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Hark the Herald Angels Sing

With the current situation meaning that we cannot get together to sing this year, an idea sprung up to try and record a version of Hark the Herald Angels Sing across the Ipswich Circuit. The response has been great with videos coming in from 26 singers and 16 instrumentalists ! Putting the video together has…

Advent 23

Luke 2:4-5 “So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.” Today is the day…

Advent – Day Twenty Three

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…

Advent 22

Isaiah 9: 6-7 “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be upon his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on…

Advent – Day Twenty Two

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…

Lectionary Reflections – Sunday 27th December 2020

First Sunday of Christmas               Year B                                                 27th December 2020 Lectionary Readings: Isaiah 61 v10-62 v3               Celebrate and shout! Psalm 148                               Come, praise the Lord. Galatians 4 v4-7                    God’s children. Luke 2 v22-40                        Simeon and Anna. Recognition, acceptance and celebration of promises kept. Luke tells of Joseph and Mary taking the infant Jesus…

Advent – Day Twenty One

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…

Mary

What do you think about Mary the Mother of Jesus? In the Middle Ages Mary was always shown as golden- haired, clothed in white and blue with white skin;   she would quite literally be placed on a pedestal in so many shrines and churches .  The idea was believers needed her to pray for them…

On Jesus

On Jesus   by Douglas Groothuis   Wadsworth, 2002  £20   98 pages  ISBN 978 0 534 583 941  (Wadsworth Philosophers Series) This is one of a series of well over 70 compact volumes dealing with the work and thought of great philosophers, both classic and contemporary. This book by a scholar (professor of philosophy…