look at this box - one of about 70 sent out this week - overflowing with generosity.
Yesterday our morning service at St Mary's was an All Age Messy Christingle.
This shows some of the Christingle supplies, before the mess got started.
By the end of the service the whole area was covered in orange juice and silver foil from a confetti canon. Thankfully there were no burn marks.
This shows some of the Christingle supplies, before the mess got started.
By the end of the service the whole area was covered in orange juice and silver foil from a confetti canon. Thankfully there were no burn marks.
February 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Yesterday our morning service at St Mary's was an All Age Messy Christingle.
This shows some of the Christingle supplies, before the mess got started.
By the end of the service the whole area was covered in orange juice and silver foil from a confetti canon. Thankfully there were no burn marks.
This shows some of the Christingle supplies, before the mess got started.
By the end of the service the whole area was covered in orange juice and silver foil from a confetti canon. Thankfully there were no burn marks.
It was a slightly wet day for a burial service in a local cemetary today, but fortunately we were able to use the order of prayer for burial at sea.
January 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It was a slightly wet day for a burial service in a local cemetary today, but fortunately we were able to use the order of prayer for burial at sea.
I was supporting a parish in vacancy this morning, and at both their services we saw the Wedding at Cana through the story of Whisky Galore.
Figuratively speaking, of course, as I had to drive between churches.
Figuratively speaking, of course, as I had to drive between churches.
January 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I was supporting a parish in vacancy this morning, and at both their services we saw the Wedding at Cana through the story of Whisky Galore.
Figuratively speaking, of course, as I had to drive between churches.
Figuratively speaking, of course, as I had to drive between churches.
The description for the liturgy module that I teach to ordinands and licensed lay ministers in training for the ERMC now has a bibliography.
It just says '... and the c. 1000000000 other Common Worship volumes.'
It just says '... and the c. 1000000000 other Common Worship volumes.'
January 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The description for the liturgy module that I teach to ordinands and licensed lay ministers in training for the ERMC now has a bibliography.
It just says '... and the c. 1000000000 other Common Worship volumes.'
It just says '... and the c. 1000000000 other Common Worship volumes.'
Leading collective worship at our wonderful Church primary school is usually the highlight of my week.
Today I was helped by a having 210 litre water butt and various curious coloured liquids as props.
Today I was helped by a having 210 litre water butt and various curious coloured liquids as props.
January 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Leading collective worship at our wonderful Church primary school is usually the highlight of my week.
Today I was helped by a having 210 litre water butt and various curious coloured liquids as props.
Today I was helped by a having 210 litre water butt and various curious coloured liquids as props.