2nd Sunday before Advent 2023 (Online Holy Communion)

for 5 days, 14 hours, 59 mins
The period between All saints and Advent is often referred to as Remembrance-tide and it is a time when we explore the theme of memory, both corporate and individual, and confront issues of war and peace, loss and forgetting.

It is a time when we are reminded that redemption is a work of God's grace; it is God who redeems us in Christ and there is nothing to be done beyond what Christ has done. But we still wait for the final consummation of God's new creation in Christ; those who are Christ's, whether or not they have passed through death, are joined in prayer that God's kingdom will be revealed finally and in all its fullness. We also sense that it is a fearful thing to come before the unutterable goodness and holiness of God, even for those who are redeemed in Christ that it is searing as well as life-giving to experience God's mercy.

Our readings this week are taken from Zephaniah 1:7,12-18; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; and Matthew 25:14-30.

Our hymns are, 'We have a gospel to proclaim' and 'Rise and hear! The Lord is speaking'.

A service booklet to accompany today's service can be downloaded below or you can receive one automatically by email [email protected]

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Hundon, All Saints

This is a large, Perpendicular building, finished not long before the Reformation. No doubt it enjoyed all the ups and downs of the 17th Century religious wars, the long 18th Century sleep of the Church of England, and the vibrancy and energy of the 19th Century revival. But it is hard to tell now, because the church was completely destroyed by fire one night in February 1914, shortly before the outbreak of the Great War. 

The interior successfully retains a sense of the past, and heavens be praised the windows are all full of clear glass. There is plenty of open space of course, but intriguing little details - a wheatsheaf salvaged from an 18th Century memorial, the south chancel aisle panelled with dark wood from the vicarage, surviving roof timbers forming a cross in the south aisle.

A wide, light, simple interior, then, ideally suited for modern Anglican spirituality.

(With thanks to Simon Knott - http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/hundon.htm)


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2nd Sunday before Advent 2023 (Online Holy Communion)

for 5 days, 14 hours, 59 mins

The period between All saints and Advent is often referred to as Remembrance-tide and it is a time when we explore the theme of memory, both corporate and individual, and confront issues of war and peace, loss and forgetting.

It is a time when we are reminded that redemption is a work of God's grace; it is God who redeems us in Christ and there is nothing to be done beyond what Christ has done. But we still wait for the final consummation of God's new creation in Christ; those who are Christ's, whether or not they have passed through death, are joined in prayer that God's kingdom will be revealed finally and in all its fullness. We also sense that it is a fearful thing to come before the unutterable goodness and holiness of God, even for those who are redeemed in Christ that it is searing as well as life-giving to experience God's mercy.

Our readings this week are taken from Zephaniah 1:7,12-18; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; and Matthew 25:14-30.

Our hymns are, 'We have a gospel to proclaim' and 'Rise and hear! The Lord is speaking'.

A service booklet to accompany today's service can be downloaded below or you can receive one automatically by email [email protected]

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More info Join online

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