Future Worship at the East.

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Picture22nd September 2019

           Luke 16.1-13         
​          Jesus tells one of his most challenging parables. A manager’s dishonesty has been found               out and, frightened for his future, he makes a series of dodgy deals with the master’s                       clients. The disciples are invited to reflect on how best to live in the real world.

Picture29th September 2019
      

              Luke 16.19-31           
​              Jesus tells a parable about an unnamed rich man and a poor man called Lazarus. In this                      life, one has all the comforts while the other has nothing; but in the afterlife, their fates are                  reversed. Jesus challenges his hearers not to neglect the demands of justice in this life


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Picture6th October 2019

          Luke 17.5-10         
​          When the disciples ask Jesus to increase their faith, Jesus reminds them that if they have              even a tiny amount of faith they can achieve extraordinary things. Then he says that they              are simply being invited to fulfil the task given to them.
Picture13th October 2019

      Luke 17.11-19   
​     Jesus is approached by ten men with leprosy who ask for mercy. Jesus sends them to the       priests, and on the way, they are healed. But only one returns to give thanks to God. Even         though he is not a Jew but a Samaritan, Jesus commends his faith.
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Picture20th October 2019


                Luke 18.1-8               
​               Jesus tells a striking and challenging parable in which a widow pesters a judge until he                        issues a judgement in her favour. Jesus suggests that if an unjust judge would reward                          persistence, how much more will God respond to the needs of his faithful!

Picture27th October 2019


            Luke 18.9-14           
​            Jesus tells a parable about a Pharisee and a tax-collector that would have shocked his                     audience. He suggests that a tax-collector who humbles himself is made right with God,                 rather than a righteous Pharisee.
Picture3rd November 2019

​           2 Thessalonians 1.1-4,11-12         
           The authors tell the Christians in Thessalonica that their love for each other and their                         faithfulness to God is something to boast about, and pray that God’s power will enable                     them to remain faithful to their calling.
Picture10th November 2019

​               2 Thessalonians 2.1-5,13-17               
​               The Thessalonians have been shaken by a message that ‘the day of the Lord is already                        here’, so they are reminded of the good news. Jesus will return at the right time, and for                      now he is strengthening them in word and deed.
Picture17th November 2019

                      2 Thessalonians 3.6-13
                      Some of the assembly at Thessalonica have given up working for their living and have                                  become ‘busybodies’. Paul says all should follow his example of being self-supporting, and                        those who refuse to work should not be admitted to the shared meals of the community.
Picture24th November 2019

                   Luke 23.33-43                     
                   On the cross, Jesus is mocked as a false messiah by Jewish leaders, Roman soldiers and                           one of the criminals dying beside him. He forgives those who are crucifying him and                                   welcomes ‘the penitent thief’ into paradise.