1st Sunday10am - Holy Communion
(Common Worship) |
2nd Sunday10am - Cafe Church
6pm - Holy Communion 7.30pm - In His Presence |
3rd Sunday10am - Holy Communion
(Common Worship) 7.30pm - In His Presence |
4th Sunday10am - Whole Life Worship
(No Communion) 6pm - Evensong 7.30pm - In His Presence |
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Thought for the Week - Happy New Year!
We are told that God’s mercy / compassion / faithful love / loving kindness / blessings are new every morning because great is His faithfulness to us. (Lamentations 3: 22-23). Yet are we always aware of them? Do we feel we have experienced them? At the beginning of this year the words “hidden blessings” came to me. As I have been reflecting on them it struck me that whilst God can and occasionally does place things directly in our path – though we can still fail to see them (think Balaam’s Donkey – Numbers 22), we often have to search for them. That then is about our attitude and our commitment to look for God in unexpected places, in unexpected ways, at unexpected times - perhaps even in the midst of events where He appears totally absent. His promise is He will never leave us nor forsake us. But Jesus also instructed His followers not only to just ask, but to seek and to knock, which implies sometimes we need to go looking. There’s a wonderful series called Where’s Wally in which various characters are very well hidden in detailed drawings and you have to go looking for them – and if you are with children there can be great excitement when Wally and others are found. So, as you go through this week, which hopefully will be very ordinary, why not go looking to see where God is at work. And let us encourage one another as we share how we have experienced God in our lives. Jonathan |
