Future Worship at the East.

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Picture19th August 2918


          Ephesians 5.15-20         
          Paul exhorts the Ephesians to be wise, to understand the will of the Lord and be filled                        with the Spirit, as they sing and make music – giving thanks to God, always and for                              everything, in the name of Jesus Christ.
Picture26th August 2018
   
       Ephesians 6.10-20       
​       Paul encourages the Ephesians to be strong in the Lord, to put on the whole armour of God,         that they may stand firm against any foe. He tells them to persevere in prayer, and he asks           them to pray for him
Picture2nd September 2018

          Mark 7.1-8,14-15,21-23       
          Some Pharisees and scribes accuse Jesus’ disciples of eating with defiled (i.e. unwashed)                hands. Jesus tells the Pharisees that they honour God with their lips but not their hearts. It is            evil intentions from the heart that defile a person.
        
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Picture9th September 2018

          Mark 7.24-37         
          In Tyre, a Gentile woman begs Jesus to heal her daughter. At first Jesus rebuffs the woman,            but she argues back and the child is healed. Travelling on to Sidon, Jesus heals a deaf man,            and his reputation as a healer spreads.

Picture16th September 2018

           ​Mark 8.27-38         
           Peter acclaims Jesus as the Messiah. Jesus explains that he must suffer and die, and be                 raised again. Peter protests, but is rebuked by Jesus – who also says that anyone who                     follows him must first deny themselves and take up their cross.

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        Mark 9.30-37       
​        Jesus teaches his disciples about his death and resurrection, but they do not understand.            They argue about who is the greatest, but Jesus says that the greatest is one who is                      servant of all, and he encourages them to be humble and childlike.

Picture30th September 2018
   
         ​Mark 9.38-50         
​         When the disciples see someone casting out demons in Jesus’ name, Jesus says, ‘                       Whoever is not against us is for us.’ He warns his disciples not to put any stumbling block             in the way of those who believe in him.

Picture7th October 2018
 

                  Mark 10.2-16         
​                  Some Pharisees test Jesus by asking about divorce. In response, Jesus honours the ideal                     of marriage and the equality of both partners. When the disciples try to stop people                                bringing children to Jesus, he says that the kingdom of God involves childlike acceptance.

Picture14th October 2018

       Mark 10.17-31       
​       A rich man asks Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life. Jesus challenges him to sell         his possessions and give the money to the poor. Jesus says that it is hard for rich people
​       to enter the kingdom, and that following him involves sacrifice.