Dear friends, This time of the year is always special for me, I always look forward to Lent, Holy Week, and Easter. In my past life the biggest incentive was that it was the first Bank Holiday of the year, which I used to look forward to as I set out to work on dark…
The Thought for the Day is from Philippians 2 v 2. then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind Long lines of cars were filling up the huge parking lot of a church where a gentleman was attending a conference. As he parked, he noticed the…
Chantry Methodist Church 10.00 June 5th.
Pentecost Year C 5th June 2022 Lectionary Readings: Genesis 11 v1-9; Psalm 104 v24-34, 35b; Romans 8 v14-17; Acts 2 v1-21; John 14 v8-17. The Gift and Work of the Holy Spirit. In the Jewish tradition, the festival of Pentecost, a celebration of first fruits of harvest, comes fifty days after Passover. Some Christians…
We have recently had a Prayer Day with our local Primary School where we explored creative ways of saying the Lord’s Prayer. How often so we say the Lord’s Prayer – most, if not all Sundays? But how often do we stop and think about what it really means? Here are some of my thoughts.…
My first proper bike, a two wheeler had a bright blue frame and splendid white mudguards. My dad had got it from a bloke at work because his son had grown out of it, I remember pushing it home, on that journey it was a tatty navy blue with no mudguards and I guess looking…
Before coming here everyone warned Drew and I about the humidity and they were correct. It is around 33 degrees at the minute but the humidity is quite hard to cope with so air conditioning is very welcome as is the swimming pool. We have also seen torrential rain and plenty of thunder and lightning.…
Dear Friends, I think that it matters little whether you are a royalist or not, the platinum Jubilee at the beginning of June is a landmark event in all our lives. Bearing in mind that our Queen was only 25 years old when her father died and she took the weight of being the head…
I’ve just read a report from Loctite, the glue manufacturers (others are available!), revealing that there are more than 100 million broken household items lying around. I’m not sure how they know. Surely the prevalence of having young children in the household would make a difference? Anyway, they surmise from this that at least 38%…
A few years ago, I remember, I tentatively suggested that a Church I was working with may like to consider having a service on Ascension Day. We agreed to go ahead and for a year or two a faithful few gathered to remember this remarkable moment in our liturgical year. Now many of us let…