Author: stjohnstmarkchurchbury

Our November 2023 Bible readings include the promise that those who mourn will be comforted and that justice will roll down like waters.

The November 2023 magazine includes pictures from the Scarecrow festival and a review of photographer Jim Metcalfe’s visit to the Open Group.

Our next Sunday evening worship service is at 7pm on October 29th. You’re very welcome to join us for a time of ‘Celtic Evening Worship.’

For those of a certain vintage, our parable is like a Roald Dahl ‘Tales of the Unexpected’. Or one of those Zombie horror movies on Netflix.

The chief priests were not the landowners at all but the tenants, tenants who’d be replaced. Then they remember the vineyard represents Israel.

In the October 2023 magazine you can find a tribute to Ralph Mallinson plus news and updates from our churches and from the wider community.

Our October 2023 Bible readings have some tricksy questions from chief priests, stories about vineyards & banquets and being called by name.

I almost said that it broke in despite Jonah, not because of him. But, on reflection, it still needed Jonah to turn up, despite his misgivings.

Not seven times or seventy seven or even seventy times seven but countless times during our lifetimes. We are continually being set free.

The forgiven, restored and repaired. Perhaps, just as in The Repair Shop, we might find that each one of us gets transformed in the process.

The September 2023 magazine contains a letter from Cath Hilton about her recent zip wire exploits plus updates from our church groups.

Our September 2023 Bible readings include Jesus telling more short stories to help us think about how best we should live alongside others.

Our next Sunday pm worship service is at 7pm on August 27th. We’re calling this: ‘Psalms for Life’ – a celebration of psalms in our daily life.

One commentator describes it as: “Jesus with his compassion down”. Another: “Beware the dog”. Perhaps we call it: “Small crumbs of comfort”.

Elijah might well have sung along to “hello darkness my old friend” but unlike Simon & Garfunkel’s silence, God’s silence is a place where people are able to love each other.