I received a message on Facebook on Saturday from a total stranger. The lady had taken the photograph on the right and asked if the book was mine. As you can see it was a Sunday School prize presented to me in 1964, I would have been five, almost six when this book first came…
Thought for the day – Sunday 2nd August 2020 One of the tasks we are keen to establish in the Ipswich Methodist Circuit is a virtual Church. One of the new skills that the Coronavirus experience has taught us is that the generation, often missing from our traditional Church services are engaging with us through…
Thought of the day – Sunday 26th July 2020 We had a lovely worshipful time together at Elmsett Methodist Church on Sunday 19th July, during which we shared communion, in a way that meant we were able to comply with all Covid guidance. Music was playing in the background as we worshiped and one of…
Let them both grow together
Thought of the day – Sunday 12th July 2020 A Sower went out to sow (Matthew 13) I am totally confused at just where we are in the year, I am used to the familiar milestones along my annual journey and this year, the majority of those milestones haven’t happened and I feel disorientated most…
Thought for the day – Sunday 5th July 2020 One of the precious gifts the Methodist Church gives to its Ministers is a Sabbatical every sevenyears, this gift is not a three months holiday, it is a time to stop, reflect, recharge the batteries andmove on with a fresh insight and enthusiasm. I am constantly…
Thought for the day – Sunday 28th June 2020 Today is Conference Sunday in the Methodist Church and I believe that as representatives from the church gather virtually this year, they represent a bygone age, steeped in our culture from the early days of the small group of Anglican Priests who met to create a…
Thought of the day – Sunday 21st June 2020 We often refer to Sunday as “the Lord’s Day” and even though it is fourteen weeks since Sunday looked like the kind of Sunday many of us have grown up with and it still feels very strange not attending Sunday worship. Today is Father’s Day and…
Thought for the day – Sunday 24th May 2020 Shortly before moving to Ipswich I had to go to Leeds for a twenty-four-hour training session on being a new superintendent. I decided to travel by train, which was something I hadn’t done for years. It was by far the easiest option and involved a change…
Thought of the day – Sunday 17th May 2020 John – A new kind of normal The others had all left now and John was all alone at the side of the sea of Galilee or Lake Tiberius as most of the locals knew it. He sat and gazed at the still glowing embers on…