So what happens when you lose God, which we all feel we do from time to time, we can feel a sense of loss that God is not there but what effort do we really put into finding him? Jesus tells us in Matthew 6.33 ‘But seek first his kingdom
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So often we hear the church is the people and not the building and of course this has come into sharp focus in the last six months and is very much true. It is apparent that for most Christians this has been a shift in moving from thinking this to
Continue readingMonday 31st August 2020 Moses Learns to Delegate Exodus 18 Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, how the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law
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Church has always been a movement not a static institution and in the words of William Temple; ‘The church is the only society that exists for the benefit of those who are not its members.’ Which is added to by C.S.Lewis who said ‘The Church exists for nothing else but
Continue readingWorship from the URC’s Daily DevotionsforSunday 30th August 2020 The Rev’d David Coleman Introduction Welcome to this Service including Holy Communion, the first of two services I’ll be involved in, today led by myself, the Rev’d David Coleman, EcoChaplain with EcoCongregation Scotland. This is a special category ministry of the United
Continue readingSunday 30th August 2020 Psalm 12 Lying lips that falsely faltterkeep the truth far out of reach.Come, O God and still the chatter;end their boats and twisted speech. With these Babel sounds oppressing,who but God can tame the tongue?When the faithful seek God’s blessing,honest words are shared and sung. Rise,
Continue readingSaturday 29th August 2020 Water from the Rock Exodus 17: 1-7 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. The people quarrelled with Moses, and said,
Continue readingFriday 28th August 2020 Bread from Heaven Exodus 16 The whole congregation of the Israelites set out from Elim; and Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt.
Continue readingExodus 15: 20 – 27 Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing. And Miriam sang to them: ‘Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously;horse and rider he has thrown into
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We will be meeting as churches in the first week of August to consider how we start to reopen our buildings and we need to pray that we hear clearly from God as to what he is saying to us. It’s very easy to look at other churches and see
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As a church we held our first Trial service in the last week of October. This was to enable us to practice our Covid regulations and to consider the future opening of the church. However, with the second lockdown being introduced on Thursday 5th November, both churches, here in Knaresborough
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I guess that some of our responses are shaped by our personal experience of what we have been through during this period and how it has affected us, but certainly for all of us it has been a time to think about what is important to us and reassess what
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But where has the church been in this time in all these feelings, well for some the church has been deployed as there is so much more we are doing together now in an average week than we did before, we are sharing fellowship together by internet and telephone in
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If you wish you need only put your initial or the other person’s initial, God will know who you are asking prayer for. Also, you do not have to put a reason for the prayer, if you do not wish to, God will know your needs. An example might
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How different those familiar words felt this Easter, indeed much of the familiar things in life have changed over the past few weeks and yet, however uncomfortable and difficult these times are, we look to God in the resurrection of Christ as we hear again ‘I am with you always,
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CORONAVIRUS An Update on ‘Seaside Rock’ – Holiday Club 2020 After discussions within the church, it is with a heavy heart that we have decided NOT to go ahead with Holiday Club 2020 this year. It was a hard decision for us to make but was made for the safety
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I have found a real passion for God amongst us and an openness in the safety of the groups to share honest thoughts and views, however, I still hear about the difficulty people feel about sharing their faith outside church. It is interesting that as I look at my own
Continue readingThe Easter Club held at Gracious St. Methodist church is open to all children whether they attend a church or not. There will be games, teaching and lots of fun. Please contact June Graham on 7759619780 or on ctikeasterclub@gmail.com in order to book your child a place or to volunteer
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After the meal our Minister ‘interviewed’ Warren about his life both past and present. He revealed how he had idolised body builders such as Stallone and so forth and started to work out in gyms etc. Eventually he gained a place on the Gladiators programme and became a household name.
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There were about forty people who attended at our church in the afternoon for approximately an hour’s service, followed by refreshments. It was a lovely service and we Thank those who participated and set up the church with fabrics and colours of Zimbabwe.
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