Worship
The Worship Group meets regularly to review and plan the worship life of the church.
It provides support for the minister and lay preachers and aims to encourage more people, young and old, to offer their gifts in music, reading, drama and prayer.
The meeting is open to anyone interested in this crucial part of church life.
For more information contact the Group Secretary Dick Duley on 01794 514181 or the Minister on 01794 515346.
Tuesday Prayers 9.30 - 10 am in the church vestry.
A small group gather to share a time of stillness, reflect on bible passages and to pray for people and situations. All are welcome. The suggested readings for April 2013 are:
| 02/04/13 | Psalm 25:1 – 5 John 20:1 - 9 | |
| 9/04/13 | Psalm 26:1 – 3 John 20:10 – 18 | |
| 16/04/13 | Psalm 27:1 - 4 John 20:19 – 23 | |
| 23/04/13 | Psalm 29:1 – 4 John 20:24 – 31 | |
| 30/04/13 | Psalm 31:1 – 5 John 21:1 –14 | |
| 07/05/13 | Psalm 34:1 - 4 John 21:15-25 |
If you have particular prayer requests, please add them to the book at the back of the church or send an email to Terry Hinks This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
PRAYER FOR THE MONTH
April
This month’s prayer comes from God’s Passion: Praying with Mark and is a reflection on Mark’s account of Jesus’ resurrection (Mark 16.1 – 8), his final chapter that ends so abruptly and mysteriously.
Risen Jesus,
You stun me with your absence.
You cannot be entombed
in rock or stone
in ecclesiastical structures or scholarly debates
scientific definition or doctrinal niceties.
You cannot be bound by Satan’s powers or human evils.
You are the Strong One
who turns the tables on death itself and all wickedness
I have followed you though these gospel pages
but you are not trapped within its words.
You walk free,
beyond its letters
beyond its control.
You are not in this book,
but let loose on an unsuspecting world.
You are no tame lion.
You cannot be grasped or controlled,
only followed
met in the Galilees of the workmen and the wounded,
the frail and the fallible;
met among the ordinary
children, women and men;
met in the towns and cities,
hills and valleys of the here and now.
Glory to you, dear Teacher.
Glory to you, the Servant One.
Glory to you, my risen Lord,
here and now and for ever. Amen.
Ó Terry Hinks
Worship
The Worship Group meets regularly to review and plan the worship life of the church.
It provides support for the minister and lay preachers and aims to encourage more people, young and old, to offer their gifts in music, reading, drama and prayer.
The meeting is open to anyone interested in this crucial part of church life.
For more information contact the Group Secretary Dick Duley on 01794 514181 or the Minister on 01794 515346.