How much do Christians in Niger, a predominantly Muslim country in West Africa, have to teach Christians in the West ? The Bible Society issues a monthly newsletter to those who belong to the Bible a Month community of about 23,000 people. Two countries are covered in each newsletter with reports from Bible Society secretaries,…
This week we reflect on 1John 4:9-12 and sing Because of Your love by Phil Wickham.
Saturday 16th April 9am – 2pm
A listing of the in-person and online Holy Week Services around our circuit.
This series of “Thoughts for the Day” is inspired by the study series, NOTORIOUS, written by Jeff Lucas. He and Pastor Brent Cunningham discuss 9 different characters from the bible who we would possibly call rogues, scoundrels or scallywags. Each one however can teach us something of our faith. HEROD “the GREAT”- sounds like a…
Pastoral Letter – East Anglia District Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse April 2022 Dear Friends, It has often been suggested that the birth of the Christian Church corresponds to the events of the Festival of Pentecost, as recorded in the second chapter of the Book of Acts. The Gospel writer Luke…
Dear Siblings in Christ, Holy Week and Easter may still be a couple of weeks away, but Spring has arrived. The daffodils in my garden are blooming. In our neighbourhood, the magnolia trees are looking beautiful. And the gorse on Rushmore Heath is bright yellow. Easter resurrection is in the air with its hope and…
When I was at school, in my mind I associated Lent with the hymn ‘Lord Jesus, think on me’ (H&Ps 533). I thought it was gloomy and unnecessarily puritanical when I was in my teens. As I have got older I have realised what a wonderful prayer it is and just as I came to…
Sixth Sunday in Lent Year C 10th April 2022 Lectionary readings: Isaiah 50 v4-9a; Psalm 31 v9-16; Philippians 2 v5-11; Luke 23 v1-49. Do we really listen to God’s servants? The prophet Isaiah says, “None of you respect the Lord or obey his servant. You walk in the dark instead of the light; you don’t…
Morality : Restoring the Common Good in Divided Times by Jonathan SacksHodder & Stoughton, 2020 365 pages £8 ISBN 978 1 473 617 339Also available on Kindle and as an Audiobook. Reading this book has been a rich and rewarding experience, both instructive and inspiring.If ever there was a case for seeing the world as…