Dear All, This week, on Wednesday, Lent began. When Advent begins my heart lifts – the same doesn’t happen for me when we begin Lent! But here it is & we have found a few pieces of writing that we hope might stir your energies & ours to embark on the journey to Easter. If…
Dear All, This weekend there will be prayers said in our church for the unemployed. We are sending you reflections related to work – not just paid employment but the varied ‘’work that comes our way through life. In the main these are positive views of work but of course many people don’t have positive…
Dear All, Last week we were reflecting on issues around Justice. Sometimes we can feel a bit remote from such a theme – the people we are thinking about won’t necessarily be close to us. In contrast this week we are homing in on those close to us. Someone we live with, live near, see…
The Community is offering a series of opportunities to meet and reflect during Lent and Eastertide. REFLECTIONS No need to book in advance, just join us via the Zoom links below Ash Wednesday A reflective moment to start Lent 2nd March – 5.30pm for 20-30 minutes Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81914900556?pwd=Nnk4ekNvU0hnTVZjZW9PbnZFU0lPdz09 Meeting…
Dear All, I hope you have had a good week. In our calendar tomorrow is Racial Justice Sunday. We have been made very conscious of this issue over the last couple of years – the current as well as historic news in this country – (Windrush, Irish immigrants looking for rented property, ‘Stop & Search’…
Dear All, During the week we celebrated the Feast of the Presentation, also known as Candlemas. We meet Simeon & Anna, two elderly people, & hear the Nunc Dimittis or Song of Simeon: “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which…
Dear All, Here we are – nearly at the end of January. Spring is on the far horizon! So today it seems that nature/creation/environment etc might be fitting. We hope you will enjoy the reflections & that you will be reminded of beauty – beauty in every season of the year – but also that…
Dear All, This week we are encouraged to pray for unity among all Christians. Each year the services for Unity Week are prepared by Christians in different countries. This year it is the turn of Christians in the Middle East. This is poignant with our awareness of so much conflict in several of the Middle…
Dear All, Today we are sending you some different reflections on prayer. Inevitably they are very different, one from another, since there are countless different ways to pray. You will have your own way but maybe one of these will complement what you are already doing – If not, just enjoy the blessing: ‘A…
Dear All, With the feast of the Epiphany celebrated & with the Baptism this weekend, we are emerging from the Christmas season & faced with some weeks of winter. That is the theme of today’s reflections: Winter. Unintentionally we seem to have drawn quite heavily from Joyce Rupp, a prolific writer, an American Servite sister.…