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…
I hope you had a blessed, if different, Easter. I have a list of congregants who do not have computers and who have requested the worship services on CD or DVD; they will shortly be receiving the Easter service. So, if you know of any folk who might like one, please check with them and then let me know.
Our online worship service for Easter Day is now available as video or audio. Our Easter theme is Hope Unlocked as we think about how Easter reminds us that the resurrected Christ brings hope and joy to us even when we find ourselves behind closed doors feeling fearful and helpless.
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…
To turn a corner and to find such beauty, as to take your breathTo look in wonder and to ponderThe Meaning of Christ’s death. An Easter Tree in all its splendourBathed both in shadow and in light.An Easter Tree in all is gloryA sacred sign of Sacred Story. An Easter Tree on Easter morn.When all…
Today, Holy Saturday is the day of the Easter Vigil, the time between the crucifixion and the resurrection, a day of darkness and watching and waiting for the light. I wonder In this pandemic time, whether this is the time with which we can most identify?
Our online worship service for Good Friday should now be available as video or audio. This is a Tenebrae Service, a service of shadows, as we journey with Jesus to the cross, and finish in darkness.
A Baptist friend sent me the following hymn by William Fullerton written in 1929 It rather captures the current mood I cannot tell why grief and sadness lingerWhy jobs are lost, and people face despair;When this will end, if vaccines come and rescue,Why isolation stalks the earth again.But this I know, Christ feels the hurt…
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…
Our online worship service for Maundy Thursday is available as video or audio. In this service, recalling the events of Jesus’ life on the evening before he was arrested, we will share together a meal of comforting food. So bring some food to our virtual feast as we break and share comfort and love.