A Baptist friend sent me the following hymn by William Fullerton written in 1929 It rather captures the current mood I cannot tell why grief and sadness lingerWhy jobs are lost, and people face despair;When this will end, if vaccines come and rescue,Why isolation stalks the earth again.But this I know, Christ feels the hurt…
Chair of the District – Revd. Julian M. Pursehouse 09:04:2020 Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I continue to write to you as your Pastor in a time of national crisis when perhaps, more than ever, our shared life of faith will be like a pearl of great price; something costly and precious that we are…
Our online worship service for Maundy Thursday is available as video or audio. In this service, recalling the events of Jesus’ life on the evening before he was arrested, we will share together a meal of comforting food. So bring some food to our virtual feast as we break and share comfort and love.
Maundy Thursday Thought for the day – Thursday 9th April 2020 Judas was starting to get frustrated, Palm Sunday had been everything he’d been waiting for, a lifelong Jew, he’d waited for the Messiah to come so that he might overthrow all that was evil in the world and that all men might worship God…
Some food for thought from Prof David Welbourn As we find ourselves in Holy Week, leading up to events in the Christian Life with which we are familiar, but in circumstances which are anything other than familiar, I wanted to share a thought, which is particularly pertinent to us all at this time. We run…
“Faces of Easter” – Godly play by Rev. Diane Smith
Thought for the day – Wednesday 8th April 2020 These are unprecedented times. Even so, as an avid lover of hymns I find I am still inclined to hum (and sometimes sing out loud) hymns routinely. I have so many favourites, but if I really had to pick a favourite it would be the hymn…
You may be wondering what our Lay Employees have been doing since the restrictions on travel and meeting have come into force
Thought for the day – Tuesday 7th April 2020 Nathanael lay in his bed trying to make sense of what had happened yesterday. Jesus had led them to the temple, which was no surprise really, they were Jews and this is the Passover, worshipping made sense as they were in the Holy City, he’d not…
Thought for the day – Monday 6th April 2020 Thomas stood in the courtyard early in the morning, he’d felt uneasy about this whole mission since they began and whilst the event of yesterday had been exciting, he was concerned today. The rabbi was doing wonderful work in Galilee, there was still plenty of people…