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Reflections by an American pastor, the Revd Dr Janet H. Hunt, about what it means for God to call us by name:

Called by name for This TIme

My father-in-law - aged 94 - had his first jab on Saturday and is awaiting further instructions about his follow up. Everything seems to have gone smoothly, and he is relieved to have got this far without catching Covid.

Our street is usually very Christmassy from 1 December onwards - we don't put up decorations till nearer to Christmas. One house opposite us still has its full array of outside lights etc. If it was left to me, I'd keep the lights up all year - I love Christmas lights! A Baptist church in Coventry h...

Praying for those in Congress right now, carrying on with business after what must have been a terrifying day.

Praying for a peaceful transition of power, and the new administration.

To keep our spirits up perhaps we should follow the old tradition of keeping decorations up to Candlemas - 2nd Feb. Why not? https://www.tudorsociety.com/christmas-decorations-twelfth-night-and-candlemas/ R We didn't have time to take our tree down today, so I guess we're following the old tradition!

WIshing everyone hope and healing in the new year. Some bible verses to think about as we pray our way into the new year: Isaiah 43:18-19 - Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way ...

Praying for all of us; may God help us all. A prayer from CAFOD Dear Lord, At this time of pandemic, Let us foster respect and solidarity with others, especially those who are weak or poor. Let us remain calm and ignore unsubstantiated rumours. Let us take advantage of living together as a family. L...

Thank you, Peter - Happy Christmas!

If this Christmas is difficult, we are happy to pray for you - post a prayer request on our prayer forum, or send me a direct message.

Pam (web pastor)

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

If this Christmas is difficult, we are happy to pray for you - post a prayer request on our prayer forum, or send me a direct message.

Pam (web pastor)

The story of Christmas told by the kids of St Paul's Church, Auckland, New Zealand

Ernest said “ Prayers for all affected by the virus and those who've died. May they RIP and Rise in Glory. :votive1: :votive1: ” Amen. Prayers for all those working in any capacity to hopefully give us all a safer place to live and a world where Covid will no longer be at the tip of our tongues in ...

I think Tim Berners-Lee is generally believed to be the inventor of the World Wide Web, and thankfully he’s still with us. Alan Turing’s work provided the foundation for the discipline of computer science, and his ideas about computers contributed to the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). ...

Joe Parrish wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 11, 2020 3:53 am

Continuing to pray for Donald, Melania, Joe, and Jill

And praying for the forthcoming election, too.

For those remembering the Aberfan disaster, on this day in 1966.

http://aberfan.walesonline.co.uk/

Whatever rules are suggested or demanded, we can choose to set ourselves a higher bar to protect ourselves and others. I agree, Roger. I'm happy to do what makes things better or less worrying for others - altrhough I just can't get the hang of keeping distanced if I pass people in the street! The ...

Regarding the Queen’s actions, the story I linked to says: Steven Gallant, who was praised for risking his life to stop the attack, has been granted the royal prerogative of mercy, an extremely rare case of absolution for a convicted murderer. Gallant, 42, will see the 17-year sentence he received i...

The Queen has granted a pardon to a convicted murderer who tackled the attacker in the London Bridge terror attack in 2019, while he was on day release from prison attending a course. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/18/murderer-who-tackled-london-bridge-attacker-with-narwhal-tusk-pardon...

We're still in a Tier 1 area, but the church I attend regularly is in a Tier 2 area. There were plans to have a short, socially distanced service at 12.00 pm while continuing with the online service at 10.00 am, but I think this may have been put off for a few weeks. We have family in Northern Irela...

This lovely song by Matt Redman reminds me of something I read years ago about worship. While we can think of it as a performance for the benefit of the congregation, the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard suggested that, if worship is a performance, then God is the audience of worship, the congre...