Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 29th August 2021 Lectionary Readings: Deuteronomy 4 v1-2, 6-9; Psalm 15; James 1 v17-27; Mark 7 v1-8, 14-15, 21-23. Listen and Obey! “God will bless you in everything you do, if you listen and obey and don’t just hear and forget.” (James 1 v25b). The theme of…
Psalm 112 v 4.Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for those who are gracious and compassionate and righteous A missionary in Peru went to visit a group of believers one evening. She knew that the house where they were meeting was located on a cliff and that the path would be treacherous. She took…
The village of Hebden in North Yorkshire sits about mid way between Burnsall and Grassington in upper wharfedale. Pedestrians travelling from the western side of the river would cross the perilous River Wharfe by mans of stepping stones as the only two river crossings were at Burnsall down stream and at Grassinton up stream. A…
The shootings in Plymouth recently will have given rise to many different emotions amongst us. The BBC headline asking the question, ‘Who were the Victims’ is raising an important issue. When acts of violence or terror occur, on any scale, there are direct victims and indirect victims. Beyond these people, others will have felt something…
I found this piece from Geoffrey Rust pinned to our Church notice board today – I had used it once a while ago in a service at Knodishall and someone thought it was worth sharing. Having read it again I believe it is definitely worth sharing. It certainly makes me wonder. Have I missed hearing from…
Judging : when ? why ? how ? by Derek Prince DPM, 2002 128 pages £6.99 You don’t really need to use a concordance to see how frequently the words ‘judge’ or ‘judging’ or ‘judgement’ occur in holy writ (nearly 3 pages of small print in Cruden’s Complete Concordance). By this measure alone it is…
If you are fortunate to have a garden, however large or small, during these times of pandemic, you have probably spent more time in it than usual. You may have noticed the creatures that share your garden with you, who either have made it their home, or are passing visitors. Observing these creatures, their habits…
This week, Bite Size Church brings us a 10 minute service based around John 3:16 For God so loved the world.
Genesis 16 v 13. She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me Hagar, Sarah’s handmaid, was being treated unkindly by Sarah, so she fled into the wilderness. As Hagar stood beside a spring in that desolate and…
Landseer Road held 2 summer family Fun Days – plenty of pictures of happy smiling faces in the Church grounds 🙂