Wednesday break reflection   20 May 2020

​A thought to start our reflection this morning.

Let your heart hold fast my words;
keep my commandments and live.

Get wisdom,
get insight:
do not forget,
nor turn away from the words of my mouth.
Do not forsake her; and she will keep you
love her; and she will guard you.
​                                      Proverbs 4:4-6
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Let us pray 

Come, our friend calls to us
Come, our friend has time for us.
Come, our friend Jesus speaks ot us.
Come to Jesus, our friend.

Jesus, we answer your call.
Jesus, we have time for you.
Jesus, we hear your word.
We come to you, Jesus our friend.

We come to worship you
Amen.​                                        

The door - A poem to continue by Joanne Openshaw.

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A verse from John 15

​I have called you friends because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.
Alan reflects on opening doors and what it means to hear Jesus call us friend.
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Ruth plays for as as we pause and imagine...
looking through doors.
What do you see?
​How do you feel?

We bow our heads for a moment in prayer

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​And after we pray, we go and prepare.

The psalmist says
Be brave, be strong. Don't give up​.
Expect God to get here soon

We're depending on God;
he's everything we need.
What's more our hearts brim with joy
since we've taken for our own his holy name.
Love us, God, with all you've got-
that's what we are depending on

From psalms 31 and 33. The message version.

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

Our church building in Spring

At the end of last year, Leonard said to me one Sunday that I should look forward to a surprise outside the church in late spring. Is this the surprise? Since we can't go into the building I thought you might like to see some pictures.
What thoughts of church and friends come to mind as you look at them?
Thank you Leonard and helpers.

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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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