Leader: Jesus invited all to the Feast of Peace & New Life. Jesus risked everything in compassion, Jesus promised to make himself known in the breaking of the bread. All: Thanks be to God. Incense is lit, followed by the hymn – Restless is the Heart CD Tr.12. Bread…
Dear All, Another big feast tomorrow – Corpus Christi or the Feast of the Body & Blood of Christ. We are attaching two reflections on Eucharist & hope you may find some inspiration from them. As always we end with a blessing – this time John Rutter’s Clare blessing – written by him in memory…
Leader: We have come from the work of the day & the week: All: And we ask that we be open to this moment together. Leader: We have come here to pray: All: We are gathered as the children of God. Leader: We have with us the realities of our lives: All: We await with…
Leader: Another day is coming towards its close – we put away the work of this day. We come before the doors of the holy to seek & to knock. Open to us the mystery of your presence. All: We ask open to us the mystery of your presence. Please…
Following the popularity of TEA BOXES in 2020, & given a little uncertainty about exactly when we will be free from COVID restrictions, we want to invite you to book in for some tea-boxes. If you live in a CM postcode they can be delivered to your door (or as a gift to a friend’s…
Opening music: Volutes d’ete Tr. 1. Leader: Let us be silent…… let us be still …….empty …… in the presence………. being silent …………. being still….. let us pray All: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning, is now and…
Leader: Risen Jesus, we thank you for your greeting, ‘Peace be with you’ – the Shalom of God, deep lasting peace, peace that brings inner calm – may we share it with each other. All: Peace be with us all. Leader: Bound together by that peace let us pray as one. All: Amen.…
Please join in with our opening – the hymn: This is Holy Ground, we’re standing on Holy Ground, For the Lord is present & where he is is holy. (repeat) These are holy hands, he’s given us holy hands, He works through these hands & so these hands are holy. (repeat) Repeat first verse.…
Leader: In the name of the Father, & of the Son, & of the Holy Spirit, All: Amen. Leader: There is an ancient story about St Augustine. It tells how one day, walking along a beach, he saw a small boy who, having dug a hole in the sand, was running to…
Dear All, Another of the great feasts of the Church tomorrow, Trinity Sunday. As I think I said last week, Pentecost is quite a big mystery to me, well, Trinity, is more or less total mystery! We are all probably at very different places with it – hence we are sending you several different reflections…