Saturday 8th October 10.00 – 12.00.
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The Thought for the Day is from Hebrews 4 v 12.For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart Author Ronald B. Schwartz asked scores of well-known contemporary writers to name the books that…
As I write this, during the last week our country has seen a change of prime minister and a change of monarch. I began to ponder what it means to be a good leader. Some are born to be leaders and trained up from an early age, maybe having to wait a lifetime before they…
On 1st September a good congregation gathered at Trinity Methodist Church, Felixstowe to welcome a new minister into our midst. In his sermon, the District Chair, the Reverend Julian Pursehouse spoke challengingly about hospitality. Hospitality is important at many levels. Many of you will be familiar with the feeding miracles in the gospels; talk of…
Does Christianity have anything useful to say about the prevailing culture ? Both Jesus and St Paul had things to say about the ‘world’ which, in context, means the ‘prevailing culture’. In Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, we read what Macbeth has to say – “Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts…
October 2022 Preaching Plan
September Pastoral Letter from Rev. Julian Pursehouse – District Chair.
The Thought for the Day is from Romans 10 v14.How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? John Harper, a Scottish minister, was travelling by ship…
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C 18th September 2022 Lectionary Readings: Amos 8 v4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2 v1-7; Luke 16 v1-13. God and money. Amos was send by God to the northern kingdom of Israel during a period of prosperity to expose its rotten core. Amos warned the people of impending…
One of my favourite things to do first thing in the morning is to lay in bed with a cup of tea and read a good book. It just so happened that on Friday 9th September, (the day after the death of Queen Elizabeth II), the mug that my butler / husband got out of…