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…
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…