Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse 20:05:2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The other day I found myself in the novel position of conducting a funeral – I say novel for I realised that I had not done one for 7 years since being a Chair…
Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse 13:05:2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, It continues to be a great blessing for me to communicate in this way and to remain connected to you the Methodist people across the East Anglia District. From the beginning of this great…
From Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse 06:05:2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, In the early weeks of the current crisis it was fashionable to suggest that Corona virus was a great leveller – after all if Prince Charles and Boris Johnson had contracted the virus who on earth could be exempt?…
Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Rev. Julian M. Pursehouse 29:04:2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, On Sunday afternoon I sat down in a quiet place with the express intention of reading the Gospel lectionary passage for the day (Luke 24:13-35) and was immediately reminded of the mysterious beauty of…
Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse 22:04:2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I’m sure that all of you will be aware of the amazing story of Captain Tom Moore; the 99-year old war veteran who has walked 100 laps of his garden to raise much needed…
Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse 15:04:2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, On Holy Saturday afternoon I took the opportunity to browse through a copy of the Guardian and found in the centre pages a photo gallery of numerous victims of the COVID-19 virus. For each…
Thought for the day – Easter Sunday 12th April 2020 One of my favourite resurrection narratives in the New Testament is the passage in John’s Gospel (John 20:19-29) which depicts the events towards the end of the first Easter Sunday. After the momentous events of that early morning in the Garden Tomb it appears that…
Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse 09:04:2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I continue to write to you as your Pastor in a time of national crisis when perhaps, more than ever, our shared life of faith will be like a pearl of great price; something costly and precious that we are…
Latest message from Julian Pursehouse – 02.04.20
Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I am writing to you as your Pastor at a time of deep adversity as we all come to terms with the new and more stringent conditions on our collective life together. Much of what we hold dear as citizens of a liberal democracy is being stripped away and we…