Recently it was time for one of my least favourite things - an eye test. Well, actually, to be accurate I quite like the eye test bit, the bit I like less is all the stuff that follows. Choosing frames, and tints, and anti-reflective lens, and obviously - the bill.But the main bit I dislike is the first few weeks when I’m wearing my new glasses and anxiously wondering…Did they get the prescription correct? Why do my eyes feel like this after wearing my new glasses for a while? Is this normal? Why do my eye muscles feel strained? Are they making me feel tired? Do they look okay!?!It probably takes me a month until I settle into my new glasses and feel totally happy with them.This time around both my distance and reading prescription changed and so the difference between my distance glasses and reading glasses is so much more pronounced! #thankyouaging When I tried on my new reading glasses for the first time I was sat in the opticians, I looked up and around and suddenly everything around me was very blurry, I felt dizzy and discombobulated! Then I looked at the sheet of text before me and oh what a miracle, the words were crisp and clear! I tried on my new distance glasses, amazing, I could see new words where previously there had only been smudges!Sometimes we need new lens to build a sense of meaning, to make sense of the world, to really see things how they really are. Our lives are full of choices as to how we view the world. Glass half full, glass half empty, etc. As people of faith, we’re challenged to see the world and our neighbours as God sees them and to respond lovingly. I wonder what difference would it make to our lives and how we experience the world if we put on our ‘God’s-eye-view’ lens and tried to see people and the world as God sees them? Perhaps it might bring some clarity. Amen.BlessingsTim
DIOCESE OF LICHFIELDNEWCASTLE DEANERYPARISH OF ALL SAINTS’ MADELEYNOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING & VESTRY MEETINGWILL TAKE PLACE IN CHURCH AT 7.30 P.M. ON THE SEVENTEENTH (17th) OF MAY, 2023.NOMINATIONS ARE INVITED FOR: · TWO POSTS OF CHURCHWARDEN TO SERVE FOR THE YEAR 2023/24. · UP TO FOUR PLACES ON THE P.C.C. FOR 2023/26 – TWO CURRENT MEMBERS, WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE, ARE ELIGIBLE TO SEEK RE-ELECTION THIS YEAR.· UP TO THREE PLACES ON NEWCASTLE DEANERY SYNOD FOR 2023/26 (ALSO PCC MEMBERS) - TWO CURRENT MEMBERS, WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE, ARE ELIGIBLE TO SEEK RE-ELECTION THIS YEAR.NOMINATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE FROM OFFICERS OF THE PCC OR IN THE PORCH. CANDIDATES MUST BE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH ELECTORAL ROLL – IF YOU WISH TO JOIN THIS, CONTACT TREVOR DOWNS BY 12 NOON ON MONDAY 8TH MAY, 2023, FOR A FORM OF ENROLMENT. MEMBERS OF THE PCC ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE OR OBTAIN AN UP TO DATE D.B.S. CERTIFICATE.SIGNED:TIM WATSONVICAR
All Saints’ is looking to employ a new Secretary – (6 hrs/wk) working in the Vestry and from home to facilitate the smooth working of our church.
List of Advent & Christmas Events & Services from All Saints' - all in church unless stated, and most with a Live Stream on Facebook - no account required to access these.We look forward to you joining us this Christmas.
