Lord forgive me for the wrongs I doLet me be closer to youSometimes I fail to understandAnd need god’s helping hand I am not brave but I am weakTeach me lord to be mild and meekLet me see good in all othersKnowing they too have troubles Let me not force my personal viewEven though it…
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time 21.6.2020 Lectionary Readings:Jeremiah 20 v7-13 Jeremiah complains to God.Romans 6 v1b-11 Dead to sin but alive because of Christ.Matthew 10 v24-39 The one to fear. When the going gets tough…….. In the Old Testament passage, Jeremiah is being honest with God about how he is feeling.Jeremiah is blaming God for…
Thought for the day – Tuesday 16th June 2020 The Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Galatians 5:22&23 Some of you may know that I have been preparing worship each year about this time by going through the Fruits of the Spirit. So far I have completed…
During the current lock-down our Lay Employees have had to learn new ways of doing things so that they can continue to reach out to people at various clubs and activities
The following message has been received from Ruth Loggie : “Last week we started visits again at Norwood, which is at once a joy and a worry. It is arranged so that the resident sits in our Family Room by the patio doors and their visitors sit outside under a gazebo at 2 metres distance.…
Thought of the day – Monday 15th June 2020 “By the end of his life, musician Giuseppe Verdi was recognised as a master of dramatic composition. But he didn’t begin his career with such success. As a youth, he had obvious musical ability, but he was denied entrance to the Milan Conservatory because he lacked…
Peni Rokobuli gives a presentation about his mission trip in our service today. It is MHA Sunday. Six people from around the circuit participated in singing the Ipswich Blessing. The local clergy made the newspaper with our statement about racism. Thank you to everyone from Museum Street who donated food to our food drive for FIND.
Thought for the day – Sunday 14th June 2020 Bible reading : Luke 11:34-36“Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy, your body also is full of darkness. See to it, then, that the light within you is not…
You are invited to worship together with MHA, to reflect on the impact of coronavirus on the MHA communities and remember all those who have died within MHA and beyond. The service will be streamed at 3pm on Sunday June 14th and the recording will be available afterwards. Watch it here.
Thought for the day – Saturday 13th June 2020 I was lucky enough to compete at the World Masters Games in Aukland, New Zealand a few years ago. It is a 4-yearly event, like the Olympics, so the next WM Games is to be held in 2021 in Kansai, Japan. The organisers have sent out…