Dear Friends,The church year rolls around to Lent, and we intensify our focus on what it’s all about. And what is it all about? Two millennia ago God became one of us. Jesus walked this earth, healed people, challenged wrongs, made friends, made enemies, and in the end was executed on trumped up charges. Three days of darkness, then the glorious light of His resurrection! Jesus defeated death and made a way back to relationship with God for all humankind. His teachings turned the world upside down, and still today lives are being transformed by his message of love and reconciliation. Let’s repent of all the things we get wrong, and use this Lenten time to draw closer to God. The Thought (attached) this week is about living Christ’s story in Lent, as we journey towards Easter. Also attached is the flyer about our Lent course, “Alive in Christ”. It begins next week – so still time to enrol!A final also – don’t forget to register on the Electoral Roll (see attached Notice of Preparation and Form 1). This is compiled from scratch every 5 years, so you need to ensure your name is on the new one if you still wish it. Rachel
Dear Friends,I hope this email finds you well. Half term is over in York, but in full flow in Newcastle so I have been having fun with my toddler grandsons, visiting the railway museum, playing in the garden, collecting leaves, flowers and pebbles in the colour of the rainbow and baking delicious things with chocolate in them. It’s good to be reminded to find joy and wonder in the little things, just like toddlers do.Michael has written this week’s Thought (attached), and it’s beautiful. All about finding joy in unexpected places and being grateful for the people God puts in our lives. Lent is almost upon us, and I want to remind you about Alive in Christ, our Lent course, which will be on Wednesdays from 12th March for 5 weeks. There’s a choice of Wednesday mornings at 11-12:30 at St Giles, Copmanthorpe, or Wednesday afternoons at 14:30 – 16:00 at the Parish Room in Bolton Percy. Please see the attached flyer for more detail.
