Copying the King In the quiet shadow of Lent, as the days lengthen toward the cross,we slow our steps, learning again how to walk behind Jesus. The room is heavy with expectation. Dust clings to tired feet. This is the night of final words, final meals, final chances to show what God is like. And then, He rises. Not to teach. Not to […]
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Holiness. It doesn’t begin with rules, or robes,or trying to look better than the people next to us.Holiness begins with a call. A voice that says: “Come.”Come as you are. Come tired. Come uncertain. Come ordinary. God has always worked like this – not by fixing the world from a distance,but by choosing a people to
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I am so excited, at the start of this year, to share that we are now able to move ahead in appointing a new Children’s & Families Minister to lead and develop our ministry with children aged 0–11 and their families here at St Mary’s. It’s such a great opportunity and role! It is such a
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I was married on September 9th 1989 – 35 years ago. Ever since this day I have 100% married. I can not be more married than I am today. I am totally married. In life we are either married or not married. We can’t be both at the same time. It’s either or. Black or
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The theme we have chosen for this Christmas is Draw Near and we wanted to focus on the story of Jesus’ birth told by Luke. Each of the gospels tell it differently. Matthew’s sets Jesus into his family tree to draw attention to his status as anointed Messiah that fulfils the story of Abraham, and
LISTEN TO THIS POST INSTEAD So, it’s Annual Report Time for us all again. This is a great opportunity to look back at last year and to look ahead to the coming year – tracing the journey of our family life together. Here is my first draft for 2023. WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT Our
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SEEING GOD CHANGE LIVES In this short post you will find an overview of our church’s expected expenditure and income in 2024 – a budget aimed at enabling us to increase our missional impact – seeing God change lives, families, and churches – and securing our finances for the coming years. For the first time
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Dear Church Family As I mentioned in Friday’s bulletin, over the next three weeks I will be sending out a ‘Giving Bulletin’ like this one, sharing important information about our church finances and inviting you to participate in securing and growing our income for the coming year. This is important for us as a church
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REVISITING AND INCREASING OUR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHURCH Dear Church Over the next few weeks, the PCC and the whole church leadership are inviting all of us who consider ourselves to be a part of St Mary’s and the Heath, to join together and to increase our giving to church funds. Many of us already make a
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So, my journey into Lent fasting as an act of repentance, mourning and contrition, is deepening. And I am learning that it has a strong heritage, even if it’s been generally forgotten or overshadowed by other messages in our current day. A few days ago, in preparing for Ash Wednesday I came across a liturgy
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