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Lectionary reflections for Sunday 15th November 2020

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time                     Year A                                    15th November 2020. Lectionary Readings Zephaniah 1 v7, 12-18.         A terrible day. 1 Thessalonians 5 v1-11        You belong to the light. Matthew 25 v14-30                A story about three servants. Investment returns. The gospel reading this week is another parable on the theme of the Kingdom. “The Kingdom…

Making a Difference Award

Rev Diane Smith was recently interviewed on BBC Radio Suffolk after she was nominated for a Making a Diiference award. Diane spoke about alot of the things that have been going on in the last few months during the Covid pandemic. You can listen to the entire interview by clicking the play button below. Diane…

Lectionary reflections for Sunday 8th November 2020

32nd Sunday in ordinary Time                     Year A                                     8th November 2020. Lectionary readings Amos 5 v18-24                       What the Lord demands. 1 Thessalonians 4 v13-18.     What to expect when the Lord returns. Matthew 25 v1-13.                 A story about ten girls. Are you ready to join the celebration? Amos, like most of the Old Testament prophets,…

The Hidden Life Of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

The author of this excellent book, using the findings and evidence gathered by numerous pieces of research, makes the case that the forest is a social network and that trees in a forest operate like a human family. Trees live in close connection to their offspring, communicate with them through ‘the wood wide web’, support…

Lectionary reflections for Sunday 1st November 2020

31st Sunday in Ordinary Time         Year A                                                 1st November 2020. Lectionary Readings: Revelation 7 v 9-17                People of every nation. 1 John 3 v 1-3             Children of God. Matthew 5 v 1-12.                  The sermon on the mount. A Sense of Belonging. In the place of an old testament reading this week we have a…

Quick and Easy fruit cake

Ingredients4 oz. butter( or hard block marg. if you want to be dairy free)4 oz. sugar – caster or brown4oz. fruit or fruit and nut – can be any combination as long as the weight is right. I like date and apricot combo.¼ pt. of milk. (lactose free can be used)5 oz. S.R, flour1 large…

Pride versus Humility

Pride versus Humility   by Derek Prince  Published by Derek Prince Ministries – UK, 2016 138 pages £5.99 from DPM   ISBN 978 1 782 633 525  also available as an ebook or Kindle or cd “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted” (Matthew 23 : 12) This is the key…