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What would Jesus do?

The Thought for the Day is from Romans 5 v 8. From the cradle to the grave, we all need love. How vividly this is illustrated in the song “Jesus Loves Me” by Anna B. Warner (1824-1915). She and her sister Susan were gifted novelists. Anna also published many poems. The familiar lines of “Jesus…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 24th July 2022

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time                  Year C             24th July 2022 Lectionary readings: Genesis 18 v20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2 v6-15; Luke 11 v1-13. Gifts to help us with Prayer, Intercession and Petition. In today’s gospel reading, Luke groups together some of Jesus’ teaching on the subject of prayer. In response to the disciples…

Perseverance

Our last Messy Church before we go on our summer holidays was on the theme of perseverance, and by popular request we held a Messy Sports on our Village Sports field. I had been into the Primary School the day before to hold a school assembly and we explored the theme of perseverance using the…

Count Zinzendorf : First Fruit

Count Zinzendorf : First Fruit   by Janet and Geoff Benge   YWAM Publishing, 2005(Christian Heroes Then and Now) 183 pages £7.00  ISBN 978 1 576 582 626 Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf, (1700 – 1760), a count of the Holy Roman Empire was an unusually mature Christian at a very young age. His father died six weeks…