by Jonathan | May 16, 2019 | Uncategorised
Christian Aid Week is 12-18 May this year. As with previous years, Christian Aid will focus on a particular problem in a particular country. This year’s focus is on expectant mothers in Sierra Leone: “the world’s most dangerous place to give birth”. Every day, 10...
by Roy Sanderson | Apr 27, 2019 | Uncategorised
Also known as Low Sunday Why Low Sunday? The term seems to have no theological implications. It simply describes a return to ‘normality’ after the powerful events of Holy Week and Easter. Let us dwell upon one of the resurrection appearances, one which shows that,...
by Roy Sanderson | Apr 19, 2019 | Uncategorised
Hallelujah! or Alleluia! Praise the Lord! Today is the greatest festival in the church’s year. Today we celebrate Jesus Christ’s rising from the dead. He put an end to death itself. On the third day from his death some of his followers returned to the tomb and found...
by Roy Sanderson | Apr 13, 2019 | Uncategorised
Also known as Palm Sunday This coming week is usually called Holy Week. It is the week during which we remember the dramatic and powerful events leading up to the Crucifixion. Jesus and his disciples had come to Jerusalem to celebrate the solemn Jewish feast of...
by Roy Sanderson | Apr 6, 2019 | Uncategorised
Also known as Passion Sunday Why ‘Passion’? The original meaning of the word is ‘suffering’. If you have compassion for someone, you share their suffering. This Sunday traditionally marks the beginning of ‘Passiontide’ when we remember Christ’s suffering, being...
by Roy Sanderson | Mar 30, 2019 | Uncategorised
Why Mothering Sunday? For centuries, the fourth Sunday in Lent was the day on which people went to their ‘mother church’ – the church in which they were baptised. It was a day on which families met up across the generations. In the course of time, it became what it is...
