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Category Archives: My Encounters
Unexpected Wait, Unexpected Fulfillment
Brian was back on Sunday with an unmissable sermon. No video but you can read the text. Inspired! Unexpected Wait
New Wine tops for inspiring talks on Community Transformation
The end of February saw several of us heading off for Harrogate to attend the New Wine Leadership Conference. Not only was the weather exceptional (snow and lots of it) but the talks were absolutely out of this world. Prepare … Continue reading
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Absalom, O Absalom
My brother, a Methodist minister, gave me ‘The Lectionary 2018’ for Christmas. Having never followed it, except for main Sunday services, I am amazed at how it connects, builds and illuminates the message. For instance, Sunday, the 4th Sunday of … Continue reading
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Growing Spirituality
A new book about the Ecumenical County of Cumbria Growing Spirituality is a personal reflection on the spirituality of Cumbria. This book briefly tells the story of the faith from the first Christians to those denominations that signed the covenant … Continue reading
Prayer Space
ViK Sekasi, the Furness Deanery Youth Minister has prepared a beautiful report about the experience of a Prayer Space in the John Ruskin school. Read all about it here
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Our beautiful church family
Perhaps I was having an overly emotional day having been flattened by a particularly nasty case of the flu since Sunday eve. I walked into the church yesterday in advance of Roger and Yu Zhu’s wedding, just to take a … Continue reading
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Finding the Way of Christ in Community
A few have asked to read Sunday’s talk. I would have liked to have ended with a fabulous link to the Lord’s Prayer. I also considered handing out envelopes, each with a name of someone on our electoral roll to … Continue reading
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Sing and Share, a musical encounter
The event on 26 April included a musical encounter with the newly refurbished organ played by an accomplished organist from Bristol! Like all Sing and Share services, this was a one-off. Pictures from another encounter with the master rebuilder of … Continue reading
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Rendezvous over the Atlantic
Life has been pretty crazy lately. The wheels of my daily juggling act are all developing seeds of their own. What started out as a mixed portfolio of life giving activities has turned into barely overlapping wheels of potentially … Continue reading
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