Imagine the pride and sense of achievement if you were only one of a dozen people to do something really impressive, something that no-one else had ever done. James Irwin walked on the moon ! How’s that for a lifetime achievement ! All the more surprising is that James always wanted to be in the…
Dear Friends With the coming of Autumn, we find ourselves once more in the glorious season of Harvest. It is good and right to thank God for all his good gifts to us. This year we will celebrate a number of Harvest Festival Services in a limited way as follows: Sunday 4th October – 11am…
Continuing my thoughts on the works of the Italian renaissance artist, Piero della Francesca brings me today to a small painting displayed in the tiny Tuscan village of Monterci ,close to the artist’s home of Sansepocro For many years the fresco painting, Madonna del Parto was to be viewed in the small chapel of the…
Every Tuesday lunchtime between 12.45 and 1pm you can join others across the Methodist Church to pray together.
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A 4th October 2020. Lectionary Readings Isaiah 5 v1-7. A song about a vineyard. Philippians 3 v4b-14. Being acceptable to God. Matthew 21 v33-46. Tenants of a vineyard. “Are you receiving me? Over” Like a radio operator, Jesus is asking his listeners, (Chief Priests, Temple Leaders, Teachers…
This is a copy of the Circuit Plan for October 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…
When the great ocean liner Titanic sank in 1912 it was rumoured to have gone down with a fortune in jewels and gold. That longstanding myth was dispelled, however, by the discovery of the ship’s manifest, which showed that the ship was carrying raw feathers, linen, straw, hatter’s fur, tissue, auto parts, leather, rabbit hair,…
We had a lovely open air service during August and I learned that I needed to acquire yet another new skill thanks to the Covid experience, that of identifying members of the congregation, while wearing face masks. The task was particularly difficult that particular day with some of our lady’s who were wearing big hats,…
The Italian renaissance artist, Piero della Francesca, was a civic councillor in Sansepolcro, Tuscany. His first commission for the town as an artist was his Baptism of Christ, which has found a home in the National Gallery, London. This is one of my all, time favourite paintings. It shows Christ being baptised by John with…
What TV programmes in the height of Lockdown did you find helpful? One of the most popular was a 1970’s programme “The Joy of Painting” presentedby Bob Ross, a well-loved and inspirational presenter. Bob is an artist and his particular passion is landscapes. It was truly amazing towatch him take a blank canvas and turn…