I am very excited today as in the mail I received a First Day Cover of this year’s Royal Mail Christmas Stamps. For the first time in a number of years the stamps all feature either the Madonna & Child or a Nativity scene. All the stamps take their inspiration from various stained-glass windows up…
Welcome to Advent at Methodistic. Advent means coming and it is the period before Christmas when we celebrate the birth of Jesus. The resources on this page will be updated every day to help us prepare for Christmas day. Click the play button to watch todays daily advent animation brought to us by the East…
This is a copy of the Circuit Plan for December 2020 As the lockdown comes to its end, the Ipswich Circuit will be in level two of the government’s tier system and many of our Circuit Churches have decided not to open for in person worship.Please check the Circuit Preaching plan, which is correct at the…
The Second Sunday in Advent. Year B 6th December 2020 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 40 v1-11 The Lord will rescue his people. Psalm 85 v1-2, 8-13. A prayer for peace. 2 Peter 3 v8-15a. The Lord’s return is certain. Mark 1 v1-8. The preaching of John the Baptist. Leadership In his prayer for…
God loves his people. It’s worth repeating that ; God LOVES his people! If you ever doubt this just remember how Jesus wept for his friend Lazarus. Consider how Jesus reminds us of how we are valued alongside all of Creation when he speaks of the sparrows and the lilies of the field. When people…
Every square inch : an introduction to cultural engagement for Christians by Bruce Riley Ashford Lexham Press, 2015 160 pages £12 ISBN 978 1 577 996 200 What an excellent little book ! The author, professor of theology and culture at an American theological college, writes about how Christians can and should engage with their…
Welcome to Advent at Methodistic. Advent means coming and it is the period before Christmas when we celebrate the birth of Jesus. The resources on this page will be updated every day to help us prepare for Christmas day. From tomorrow we will be bringing you a short advent animation every day and,each day during…
One of the delights of the last few weeks has been Friday evenings on the One Show on BBC1 when the show goes to a street in Leeds where the residents bring their garden chairs out onto the pavement and they chat about topical issues, I love it and it is well worth five minutes…
I came late to the idea of the Advent wreath. The church I went to when I was young had no wreath and very few candles over Advent. Like Lent, everything was kept very sombre till the days immediately before Christmas. I discovered Advent wreaths with joy. I love having red candles amongst the greenery…
We have had some beautiful sunny autumn days recently. On one such day I cycled to Ipswich and came across these two murals on the walls along the Ipswich waterfront. The top mural was inspired by artist EVEWRIGHT as part of the Arts Eat Festival. It was hoped that it could be part of the…