St John & St Mark Church Bury

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July 5th Newsletter

July 5th Newsletter

From next Sunday, July 12th, we will be back worshiping in church! We will have just the one service, at 11am. Christ Church will have an earlier service at 10am.

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Lock-down recipe #6

Lock-down recipe #6

Welcome to our church lock-down recipe #6. It’s for a flourless Chocolate Cake. Yeah, we thought #5 would be the last one too, but we had a special request to bring this one to you.

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It’s good to talk

It’s good to talk

Jesus had told his disciples: “go, make disciples of all nations, baptising them and teaching them”. Jesus was saying: “Tell everyone. It’s good to talk!”

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Jesus applauding the key workers

Jesus applauding the key workers

It was 8pm and it was a Thursday. Jesus was stood outside the front door at the time, applauding the key workers…

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July 2020 magazine

July 2020 magazine

The events of Spring 2020 will remain long in the memory and its effects will impact upon our world for many years to come. As we wished everyone Happy New Year six months ago, we were blissfully unaware of what was to lie ahead.

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June 28th newsletter

June 28th newsletter

Following the recent government announcement we hope to open our churches for public worship shortly. Most of us will be a little heavier and a little hairier than when we last met together!

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July 2020 bible readings

July 2020 bible readings

In the July 2020 Bible readings we have donkeys, eating and drinking, rain, snow, seeds being sown, weeds, yeast, pearls and fishing nets…

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Prepared to be different

Prepared to be different

Jesus says: “I am sending you out like sheep among wolves”. When the going gets tough, you are going to have to dig-in. You must prepare to be different.

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June 21st newsletter

June 21st newsletter

Here’s our June 21st newsletter, which is Father’s Day in the UK. Our churches are open for individual prayer. However, all public worship continues to be suspended until further notice.

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Lock-down recipe #5

Lock-down recipe #5

Welcome to our church lock-down recipe #5. We know these as Coffee Oat biscuits, though there may be other names for them! This will be our last recipe – unless we get any special requests!

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Children’s Trust

Children’s Trust

Here’s an update from the Bury Children’s Trust, which brings together partners from a wide range of agencies with a shared commitment to helping children and young people be the best that they can;

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June 14th Newsletter

June 14th Newsletter

This June 14th Newsletter gives the great news that from Monday June 15th churches can be open for individual prayer. However, all public worship continues to be suspended until further notice.

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Lock-down recipe #4

Lock-down recipe #4

Welcome to lock-down recipe #4! This time it’s the recipe for Melting Moments… we’re making up for the coffee mornings & afternoon teas that we’ve missed!

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A Gospel to proclaim

A Gospel to proclaim

Our next Sunday@Seven service will be on June 28th 2020. Our theme will be ‘A Gospel to Proclaim’. We Zoomed Sunday@Seven last month and we all survived – so, we’re going to do it again this month.

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The Trinity and other ways of understanding

The Trinity and other ways of understanding

A long time ago when I was a Reader, I was gifted the privilege of speaking on Trinity Sunday to our Parade Service, which meant lots of children of all ages, including the adult children of our Church. It was chaos!

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