I was once visiting a patient in hospital. The family were round his bedside, unsure of what to say, they asked if I would pray. In the prayerful silence I felt something spiritually stir in the room which became alive with a waiting expectation. As I laid my hand on his head, I prayed that […]
Daily Devotion for Thursday 7th December 2023
What human family has not known death? Death is as common as birth yet why are we so hesitant about talking about death? Firstly we need to recognise and own our own grief and losses through our years. Grief is different for everyone, there is no right or wrong way to feel when someone we […]
Weekly Intercessions and Worship Notes for Sunday 10th December
Resources for Worship Dear Friends, Worship is at the heart of our life as God’s people. Whatever else we do, worship is at the core as it is through meeting God – in the hymns and the music, the movement and the silence, the Word and the words, in friend and stranger as well as […]
Daily Devotion for Tuesday 5th December 2023
inspiration in your inbox Tuesday, 5 December 2023 Death – the connecting link to Living well This mingling of life, death and falling is not so strange that we cannot even know where we truly are, for our perceptions are so sundered from each other that we can’t tell what is real Julian of Norwich […]
Daily Devotion for Monday 4th December 2023
Monday, 4 December 2023 Amicus Mortis As you come to know that you are fully and unconditionally loved, you will also come to know that you do not have to fear death. Love is stronger than death; God’s love was there for you before you were born and will be there for you after you […]
Sunday Worship 3 December 2023 – Advent Week One
worship to comfort & inspire, excite & energise Order of Service Below you will find the Order of Service, prayers, hymns and sermon for today’s service. You can either simply read this or you can to listen to the service and sing along with the hymns. This will open up a new screen, at the bottom of […]
Saturday, 2 December 2023 The Rev’d Tim Searle,
Saturday, 2 December 2023Hell The Wedding Banquet St Matthew 22: 1 – 14 The Parable of the Wedding Banquet Once more Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying: ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his slaves to call those who had […]
Friday, 1 December 2023 The Rev’d Angela Rigby .
Revelation 20:11-15 Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Also another book was opened, the book […]
Thursday, 30 November 2023 The Rev’d Frin Lewis-Smith
Psalm 24:7-10 Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of glory may come in.Who is the King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle.Lift up your heads, O gates! and be lifted up, O ancient doors! that the King of glory may come in.Who […]
Wednesday, 29 November 2023 The Rev’d Andy Braunston
St Matthew 25: 31 – 46 ‘When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the […]