A waitrose bag

This morning at the front of church was a bowl and towel, and near that the crown of thorns, and the hammer and the nail... of Jesus ...

There was also a Waitrose bag full of woollens. Throughout the service Revd Ruth spoke about friendship, and what it meant to have God as a friend. The Waitrose bag were donated to the homeless, as part of the collection.

Baptist Interference

The preacher was just starting his sermon when another voice kept drifting in and out over the sound system. It sounded very much like the Revd David from the baptist church just down the road. Anyway the inteference soon subsided. It has happened before.

A serious place

Normally the children go out to Junior Church after a couple of hymns and a Children's story. But today, they started Junior Church early, and came back in for the communion at the end of the service. They found it quite enthralling, and were allowed to take the bread and wine, which they seemed to do very seriously

Transformation

Revd Ruth has been with us as the minister since May. Today she led the communion service. Its funny what strange things can strike, but as she prayed over the bread and wine with her palms facing the elements I imagined the elements transforming. Well, in the past, and maybe still in some churches they consider that the bread becomes the body, and the wine, the blood...

Gift Service

At the end of the gift service, one well loved lady was taken ill at the back. All became quiet and Revd Diana  told us we would wait until the lady had been cared for. Paramedics came after a few minutes. People prayed.

Replacement Interim Moderator

Revd Diana is the new Interim Moderator. While we are waiting to get a new minister we have a guiding moderator. Revd  Martin had to leave us as Interim Moderator for some unexplained reason. Diana is his replacement and she took the healing service this eveing. She spoke about Jesus treating people in lots of different ways, as individuals, there was not just one magic technique, just love findings its own way.

Revd John

Sixteen of us there in the evening including the preacher, the Rev John. He took as his text the passage from Luke where the disciples ask Jesus to tell them how to pray. Rev John emphasized the bit where it says 'You that are evil know how to give good things to those who ask... how much more will your Father give you. He will give you the Holy Spirit if you ask.' Most of the talk was given up to the conflict between us trying to be good and ending up often falling.