30th Sunday in ordinary Time Year A 25th October 2020 Lectionary Readings: Leviciticus 19 v1-2, 15-18. Moral and religious laws. 1 Thessalonians 2 v1-8. Paul’s work in Thessalonica. Matthew 22 v 34-46. The most important commandments. Tricky questions, demanding answers. In the Old Testament passage, Moses speaks for God in declaring…
A certain preacher understood why he had never been asked to join a choir or sing a solo. Musical talent was not one of his gifts. He had discovered this at the age of 9 when he was outside one day singing loudly. His mother opened the door and asked, “Is one of the calves…
Mother Julian of Norwich has fascinated me for several years, I chose to write a reflection about her during my first year at college and her book Revelations of Divine Love was an inspiration to me as I set out on a new journey of faith myself. Little did I know, as I studied that…
It is good news that after many weeks of closure we are now able to open the “No Labels” Mental Health Support Group at Seaton Road Methodist Church. We are most grateful to John Gillett our Mental Health, Walton Parish Nurse who has been responsible for producing all the risk assessments required. We meet for…
This is a copy of the Circuit Plan for November 2020 – We are slowly trying to open more Churches due to the Coronavirus situation. Not all the Churches will be open every week – Please check on Facebook / Websites etc for up to date information. We are continuing to provide online services every…
Strands of thought based on hymn 393 in Singing the Faith – She Sits Like a Bird – insights into the person of the Holy Spirit No.4. “For she is the Spirit…” Let’s look at a last description of the Spirit from this modern hymn – “..enemy of apathy…”. Life in the Spirit is unpredictable,…
A friend of mine posted this on her Facebook page Why are people saying ‘Halloween, bonfire night and Christmas are cancelled’ ?? ? there is no one actually stopping you doing these things? ? Halloween- you can still dress up with your kids, play games, dunk apples, do a spooky den in the garden. ?…
I’m a very keen photographer. I got my first serious camera in 2007, but it is only in the last five years that I’ve been really, really serious, starting with an invitation from Nikon to join a photography workshop in Iceland. In a matter of days, I went from “that looks interesting, but….”, on to:…
Strands of thought based on hymn 393 in Singing the Faith – She Sits Like a Bird – insights into the person of the Holy Spirit No.3. “She dances in fire, startling her spectators…” On the second day of our recent holiday we’d booked to go to Houghton Hall in Norfolk. Those who know…
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A 18th October 2020. Lectionary readings Isaiah 45 v1-7 Cyrus obeys the Lord’s commands. Thessalonians 1 v1-10 The Thessalonian’s faith and example. Matthew 22 v15-22. Paying taxes. Knowing and Believing. I wonder if King Cyrus of Persia ever knew that God was using him as an…