First Sunday in Advent. Year B 29th November 2020 Lectionary Readings Isaiah 64 v1-9 Rip the heavens apart! 1 Corinthians 1 v3-9 Signs of God at work. Mark 13 v24-27 When the Son of Man appears. Signs and blessings. (The third?) Isaiah was writing after the return of the exiles from Babylon,…
If you start to make a list of all the things for which you want to thank God, then you will need a very large sheet of paper – a roll of backing paper used in decorating would do – for starters, anyway ! It’s almost certain that one of the items on your list…
The circuit carol service is being held on Zoom this year
Rev Diane Smith is running an online Advent Course for anyone in the Ipswich Circuit
On November 29, 2020 we begin the second year of the cycle, Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. But what exactly is the Lectionary?
This picture appeared on Facebook earlier this week and appeared to attract quite a bit of attention, my first reaction was one of amazement that in the knarled roots of an old tree, new life is sprouting forth and at face value, the picture is quite amazing and a wonder to behold. Next week we…
“I fled Him down the nights and down the days..” The quote is from “The Hound of Heaven” by Francis Thompson. Thinking of how God is always there for us and with us, if we’ll only open ourselves to His presence, my mind wandered to Thompson’s poem and how if fitted in with Jonah’s experience.…
Following the huge popularity of the ‘rainbows on the railings’ earlier in the year, the Rainbow Warriors (aka Knit and Natter group) are back in action producing stars and angels that will be available for people to take from the railings outside church. Every pupil at the primary school will be receiving a copy of the…
On 1st November, All Saints Day, the prayer stones were dedicated by Rev Diane Smith, to the memory and ministry of Rev Harry Breakspear, who was minister at Kirton, and the surrounding Felixstowe, area from 1963 – 1969.
The Methodist Church has a long history in responding to the needs of those suffering injustice. Much has been written about the early days of Methodism and its connection with the development of the Trade Union Movement. Fiona Taylor in her new book “The Sheltering Tree” takes up this theme once more. This book has…