An entry from John Wesley’s journal 20 October 1743 Wesley was in Leeds and wrote ‘To attempt to speak was vain; for the noise on every side was like the roaring of the sea. So they dragged me along till we came to the town, where, seeing the door of a large house open, I…
“When a team of Christians visited Stavropol, Russia, in 1994 to hand out Bibles, a local citizen said he recalled seeing Bibles in an old warehouse. They had been confiscated in the 1930s when Stalin was sending believers to the gulags. Amazingly, the Bibles were still there. Among those who had showed up to load…
I am writing this in Cornwall just after storm Eunice has passed by on her relentless journey up country. We drove down to Porthcurno beach where we watched huge waves rolling in and producing a mat of surf in the afternoon sunshine. A couple of seals were fishing in the shallow water and seemed unperturbed…
Dear Friends, As March gets underway, so does Lent, a time of great significance in the Christian calendar as we prepare for Easter. I always see Shrove Tuesday as a sign of hope that the dark days of winter are now giving way to the (hopefully) much brighter days of spring and even as I…
Last year this proved very popular so we are posting it again. We bring you a sheet of activities to help you to focus on self-care through this Lent season. There are 40 activities in total so why not pick one each day and give yourself a boost of positivity. There are 2 versions that…
Traditionally people talk about what they ‘give up for Lent’; at work I hear it said by colleagues who may know little more than that about Lent, or what the season is about. If Lent induces a sense of self-discipline, then who are we to criticise. Committed Christians may not find it adequate to ‘go…
This week on Bite Sized Church, Rev David Keeble reflects on Luke 7:37-38 – The Alabaster Jar.
ESSENTIALS FOR WELLNESS ‘Readiness’ ‘Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you are living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy’ ‘READY, STEADY, GO’ Our grandson, Fraser, came out of school one afternoon with the news that he had been chosen to represent his school in a cross-country…
First Sunday in Lent. Year C 6th March 2022 Lectionary Readings: Deuteronomy 26 v1-11; Psalm 91 v1-2, 9-16; Romans 10 v8b-13; Luke 4 v1-13 God’s love embraces us all. The apostle Paul, writing to followers of Jesus in Rome states quite boldly that “The Scriptures say that no one who has faith will be…
Preaching plan for May 2022.