Category: Pew Sheet
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Weekly Pew Sheet 26-4-20
Today we should have held our annual meetings to elect churchwardens and PCC members. We would have reviewed the past year and looked ahead to the next twelve months. These meetings are now indefinitely postponed until it is safe for us to gather again when our churches have reopened. I am delighted that our churchyards…
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Weekly Pew Sheet 19-4-20
In many churches today is known as ‘Low Sunday’, the tension of Holy Week and the joy of Easter Day have passed and we wonder what will happen next, what will the empty tomb mean for us. Starting this Sunday (19th), Bishop Peter will be posting on the diocesan website a weekly video reflection based…
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Weekly Pew Sheet 12-4-20
The most glorious day of our Church year has arrived and despite the social-distancing and church closures we will rejoice in the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour. We are more aware than ever before of our need for Jesus atoning sacrifice and the victory over death that comes from his resurrection. Our Bible readings…
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Weekly Pew Sheet 5-4-20
We are at the beginning of the most sacred week in our Church year. We celebrate Jesus entry into Jerusalem, the crowds cheering and waving their palm branches. This rapturous reception soon turned sour and by Friday Jesus would die on the cross. Doug chalk has written an excellent piece about Palm Sunday. There is…
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Weekly Pew Sheet 29-3-20
Today is Passion Sunday – the fifth Sunday of Lent. It marks the beginning of a two-week period called Passiontide that ends on Holy Saturday – the eve of Easter Day. The Passion of Christ is the story of Jesus’s arrest, trial and suffering, ending with his execution by crucifixion – albeit the full story…
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Weekly Pew Sheet 23-3-20
Brothers and sisters in Christ, we are in unprecedented times, facing a silent and invisible foe in the corona virus. For the coming weeks, and maybe even months, our pew sheets will look very different as all public worship is suspended and our churches closed. During this time of challenge we place our trust in…