When Charles II entered London on 29th May 1660 to reclaim the throne which his father lost, hewas preceded by a kettle drummer and four trumpeters. The musicians acted as heralds announcingthe imminent arrival of someone of great importance – the King of England.John the Baptizer performed a similar function for the imminent arrival of…
Welcome to Advent at Methodistic. Advent means coming and it is the period before Christmas when we celebrate the birth of Jesus. The resources on this page will be updated every day to help us prepare for Christmas day. Click the play button to watch todays daily advent animation brought to us by the East…
Fourth Sunday of Advent Year B 20th December 2020 Lectionary Readings: 2 Samuel 7 v1-11, 16. Romans 16 v25-27. Luke 1 v26-38. Where does God live? The writer of today’s Old Testament passage tells us of a vision given to the prophet Nathan, to be relayed to King David, who had been…
Why do we remember John the Baptist at this time? Doesn’t he belong in Lent with the Baptism of Christ? John reminds us of the need for self-examination and for saying we are sorry. John ‘s baptism was one of repentance. This gives us comfort and hope – God is always ready to forgive us…
Welcome to Advent at Methodistic. Advent means coming and it is the period before Christmas when we celebrate the birth of Jesus. The resources on this page will be updated every day to help us prepare for Christmas day. Click the play button to watch todays daily advent animation brought to us by the East…
Welcome to Advent at Methodistic. Advent means coming and it is the period before Christmas when we celebrate the birth of Jesus. The resources on this page will be updated every day to help us prepare for Christmas day. Click the play button to watch todays daily advent animation brought to us by the East…
I mentioned a few weeks ago my love for the James Herriott books and over the years I have enjoyed reading the books and watching the films and two television series based on his stories. Alf Wight, the author is reputed to have been a very entertaining story teller, recounting his early experiences as a…
This year social interaction has changed for us all. We can no longer greet our friends with a hug or even a hand shake. We have learnt to socially distance, we have experienced more outside gatherings and historically, it has been the birth of video telephony. All of these changes have meant an absence of…
Welcome to Advent at Methodistic. Advent means coming and it is the period before Christmas when we celebrate the birth of Jesus. The resources on this page will be updated every day to help us prepare for Christmas day. Click the play button to watch todays daily advent animation brought to us by the East…
Sometime ago there was an International Arts Exhibition, and it included a tremendous range of modern technology, and some of it was quite spectacular, but also involved noise which was distracting. The architects were set the massive task of preparing this exhibition and to create the atmosphere for each exhibit. One problem they had was…