Today, Holy Saturday is the day of the Easter Vigil, the time between the crucifixion and the resurrection, a day of darkness and watching and waiting for the light. I wonder In this pandemic time, whether this is the time with which we can most identify?
Holy Saturday Thought for the day – Saturday 11th April 2020 Mary Magdalen hadn’t slept at all last night, she’d been with the women at the cross and witnessed his final minutes of life, she knew that Jesus was dead, she’d experienced the death of people she’d loved before, who hadn’t? but this was different,…
Thought for the day for Good Friday by Anna Howes and Stuart Warman
it was only Friday. Sunday’s comin’ !”
Our online worship service for Good Friday should now be available as video or audio. This is a Tenebrae Service, a service of shadows, as we journey with Jesus to the cross, and finish in darkness.
Shared with us by Graham Thompson from Trinity Methodist. Winston Churchill loved paraprosdokians – Figures of speech in which the end of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected. 1. Where there’s a will, I want to be in it.2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it’s still on…
The Methodist Church have released a simple users guide to help people who might be a bit reluctant or maybe lack the confidence to delve into the world of Facebook. The guide is full of useful information from how to set up an account and how to organise privacy settings etc. During these current times,…
A Baptist friend sent me the following hymn by William Fullerton written in 1929 It rather captures the current mood I cannot tell why grief and sadness lingerWhy jobs are lost, and people face despair;When this will end, if vaccines come and rescue,Why isolation stalks the earth again.But this I know, Christ feels the hurt…
Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse 09:04:2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I continue to write to you as your Pastor in a time of national crisis when perhaps, more than ever, our shared life of faith will be like a pearl of great price; something costly and precious that we are…
Our online worship service for Maundy Thursday is available as video or audio. In this service, recalling the events of Jesus’ life on the evening before he was arrested, we will share together a meal of comforting food. So bring some food to our virtual feast as we break and share comfort and love.