Reading: Ezekiel 47 Herbs were vitally important in Ezekiel’s time with so many uses, especially for healing. He paints a word picture of the river of life, flowing from the throne of God, lined with trees which are nourished by that river. Consider this picture for a moment – a picture of lush green, of…
We were blessed with lovely sunny weather for our drive in service to welcome in the 4 new Churches from Kelsale, Knodishall, Leiston and Peasenhall & Sibton on Saturday 12th September.
A thousand tongues : the Wesley hymns as a guide to scriptural teaching by John Lawson. Paternoster, 2007 ISBN 978 1 842 275 504 £12.99 Wesley hymns. Hinde St. Methodist Church, 2018 ISBN 978 0 992 613 204 £18 The volume and extent of Charles Wesley’s hymns reveal only too clearly the breadth, depth…
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A 20th September 2020. Lectionary Readings: Jonah 3 v10-4 v11 The people of Nineveh believe God’s message. Philippians 1 v21-30 What life means to Paul. Matthew 20 v1-16. Workers in a vineyard. Just to turn things on their head, I am starting with some questions for you to ponder:-…
Following Leadership team discussion on welcoming newcomers to the village I decided to take some flowers to some new residents in the village. To be honest it was completely out of my comfort zone and I didn’t really want to do it however I thought I should so a little prayer for courage went up!…
All America waited anxiously. Many people prayed. Captain Scott O’Grady’s F-16 had been shot down as he was flying over Serbia. Had he been killed or captured? Was he seriously injured? The hours ticked by. Five days passed. On the 6th day another pilot picked up a faint message from O’Grady’s radio. He was alive,…
Boys Brigade and Brownies used to meet on the same evening at one of the Churches we attended. In typical style, the boys had been trying to scare the girls. Our smallest daughter came home full of indignation and informed us that she had been told that our Church had a Ghost ! and asked…
The weather is looking good for the service to welcome in the 4 Churches of Kelsale, Knodishall, Leiston and Peasenhall & Sibton on Saturday 12th September.
We have been doing a Bible read through at the church I attend and earlier this week reached Lamentations. I must say some of it has seemed quite hard work and Lamentations has been no exception. It seems like an awful lot of grief and misery ! However in the middle of chapter 3 are…
The Alpha course attracts positive and negative comment. Consider, for example, the story of Simon Dixon, a talented musician who began the piano at the age of 5. Simon’s story is too long to go into all the detail here but a full career in church music, teaching, conducting and concerts filled his life, ‘music…