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Andrew Dotchin (tssf) he/him
@suffolkvicar.bsky.social
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Born UK 🇬🇧 Baptised Malta 🇲🇹 Ordained South Africa 🇿🇦 Home in Suffolk. Vicar, Franciscan, General Synod Sweetie 🍬🧚‍♀️ Fairy, Chaplain to anything with a badge
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Dates for February @churchofengland.org #Synod have been confirmed so time to book a week’s worth of accommodation in the Smoke.
Always very grateful for the membership offered by @VictoryServicesClub to @aircadets.bsky.social and other chaplains.
An oasis just around the corner from Marble Arch 💝
The facade of the Victory Services Club, London at night time
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
Tx u very much #Tesco 👍🏾
With club card Christmas saver vouchers and price reductions on the shelf this bottle of #Dalwhinnie comes in at just £6.50 🤩
You are now my official sponsor of #ClergyMaltClub which will be trending here on Christmas Eve after Midnight Mass into the wee hours
slainté 🥃
A bottle of Dalwhinnie whiskey on a supermarket shelf with a reduced price label and a loyalty card voucher
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
Tonight’s (this morning’s…) prayers are a real hodge podge of beads and emotions but perhaps just what was needed to make sense of this beautiful vocation together and call me ever forward.
Further up and further in!
Laus Deo!
A rosary with a gold cross used by Pope John Paul II with a mixture of marbled white round beads and black, white and green oval beads A drawing of the doorway into Aslan’s own country with a lions head at its top and a view of green rolling hills behind it
November 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#LastLaugh

What do you call a detective who solves cases by chance?

Sheer Luck Holmes…..
A cartoon of Sherlock Holmes looking at the ground through a magnifying glass What do you call a detective who solves cases by chance? Sheer Luck Holmes…..
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
Good news everyone!
The first empty sweetie tubs of Christmas have arrived at Kesgrave Vicarage
Please leave any you have on or in our delivery box and we will see that they are recycled to help fund the excellent work of #Streetvet
Find out more
www.streetvet.co.uk
and
youtu.be/9h_FhJO3xHk?...
Red and purple empty plastic chocolate tubs on a larger black box An advertisement for a documentary about the work of Streetvet
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
My first Christmas card comes from someone who enjoys my posts on here and #Facebook
They also said nice things about #PauseForThought which is every weekday on @suffolksound.bsky.social just after the 7.30am news.
Sorry folks it looks like your stuck with #LastLaugh & #ToPonder for a while yet 😉😁
A Christmas tree shaped piece of cheese, biscuits and grapes on a cheeseboard with two mice looking on hungrily. The card reads: ‘‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house… …not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. A home audio speaker with instructions on how to listen to Suffolk Sound How to listen on amazon alexa .... first time .... "Alexa launch skill SUFFOLK SOUND" ... then afterwards ... Alexa play... SUFFOLK SOUND Also listen live suffolksound.com smart speakers & mobile devices A mobile phone advertising the Suffolk Sound App in the Apple App Store and in Google Play Store
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#txt4today✝️

Whoever welcomes you welcomes me. and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me
(Matthew 10v40)

For a list of people to find a welcome from check Matthew 25v35...
A group of smiling dark skinned children in bright clothes with one of them opening their arms in welcome. Whoever welcomes you welcomes me. and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me (Matthew 10v40) For a list of people to find a welcome from check Matthew 25v35...
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#ToPray✝️

Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.

(Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
Higgle-dipigeddy style black lettering on a white background Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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#ToPonder

It all comes to this:
The simplest way to be happy is to do good.

(Helen Keller)
A pale blue mountain skyline with a white background It all comes to this: The simplest way to be happy is to do good. (Helen Keller)
November 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
Tonight’s offering 📿
A rosary made of brown beads with yellow Pater beads on gold chain with a golden stylised crucifix
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#LastLaugh

Why Ironman and not Fe-male?
A picture of Iron Man Why Ironman and not Fe-male?
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
Need an after High School sugar rush?
Free Haribo to any students walking, cycling or even running past Kesgrave Church Hall today.
Pop in to the Broom Tree Cafe in the hall for more goodies and space to chill before going home.
Every Wednesday in term-time from 3.15pm to 4.30pm
A tub of packets of sweets each with an advert for the Broom Tree Cafe
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#ToPray✝️

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.

(Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
A black and white picture of Dietrich Bonhoeffer We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#ToPonder

Never bend your head,
hold it high,
look the world straight in the eye.

(Helen Keller)
A black and white picture of a young Helen Keller Never bend your head, hold it high, look the world straight in the eye. (Helen Keller)
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
Tonight’s prayers 📿
A small rosary of mixed grey glass beads with a silver crucifix in which is a thorn crowned face of Christ on a brown enamel background A rosary of pale grey glass beads with a golden Jerusalem Cross
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#LastLaugh

I was gonna tell you a joke about Salt but thought.….

Na
A crossed out cartoon of a salt seller with the chemical symbol for Sodium on it I was gonna tell you a joke about Salt but thought.…. Na
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#txt4today✝️

You received without payment:
give without payment.
(Matthew 10v8)

Good Friday remains the best Black Friday deal
(Andrew Dotchin)
A red ticket with the words ‘Best Price’ on it in white lettering You received without payment: give without payment. (Matthew 10v8) Good Friday remains the best Black Friday deal (Andrew Dotchin)
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#ToPray✝️

A God who could be proved by us would be an idol
(Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
A black & white picture of Dietrich Bonhoeffer A God who could be proved by us would be an idol (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#ToPonder

True happiness...
is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

(Helen Keller)
A pale pink Chrysanthemum flower True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. (Helen Keller)
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#LastLaugh

My Grandma always used to say, ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’

I don't know if that's true, or just one of Granny's myths.
A cartoon of a green apple wearing glasses My Grandma always used to say, ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’ I don't know if that's true, or just one of Granny's myths.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#txt4today✝️

But the Pharisees said,
By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons.'
(Matthew 9v34)

When you do good some people will complain.
Don't stop doing good!
(Andrew Dotchin)
A man with a dark skin tone wearing a gingham chequed shirt with his head down and hands behind his back looking away from a group of pale skinned hands pointing at him. But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of the demons he casts out the demons.' (Matthew 9v34) When you do good some people will complain. Don't stop doing good! (Andrew Dotchin)
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
suffolkvicar.bsky.social
#ToPray✝️

When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.

(Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
A Black & Whirr photo of Dietrich Bonhoeffer When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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#ToPonder

Walking with a friend in the dark
is better than walking alone in the light.

(Helen Keller)
Blue on white text Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light. (Helen Keller)
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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#LastLaugh

What kind of sticks do Night Club bouncers use!

Pogo sticks....
A cartoon of two night club doormen dressed in black What kind of sticks do Night Club bouncers use! Pogo sticks....
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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#txt4today✝️

Father. forgive them;
for they do not know what they are doing
(Luke 23v34))

We begin to be born again
when we learn to forgive
(Andrew Dotchin)

@coventrycathedral.bsky.social
The cross made from the roof timber of the bombed ruins of Coventry Cathedral in front of the altar with the words ‘Father Forgive’ carved in gold lettering on the wall behind it. Father. forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing (Luke 23v34)) We begin to be born again when we learn to forgive (Andrew Dotchin)
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM