Next Service:10am Holy Communion ONLINE Holy Communion Service. Please see 'Services and Events' for a cut and paste link to this service. A Zoom Coffee morning follows the Sunday service.
Daily ScriptureBut we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and has come to life; he was lost and has been found. (Luke 15 v 32)Daily Reflection The parable of the “Prodigal son” is a very well known story - the story of a son who has gone astray, wasting the gifts that his father has given him but on his return is welcomed back home with open arms. We all make mistakes in life, none of us is perfect and even when we stray far from the straight and narrow we are welcomed home to God with such celebration and joy. And it does not matter how many times we transgress, he is there in our dark days even if we feel that he has abandoned us. The father in this parable offers his love in abundance, his love is boundless and inexhaustible - just as God’s love is - endlessly generous and unconditional. That is a God who I truly want to come home to. Lyn Hayes ALM
Daily Scripture:Though I am poor and needy, the Lord cares for me. You are my helper and my deliverer; O my God, make no delay. (Psalm 40:18-19)Daily Reflection:I guess not many of us would put ourselves in the category of being poor and of being needy. If we consider the psalmist’s words from a purely material point of view, the vast majority of us would be right. However, if we consider these words from a spiritual point of view……. we are all poor, we are all needy; and yet, the Lord cares about you. He is your helper and deliverer. He is waiting - patiently - for the day when you will recognise Him for who He is. The verse before these the psalmist says, “Let all who seek you rejoice in you and be glad; let those who love your salvation say always, ‘The Lord is great.’”May we recognise that there is something bigger than us. That there is God. May we then confess that we are poor and needy, and know that God cares; He is my helper. Revd David
Daily Scripture: Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. He committed no sin, no guile was found on his lips, when he was reviled, he did not revile in turn. (I Peter 2.21-2)Daily Reflection:Self-defence is natural reaction under attack. Jesus was not always silent in the face of opposition, nor did he duck from his accusers. But he set an historic example of how we should not ‘give as good as we get’, and how not to allow ourselves to fall to the temptation to hit back. “Two wrongs don’t make a right”. David Harmsworth
