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As our Lenten journey continues, both our Old testament and our Gospel reading give a foretaste of the message of Holy Week and Easter, that where there is death, God can breath life. Ezekiel is shown a vision of a valley of dry bones, a place of despondence, but a place into which God can bring hope. Mary and martha are comforted that Jesus can conquere death itsself and bring hope both in the fullnes of time, but in the present as well. Our services on Sunday are as usual

Palm Sunday 29 March 7am Palm procession and Holy Communion 9am Palm procession, family service with activities for all ages and Communion (also on Zoom) Monday-Wednesday 9am Morning Prayer 6pm Evening Prayer (on Zoom) Maundy Thursday 2 April 9am Morning Prayer 6pm Evening Prayer (on Zoom) 7.30pm Holy Communion followed by the Watch Good Friday 3 April 9am Morning Prayer 10am Family service 2pm Devotions at the Cross (also on Zoom) 6pm Evening Prayer (on Zoom) Holy

Continuing our Lenten journey we this week read of the anointing of David as King of Israel, who in may ways was a foreshadowing of Jesus as he turned expectations upside down. The in the gospels we read of Jesus healing a man born blind and see that Jesus, as the light of the world, came to address not just physical blindness, but spiritual blindness as well, with the latter being much harder. Our services on Sunday are as usual at 7am and 9am (with Children's Church and Z

Our Lenten journey continues this week with Moses leading the people of the Exodus through the wilderness on their way to Canaan, and Jesus meeting a Samaritan woman on his way to Galilee. Of note in both these stories is that what happens on the journey is often as important as the destination. Here, in particular, we note that God brings the water of life, even in surprising and unexpected places, which sustains us and those we meet on the way. Our services on Sunday are

Lent is a journey, and this year the readings set in the lectionary take us on two parallel journeys. The Old Testament readings tell the story of God's relationship with God's people through some key figures - Adam last week, Abraham this week - whilst the Gospel readings recount Jesus' revealing of his purposes, bringing about the new relationship between God and God's people, through people hat Jesus met - this week Nicodemus. As we read these two threads, we are immersed

Last week Lent began on Ash Wednesday. The introduction to the liturgy began with these words: Brothers and sisters in Christ, since early days Christians have observed with great devotion the time of our Lord’s passion and resurrection and prepared for this by a season of penitence and fasting . For many people, the last phrase of this sentence is the one that resonates, and indeed our gospel reading this week speaks of Jesus in the wilderness. But we need to always keep

As we travel through Lent, here are some of the ways in which we aim to add meaning to our journey: Sunday services: I invite you all to arrive early for our Sunday services. I will ring a bell and read the sentence of the day five minutes before the service is due to commence, and then encourage you to sit silently in prayer until we sing the opening hymn. If you arrive after this time, please enter quietly. Every Wednesday at 9.30am: Eucharist at St Luke’s (St Luke’s Connec

With Lent starting next week (pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, followed by the solemn liturgies of Ash Wednesday), this Sunday is the last Sunday after Epiphany on which we celebrate the Transfiguration. It is a fitting end to the season, which started with the magi following the light of the start to the infant Jesus. At the transfiguration, Jesus himself is clearly revealed as this light. Our services on Sunday are as usual at 7am and 9am (with Children's Church and Zoom streami

Dear friends In our readings this weekend we return to the start of Jesus' ministry and to Jesus' sermon on the mount. Here in Matthew 5, Jesus is telling his listeners what it means to be a disciple. The two images he uses is that of salt and light. As salt, Jesus' disciples should have a profound influence on the earth, eliciting goodness. As light, the disciples are a gathered community reflecting God's creative power. Our services on Sunday are as usual at 7am and 9am (

Dear friends Today we step back to the end of the nativity narrative in Luke's gospel to the account of Jesus being brought to the temple to be dedicated to God. By Jewish custom this took place 40 days after the birth, hence the celebration is actually on 2nd February. But we keep the Epiphany theme of the revelation of the nature of Jesus. Here two devout people, Simeon and Anna, who had long awaited this moment, have their waiting rewarded with a glimpse of Jesus and the p