Lighting the Advent Candle The first candle of Advent is the candle of Hope; the second is the candle of Peace; the third is the candle of Joy. We light this candle to remind us that Christ is the source of full and overflowing joy. Let's pray: Loving God, thank you for the joy you… Continue reading On the threshing floor

https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54182 Advent Candle Lighting The first candle of Advent is the candle of Hope; the second is the candle of Peace. We light this candle to remind us that our Lord, Jesus the Christ, brings peace to all who trust in him. Light the second candle Let's join in prayer Loving God, you give peace… Continue reading Hope and peace in uncertain times

Image by Ulrike Leone from Pixabay Shalom in Bethlehem The first chapter of this story ends with the information that Naomi and Ruth arrived at the beginning of the barley harvest, which leads us neatly in to chapter two where we see signs of hope beginning to grow. There are some clues for us to… Continue reading Gleaning, generosity and grace

Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash Lighting the Advent candle The first candle of Advent is the candle of Hope. We light this candle to remind us that our hope in is Jesus the Christ and to watch for his presence in the ordinary places of life. The first candle is lit. Let's pray: Loving… Continue reading Hope in difficult times

Image by cocoparisienne from Pixabay This Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent, and probably the last Sunday of zoom gathering as we move to the traffic light system next week. The parish council are working together to come up with guidelines for our in person gathering, for our building users and for our community… Continue reading Anticipating Advent

Photo by Phyllis Poon on Unsplash Call to Worship We come in worship to God, in our need, and bringing with us the needs of the world. We come to God, who comes to us in Jesus and who knows by experience what human life is like. We come with our faith and with our… Continue reading Love, continued…

https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56665 Jesus continues to school his disciples about love and trust and how we live. The story from the gospel this week is one that is easy to distort into a simple moral comparison or flatten into a basic exemplar of trust. I don't know about you, but when I hear the term "widow", I… Continue reading What does trust look like?

Call to worship In stillness and rest you are present Lord God. In action and activity, you are alongside us, In the silence of our days, in the noise of laughter and talk, In our waiting, in our waiting, in our waiting You are here, standing close. Embrace us with your love as we worship… Continue reading Love God and neighbour= love as love is

Call to worship We seek your presence, O God, not because we have managed to see clearly or been true in all things. Not because we have succeeded in loving or reverencing those around us. But because we want to see with clarity, Because we long to be true And desire to love as we… Continue reading Courage, Compassion, Commitment