Vicar Writes (#6)
Advent: Suffering | What does God say when we ask him, ‘Why?’ He doesn’t respond with an essay, but with a story – a true story – of God become a Man.
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Advent: Suffering | What does God say when we ask him, ‘Why?’ He doesn’t respond with an essay, but with a story – a true story – of God become a Man.
Advent: Patience | Do you find being patient hard? Paul links patience with hope and faithfulness in prayer, which can help us grow in patience.
Advent: Anticipation | Do you like surprises, or do you prefer to know what’s coming so you can look forward to it?
In Christ | What are you ‘in’ today? Your home? Your uniform? Love? Whatever you are ‘in’ – true meaning and fulfilment can only be found ‘in Christ’.
Truth & Love | It’s hard to keep going as a Christian, isn’t it? But we are not alone.
Chaos | Empires and their rulers come and go, but God’s kingdom endures forever. Chaos and mayhem abound, but they will not prevail.
For our Lent challenge this year we are inviting people to fill in a sheet with things they already do, things they start doing during Lent, and any suggestions for things on the back.
This winter we are holding a hobby & craft fair on Saturday 25 November from 11am to 3pm.
I am sad to announce that Rachel Fasham has tendered her resignation after accepting a job at another church.
As I didn’t give the notices in church this morning, here are a couple of things I was going to highlight that are not on the weekly news update:
This summer a number of our church members are part of a Church of England Birmingham team visit to Bolivia.
Ben’s follow-up letter to the church giving an update on our conversation about sexuality and marriage.