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.
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!
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 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.
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 moon is visiting @stalbanscathedral.bsky.social, and moonrise over nave altar is uncannily beautiful.
January 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The moon is visiting @stalbanscathedral.bsky.social, and moonrise over nave altar is uncannily beautiful.