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Advent 22

Isaiah 9: 6-7 “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be upon his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on…

Advent – Day Twenty Two

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…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 27th December 2020

First Sunday of Christmas               Year B                                                 27th December 2020 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 61 v10-62 v3               Celebrate and shout! Psalm 148                               Come, praise the Lord. Galatians 4 v4-7                    God’s children. Luke 2 v22-40                        Simeon and Anna. Recognition, acceptance and celebration of promises kept. Luke tells of Joseph and Mary taking the infant Jesus…

Advent – Day Twenty One

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…

Mary

What do you think about Mary the Mother of Jesus? In the Middle Ages Mary was always shown as golden- haired, clothed in white and blue with white skin;   she would quite literally be placed on a pedestal in so many shrines and churches .  The idea was believers needed her to pray for them…

On Jesus

On Jesus   by Douglas Groothuis   Wadsworth, 2002  £20   98 pages  ISBN 978 0 534 583 941  (Wadsworth Philosophers Series) This is one of a series of well over 70 compact volumes dealing with the work and thought of great philosophers, both classic and contemporary. This book by a scholar (professor of philosophy…

Advent – Day Twenty

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…

Christingle

About thirty years ago, when our girls were very little, the Church in Bradford that we used to attend held a Christingle service at 4pm on Christmas Eve.  Over the years, the Christingle service became a part of our Christmas tradition and we would attend every year, then spend the rest of Christmas Eve with…

Saviour of the world

On the day that covid vaccines began arriving in the UK my wife, Dawn, saw a newspaper headline which said ‘The day that hope arrived’ and had a picture of a lorry disembarking from a ferry – presumably carrying vials of vaccine.  Dawn subsequently used this in an on-line talk  and pointed out that in…

Advent – Day Nineteen

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…