Weekly letter from St Luke's - 8 August 2025

Dear Parish Friends

In our gospel passage Luke gives us two images of God as a generous parent, which we find easy to relate to and as a servant master, which is harder for us, being 2,000 years away from the Roman customs that this refers to. But in this latter image, Luke has something important to teach us. In the text, the servants—the disciples—are called to be ready as they await the return of the master—Jesus—from “a wedding banquet”. In the Hebrew Scriptures, wedding banquets often signal the hope of the people of God and in the New Testament, this hope is refigured around Jesus. We are reminded that the story of God is bigger than our present, and we are called to be people who engage in “active waiting” for Christ’s return. However, as this passage makes clear, Jesus’ coming is not an invitation into otherworldly retreat but into this-worldly readiness.

Services are at our usual times of 7am and 9am with Children's Church and Zoom streaming at 9am. Our preacher this week is Juliet Briner. The service sheet for the 9am service and the week's Notice Paper are available via the links below.

Please note that the meeting of the parish Sustainability and Environment Group, scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday 9th, has been cancelled.

Also note that, do to unforeseen circumstances, both the Art Show (scheduled for next weekend) has been postponed and the Theatre Society play 'The Comedy of Errors' has been cancelled.

Yours in Christ

Rev'd Timothy