Rev. Diane Smith brings us a short video from the garden at Kirton Methodist Chapel
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Dear Friends Enclosed in this mailing is a short sermon reflection from myself for Sunday 16th August and Mike Pecks ever helpful Bible study notes on the same theme. The Felixstowe Mission Area Holiday Club was so well received last week that it is now possible to view it on the Circuit website . Thank…
Old Testament Reading Isaiah 56; v 1-8 The focus of this reading is keeping the Sabbath. A truly counter-cultural marker of being God’s Chosen People. During the pandemic, how have we been challenged to keep the Sabbath in different ways? What have you found helpful? How much of the responsibility for keeping the Sabbath lies…
This week I was delighted to see Leanne (not the Vendors real name) back , selling the “Big Issue” in Felixstowe. She and many others in similar situations have had a very tough time during lockdown. Not all “Big Issue” vendors have been able to return to work at once. Health issues mean some are…
Dear Friends Our thanks this week to Robin and Mary Pattinson who have provided the children with a wonderful online Holiday Club. This is something I know both adults and children have greatly enjoyed. Razzmatazz Robots has been very well received. Such a helpful resource for families during the summer holidays. It is a great…
Lectionary Readings 1 Kings 19 9-18 Psalm 85. 8-13 Romans 10. 5-15 The Gospel Reading; Matthew 14 22-33. High on the list of best ever recordings we would almost certainly find Simon and Garfunkel’s timeless “Bridge Over Troubled Water”. For me, it has long symbolised incarnation; that Christ on the cross literally becomes for us,…
Thought for the day – Friday 24th July 2020 Sunday 12th July was the first day we were able to open Trinity Methodist Church in Felixstowe for private prayer. We had people queuing at the doors as we opened and over 30 people came along. We made sure we adhered to both the Government and…
Thought for the day – Wednesday 15th July 2020 Krish Kandiah is President of The London School of Theology and Chair of the Theological Advisory Panel for Tearfund. Back in 2014 he wrote a very timely book on the Paradox of Christian Faith. The book was called Paradoxology and honestly acknowledged that Christians will not…
Thought for the day – Thursday 9th July 2020 Some of you may have seen, around a year ago, a most wonderful programme on TV in which Dame Judi Dench expressed her love of trees and revealed that she often plants a tree in memory of a loved one. Trees, protect the soil, absorb CO2…
Thought for the day – Wednesday 1st July 2020 A REFLECTION INSPIRED BY THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESSES TO METHODIST CONFERENCE 2020 I am currently watching online some of the Methodist Conference and have been inspired greatly by both the President and Vice President’s Addresses. In the Rev’d Teal’s Address (President of Conference) he…