Sunday after Epiphany Year B 10th January 2021 Lectionary readings: Genesis 1 v1-5, Psalm 29, Acts 19 v1-7, Mark 1 v4-11. The missing years. Last week we read about the infant Jesus and this week we are presented with an adult Jesus. What happened to the bit in the middle? Luke…
Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse January 2021 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I am writing this letter on the first day of the New Year and I suspect that for many of us our festive celebrations and our marking of the New Year will have been somewhat muted in character given…
Elmsett Methodist Church have produced a video which reflects on the activities they have carried out during lockdown and their hopes for 2021. You can watch the video below :
The need to try to alter the words of traditional hymns so they are less divisive sometimes works well and sometimes leads to nonsense. One of my Christmas favourites, which is certainly good for singing right through to Epiphany, is Edmunds Sears’ It came upon the midnight clear. The original refers to ‘man at war…
It’s been a tough time for many with Covid 19. And January can often be challenging anyway. The January Light Mission Initiative is a response from the Methodist Church in East Anglia and Bedfordshire, Essex & Hertfordshire to spread the light of God’s love in January 2021.
A gift of light for you. This year we are unable to pass around a basket of stars, so if you would like a star word to help you with a spiritual focus for 2021, use the star word generator linked to this post.
I watch a TV programme on Christmas Eve where they started by playing the final part of the same programme a year ago. Cast your mind back to the end of 2019 and you will remember a general election during Advent which returned a Conservative majority government who promised to “get Brexit done!” and the…
Jonah really welcomed that great weed – or gourd in some translations – which gave him some shade while all around was exposed to blistering sunshine. At least we’re told he was grateful for it. But he just accepted it was there – he hadn’t planted it, he didn’t water it or do anything to…
I’ve been seeing lots of people posting on Facebook recently about roll on 2021. Also, they have been putting ‘can we just write this year off?’ I have also seen people who have been positive saying what they have learnt something new and all the new things they have done. It got me thinking: How…
Dear Friends WISHING YOU ALL A BLESSED 2021 For this January newsletter I thought it would be a good idea to share with you a little of the history of the Methodist Annual Covenant Service. This year the Covenant Service may take place a little later in many Churches due to the pandemic. The Covenant…