Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse August 2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The other day Jean and I purchased new running shoes from a local running shop – the trip was long overdue as our existing shoes were already three years old and wearing rather…
Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse 08:07:2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Some of you will remember that in the front garden of the District Manse stands a medium-sized horse chestnut tree but not all of you will know the story behind this specimen! The tree…
Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Rev. Julian M. Pursehouse 24:06:2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Over the last few days I’ve been preparing for the Annual Methodist Conference by reading through the numerous agenda items that will be placed before us and assiduously checking the Stations that will be…
Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse 17:06:2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I am writing this letter the day after the easing of the current lockdown when some non-essential shops have reopened, additional children have returned to schools and a greater provision of public transport is…
Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse 10:06:2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I am writing to you at the end of a tumultuous week when the world was shocked by the despicable and brutal death of George Floyd, a 46 year old black American who became…
Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse 03:06:2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Over the last week or so it feels as though the world has been waking up again particularly as some of the restrictions around lockdown are eased and we return to some of the…
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…