Bits and Bobs Blog

Something of a 'bits and bobs' blog this week!

We were thrilled with the Junior Church cake and plant stall which took place last Sunday morning after morning service, in aid of the Wildlife Trust.  The idea came directly from Junior Church as a result of the Climate Sunday service in February.  Altogether, with extra money from the sale of tomoato plants the other week, around £390 was raised.  Well done!

We have decided, due to the delay in the lifting of restrictions, that all three of the Re-Set Discussion afternoons will now take place, not in person, but on Zoom and codes will be sent out soon.

We are delighted that our link missionaries, Liz and Sergio, have now been able to reschdule their visit to us.  It will happen on the same night as the July Church Meeting on 20th July 2021, and the programme will run as follows:

6.30pm: Reception for Liz and Sergio as we sit at tables of six
7.00pm: Bryan Long will lead a Question and Answer session with them after they have given us a short presentation of their work.
7.45pm: We say farewell to Liz and Sergo

8.00pm: We regroup for the Church Meeting

This Sunday sees the final Audio Service (For the time being at least!  Who knows what the future may bring).  Every week for 66 Sundays Sara has gone through service recordings and selected hymns and anthems suitable for this week's readings. Michael has then used his technical wizardry to assemble the various recordings sent in to him and make it into one service.  We are very grateful to the Auttons and will be saying a formal 'thank you' to them in church on Sunday.

And, finally, I have a Ministers' Book Group on Zoom this lunchtime and we have been reading Martyn Percy's book The Humble Church, I was struck by many things he writes not least this line:

If Christ was small enough to be comprehended, God would not be big enough to be worshipped... Food for thought!

In all you do this day, may you know God's blessing and peace.

Ian