The person speaking is Peter and he is explaining to the Jews in Antioch why he has been in the house of a Roman centurion called Cornelius, a Gentile. Peter is eager to explain how he himself was surprised to find himself asked to go to Cornelius in Caesarea and at the beginning of the chapter Peter explains a dream that he and Cornelius have. If you are not familiar with it, I encourage you to read it … More The Holy Spirit
Good morning and welcome to our service of holy communion for #Pentecost Rev Sue presides and Rev Steve will preach.
We begin with the ancient plainsong hymn “Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspire” … More Pentecost 2024
Good morning and welcome to our service of holy communion for us day 12 May. Rev Steve presides.
We begin with the hymn “Christ Triumphant” … More Sent with the Holy Spirit
I want you to think about those you love, your friends, the people who are closest to you. What sort of friends do you have, who is your oldest friend, who do you feel closest to. Now just think about this, how like you are they? Even those who you admire, are they like you, do you make them like you? Now I want you to think about those who are different from you? Different gender, race, culture, class, sexuality, the disabled? Do you welcome them in the same way that you welcome others? How do you view them, have a really honest moment with yourself here! … More Love one another as I love you
I’m writing this the day after Rev Steve’s welcoming service – he now finds himself the incumbent of two parishes and three churches. We have a tendency in church to use a lot of churchy words that mystify anyone who has never been involved with church leadership, so let me do a bit of explaining … More All you ever wanted to know about the parish system…
Good morning and welcome to our joint service of holy communion for both St Margaret’s and St George’s, at St Margaret’s church. This is Rev Steve’s first with us as parish priest.
This service is followed by our Annual Parochial Church Meeting.
We begin with the hymn “I the Lord of Sea and Sky” … More God’s Works of Art
I’m going to start with a question to ponder. Is Jesus a hero? Would he call himself a hero? It’s an interesting question to ponder and there are some parallels but is that a title that would do him justice … More Is Jesus a hero?
Good morning and welcome to our joint service of holy communion for St George’s Day, brought to you from St George’s Church, Simister. Rev Sue will preside and preach. We begin with the hymn “Great is Thy Faithfulness” … More St George’s Day and the Good Shepherd
When I was younger I was always told to look to others for examples of how to behave. Now we all have different role models and I’m sure you will be able to think of yours now. I must admit mine have been hit or miss when my mum has found about them. When you’re asked who you admire and aspire to be like and I said Elizabeth I and David Bowie, there are always a few raised eyebrows … More How to testify to Jesus against the odds
I do feel very sorry for Thomas, he gets a really bad rap in this story, the one who doubted Jesus words, the one who didn’t believe that Jesus would come back from the dead, like the other disciples were all 100% sure that Jesus was going to come back before they saw him that day in the upper room, sure … More Blessed are those who still believe
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