For Lent this year, I will be running an online zoom course looking at The Beatitudes or Jesus “beautiful attitudes” - which are found at the start of the sermon on the mount in Matthew’s gospel (Matthew 5:3-12).
I will be running the course at two different times each week - on Thursday evenings at 8pm, and on Friday mornings at 10.30am. There are six sessions and each session will take about an hour or so.
We will start as Lent begins - on Thursday 18th February at 8pm or Friday 19th February at 10.30am, and continue weekly up to Easter.
Zoom details will be issued nearer the time. Do think about joining us, this course is open to anyone.
Many blessings,
Rev Trevor Wyatt
Click on the image details to view the course and purchase the book to accompany the course.
Click herefor The Collect from the Baptism of Christ
- The Second Sunday of Epiphany
PRAYER LIST - 17th January 2021
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR MISSION PARTNERS:
The work of the Leprosy Mission and for our link with Kidoka in Tanzania
PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE IN NEED:
Ruth Wyatt
Ann Batchelor
Bernard Clewes
Dave Long
Michael Baker
Tricia Dyer
Jackie Hawkins
Sarah Dunn
Margaret Cheal
Lucie Balche
Sheila Jarvis
Sheila Vickers
Christine Kelly
John
Gladys Goodwright
Connor Cox
Lena Pett
Tracey Chapman
PLEASE CONTINUE TO KEEP IN YOUR PRAYERS:
Georgina Bowen
Ade Okubule
Edna Passmore
Maureen Hawkins
Martin Robinson
Yvonne Fowler
Lorraine Mistry
Colin Souter
Charlie
Megan Ray
Melody Salom
Sylvia Smith
Alan Munden
Ron & Pat Wiltshire
Vicky Folkes
Theresa Hammond
Julie Knight
Audrey Noy
Edna Bassett
Barbara Perkins
Elliott
Sherry Snowden
Derek Rumsey
Trevor Wyatt
Ray Wood
Ruth Wyatt
Trudi Robinson
Mark & Lydia Fuller
Dawn Brooks
Nick Perfect
Susan
PRAYING FOR THE FAMILIES OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED:
Pauline Cutler (15/1)
Mary Yvonne Wright (21/1)
Irene Carter (25/1)
Mark Rowley (1/2)
Gwen Silvester (5/2)
Francies Moore
FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED:
Eileen Moriarty
Margaret Corcoran
WHAT IS THIS?
Some of you guessed correctly!
It’s the shape of our parish and over the next few weeks there will be articles made up of photographs from Roy and musings from Marilyn.
Watch this space!
Holding on to God in hard times – Yvonne Fowler
"Rather, cling tightly to the Lord your God as you have done until now.” (Joshua 23:8) Will these hard times we are going through ever ends?
If you’ve asked yourself this question lately, you’re not alone.
For many of us life hasn’t been easy in recent weeks, months, or even years.
We know God’s word makes it clear that “in this world we will have trouble” (John 16:33) But when difficult circumstances happen one after another, we can get overwhelmed by the extended season of hard times. So, what do we do when hard times hit one after the other with no end in sight?
In his final words to the leaders of Israel Joshua gave his command to God’s chosen people. His words still speak truth to us as believers today. “Rather, cling tightly to the Lord your God as you have done until now.” (Joshua 23:8)
The Israelites were enjoying a time of rest in the land God had given them. Joshua encouraged them to cling to God in the season of rest or in the heat of battle.
During this period when everything seems so uncertain and all we hear are discouraging and we feel we are in the midst of hard times and possibly doubt how things could possible work out.
This verse “Rather, cling tightly to the Lord your God as you have done until now.” (Joshua 23:8) offers the answer we need.
We need to hold on to God just as we’ve done in the past, and trust that He will be with us through it all. He is faithful. Let’s cling tightly to God right now! There is hope and healing when we choose to cling tightly to God
Who was he? by Marilyn Ormes
He was born on 13 January 1890 in Hartlepool. His parents were William and Mary and as the eldest son he was named William after his father. A clever boy, he was educated at Darlington Grammar School and went on to Durham University.
He served with the Durham Light Infantry in World War I and then worked in Middlesborough, Dudley and Hartlepool. In 1918 he married Avis Robina Machin. Who was he and what is his connection with Christ Church?