Dear Reader,I hope you enjoy listening to the sermon podcast above… Now Lent is almost upon us. Let’s make it a special ‘worry free’ time of turning away from the many distractions of life to the one true Source of peace, our Saviour Jesus Christ.May I invite you to begin a holy Lent - come to our Ash Wednesday Service with the Imposition of Ashes on 18th February at 7pm. * This Lent our Devotional is Draw Near: life giving habits for Lent 40 daily reflections. Downloa...
Dear Reader,
I hope you enjoy listening to the sermon podcast above…
Now Lent is almost upon us. Let’s make it a special ‘worry free’ time of turning away from the many distractions of life to the one true Source of peace, our Saviour Jesus Christ.
May I invite you to begin a holy Lent - come to our Ash Wednesday Service with the Imposition of Ashes on 18th February at 7pm.
* This Lent our Devotional is Draw Near: life giving habits for Lent 40 daily reflections. Download the Everyday Faith app to take part. You can also order a booklet if you prefer.
* Alternatively why not try Wisdom in the Desert beginning on 16 February where you will meet the desert Mothers and Fathers of the church? They were early Christian pioneers, seeking God in the solitude of the Egyptian wilderness. Download Lectio 365 app There is also a Family version - download Lectio for Families.
Blessing of Lent to you.
Andrew+
News
We’ve started our weekly Energize group for children at our new Service time of 10.00am (no more services at 9.30am). We have a ‘family corner’ with a sofa as well at the back of church and a rug for little ones to play on.
Once a month we’ll have a ‘Together’ service where children and families will take part in the service together.
15th March – Mother’s Day
5th April – Easter
24th May – Pentecost
21st June – Father’s Day
6th September – Back to school
11th October – Harvest
29th November – Advent
6th December – Christingle
Social Events
Saturday 7th March
Family Silent Disco 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Soft drinks & snacks. Glitter galore & glow sticks
Adults-Only Silent Disco (18+) 7.30pm – 11.00pm
Bar fully stocked, cocktails, beers and wine Proper street-food from outside caterers: burgers, hotdogs, sausage rolls, and grazing boxes to keep you fuelled!
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Matthew 6:25–34 NIV
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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