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We are unable to use the church buildings, but we will publish worship here and on our Facebook page.
​A recorded version of Alan's Sunday reflection is available on our sermon phone line.. Phone  01330700793.

Wednesday break reflection
​15 April 2020

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​A thought to start with

In the rising of the Lord
as the stone was rolled away
the world found new hope and a new beginning.
Today as we come before the risen Lord
knowing he is risen indeed
we too are looking for new hope.
Hope that our world will not just return to the ways we knew,
but that there will be something new too;
a desire for us to echo the words of the poet Hafez.
From 700 years ago he inspires us today.
It happens all the time in heaven, he wrote
What happens all the time in heaven?
With tears in their eyes,
they will sincerely see, saying
'My dear,
How can I be more loving to you;
How can I be more...
kind?'

 A verse or two from Mark 16

Do not be alarmed. You are looking fro Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has been raised; he is not here
​Tell hs disciples and Peter that he has gone ahead of you to Galilee.

We bow our heads for a moment in prayer

O gracious God 
You reminds us in the difficulties and uncertainties of life to look to Jesus
So we do that right now.
Help us not just to see the man hanging on that cross
but also to stand by the empty tomb and hear the young man dressed in white
reminding us that Jesus is waiting to meet us in all that we face.

So now quietly we take time to rest in your lap what is concerning us;
our little worries,
our large anxieties.

Hear our thoughts and prayers for
our  friends,
our community,
those who still are working, often risking their health to help us through this time,
and our world too.

Let each of them  feel your special peace.
and help us all to hold onto your promises; 
to look up and focus on your son Jesus,
for we find strength through Christ alone,
​Amen

​And after we pray, we go and prepare.

​The trees are coming into leaf
Like something almost being said;
The recent buds relax and spread,
their greenness is a kind of grief.

Is it that they are born again
and we grow old? No they die too,
Their yearly trick of looking new
is written down in rings of grain.

Yet still the unresting castles thresh
In fullgrown thickness every may.
Last year is dead, they seem to say,
Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.
​Philip Larkin


May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you,
Amen

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​Bible reading plan
 oHere's a simple bible reading plan for the next few weeks taken from Janie Stuart's favourite Bible commentator-Dale Bruner. He calls it making a home with Jesus. (John 15). His suggestion is that we read a a book a month, reading a chapter a day and think about what we have read and what is happening in our lives. Since some books are have fewer chapters than days in the month, then you either get to have a few days holiday or spend time chewing over passages that caught your attention in that particular book.
His scheme for the next few months would be:
March: Luke 1-24
April: John 1-21
May: Acts 1-28
June: Romans: 1-16
We are part way through the gospel of Luke in the church so I would suggest the following:
March 22 to April 12 Luke 10 -24
April 13 to May 3: John 1-21
May: Acts 1-28 which would gets us back onto Dale's plan but let us read and reflect on the Easter story at Easter.

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​Contact details:
Alan - ajsmurray@churchofscotland.org.uk
​ or phone the manse number
Sarah - Sarah@banchoryeastchurch.com

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Banchory Ternan East Parish Church of Scotland
Station Road
Banchory
AB31 5YP

Minister: Rev Alan Murray
AJSmurray@churchofscotland.org.uk

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    • Fellowship and Community
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    • The Ronnecht Magazine
    • Walking to health
    • The East Church Guild
    • Christian aid week 2021
  • Donate to the East church.
  • children and families work
  • charles robertson funeral