Sunday Service with Church and Vickers

Welcome back to The Sunday Service! This week, Mr Church talks about autumn and, just because the season has ended, it doesn't call for doom and gloom! Mr Gompertz reads a story from The Good Book, where the young man visits his club the week after the end of the season and sees how it's already in hibernation for the winter. WG Rumblepants talks about the sadness about the end of the se...

Welcome back to The Sunday Service! This week, Mr Church talks about his feelings before the start of the final day of cricketing action for this summer in the northern hemisphere. Mr Gompertz reads a story from The Good Book, where Young Michael Holding suggest to Young Mark Wood that he ought to move his run-up back. WG Rumblepants talks about the legacy of the great John Wisden, not just throug...

Welcome back to The Sunday Service! This week, Mr Church reveals the draft sketches for the new Parish bird bath, as well as regaling tales of animals at the cricket. Mr Gompertz reads a very short, but very fitting passage from the Good Book about our beatiful game, and leads a rousing rendition of this week's hymn, 'Be Thou My Vixen'. WG Rumblepants talks about the lies one tells...

Welcome back to The Sunday Service! This week, Mr Church gives us the match report on the latest fixture in the Parish XI calendar. Mr Gompertz reads a passage from The Good Book about the importance of tailenders or, as they're called in The Good Book, 'end-of-the-tail'. WG Rumblepants talks about the importance of club cricket, and how it's much more about the club than it is...

Welcome back to The Sunday Service! This week, Mr Church devises his plan for the new bird birth, although the water feature leaves the image of Sir Geoffrey rather exposed... Mr Gompertz reads a passage from the good book about the fine line between having love for Mother Cricket, as well as having love for one's life partner. WG Rumblepants talks about the chaos in the Pakistan camp. And fi...

Welcome back to The Sunday Service! This week, we hear the latest updates from Parish XI, who just played their fundraiser game against The Hairdressers of Upper and Lower Bottom. It was a terrific day all round, although not a very successful batting performance. Actually, come to think of it, the bowling performance wasn't great either. Unfortunately, Mr Gompertz's messaging about the...

Welcome back to The Sunday Service! This week, we hear the latest updates as the Parish XI prepare for their fundraiser game against The Hairdressers of Upper and Lower Bottom. Mr Church has his updates from the Parish, WG Rumblepants speaks on the feeling of late-season cricket, and Mr Gompertz reads from The Good Book on 'The Curfew'. The congregation sing 'They've Lifted The...

Welcome back to The Sunday Service! This week, we hear the latest updates as the Parish XI prepare for their fundraiser game against The Hairdressers of Upper and Lower Bottom. Mr Church and Mr Gompertz are also very excited as they perform their first 'bat-tism', as Rex has chosen to get his new piece of willow 'bat-tised' before he uses it in the fundraiser match. The congreg...

Welcome back to The Sunday Service! This week, we hear the latest tales from the Parish XI as they played a thriller against the Fellows of Farting Fallows, which went down to the final ball. WG Rumblepants gives his 'Cricket in 3' on the festival feel of the One-Day Cup, and Mr Gompertz reads from 'The Good Book' on the young man who discovered the One-Day Cup due to the absen...

Welcome back to The Sunday Service! This week, we hear the latest tales from the Parish XI as they prepare for their game next weekend against the Fellows of Farting Fallows. WG Rumblepants gives his 'Cricket in 3' on cheating in cricket, and Mr Gompertz reads from 'The Good Book' on the spirit of the game. And finally, our good friends at Newberry Cricket have another terrific...

Welcome back to The Sunday Service! This week, we hear the latest tales from the Womens' Institute as they took a trip to see The Odyssey, and the Parish XI prepare for their fundraiser game against the Hairdressers of Upper and Lower Bottom. WG Rumblepants rumblepants dedicates his 'Cricket in 3' to the late Sir Garfield Sobers, and Mr Gompertz reads from 'The Good Book'...

Welcome back to The Sunday Service! This week, we hear the latest tales from the Parish XI as the match is called off for a 'incident of the non-striker's end'. We also hear the continuation of our newest feature of the Service, 'Cricket in Three with WG', thanks to WG Rumblepants. We hear the first Reading from Mr Gompertz, as he consults two passages from The Good Book i...

Welcome back to The Sunday Service! This week, we meet our newest member of the parish, Mr Gompertz, and we hear about his first few days as he settles into his new surroundings. Elsewhere, Mr Church has his bush trimmed into the shape of Sir Geoffrey, although this causes some unforeseen issues... We also hear our newest feature of the Service, 'Cricket in Three with WG', thanks to WG R...

Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers – we hope you've all had a peaceful cricketing week. This week, Mark brings some sad news to the Parish. In a hard-hitting Sermon, Mark reveals that Hector is leaving the Parish after 36 fantastic services at the pulpit. "It has been a joy and a pleasure to serve at The Parish, and I will miss our weekly catchups" Hector ann...

Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers – we hope you've all had a peaceful cricketing week. This week, Mark and Hector are joined by the CEO and mastermind behind our fantastic sponsors, Newbery Cricket. Having left school at 16, David White began work as a groundskeeper before moving into a variety of coaching roles, including serving as a County Age Group coach at Surrey...

Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers – we hope you've all had a peaceful cricketing week. This week, we continue Mark's conversation with one of the most beloved voices in cricket, who has also recently been inducted into the NZC Hall of Fame. In 52 Test matches, he scored 2,668 runs, including three centuries and 16 half-centuries, while also taking 27 wickets. He...

Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week. This week, Mark is joined by one of the most loved voices in cricket, who has also recently been inducted into the NZC Hall of Fame. In 52 Test matches, he scored 2668 Test runs with three centuries and 16 half-centuries, while taking 27 Test wickets along the way.  He also claims the pr...

Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week. This week, Hector is joined by one of the biggest content creators in the world of cricket. With over 150,000 followers on all platforms, and over 100 million views on his content, his rise up the social media echelons has been exponential. Working under the title ‘What’s He On About?’,...

Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week. This week, Mark and Hector are joined by someone who can tell you everything you need to know about the game. Having begun her career in the civil service, straight out of university, she ended up making a career switch to sports journalism after becoming a third voice with the BBC.  Now...

If we cast our minds back to the 24th of October, 2025, some of our most devoted listeners will remember a certain Church sermon that graced the airwaves. The sermon itself came as the clocks were preparing to tick back - the cricket season was done and dusted, and it was time to hunker down for the winter. Referring to 'the good book', Mark Church began a weekly sermon from the cricketi...

Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week. This week, Mark and Hector are joined by someone who has made some brilliant things happen at the Kia Oval in recent years. He began his cricketing journey with Opta Sports - working across scoring, analytics, and data collection - before heading to Australia for a few years, where he wo...

Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week. This week, Hector is joined by a champion of West Indies cricket. Having spent 22 years in the education industry - he is about to bow out as a Vice Principal at Sedgehill Academy.  Now, he is turning his attention wholeheartedly to the media world in which he has had much success so far...

Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week. This week, Mark and Hector are joined by one of the great Sports Photographers. Having started off at Varley Picture Agency before spending 10 years at the Press Association, he moved to Getty Images in 2011 - where he has been a staff photographer ever since. He has recently released hi...

Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week. This week, Mark is alone in the parish. His guest this week was born in California, but grew up in Western Australia, before making his professional debut back in 2014. Twelve years later, he has had to call time on his playing career due to an ankle injury - which he had first damaged i...

Welcome back to the Sunday Service with Church and Vickers - we hope you’ve all had a peaceful cricketing week. This week, Mark and Hector are joined by a trailblazer in the sports turf industry. Hailing from Christchurch, New Zealand, she made the jump over to England in 2022, where she began work for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.  In 2023, she led the first fully-female groundsteam in the...