Notices for Sunday 28th July, with details of our upcoming services and events.
Are there specific things you want to persist in asking for? Is there something you look at several times a day like a mirror, window, computer screen or phone? Write a note and stick it where you’ll see it most as a reminder to pray.
So, we’re half way through Ordinary time, the half a year that follows the excitement of Easter and Pentecost. There aren’t seemingly any great feasts to celebrate, no anticipation as with Lent before Easter or Advent before Christmas. Really, ordinary time? More like boring yawn time – wake me up when it’s Christmas and something is happening, alright?
Prayers given on our Family Communion service on the fifth Sunday after Trinity.
Three times Martha mentions herself in her complaint to Jesus; she was concerned about what was happening to her – had her focus slipped from Jesus well being to her own?
Notices for Sunday 21st July, with details of our upcoming events and services from St Mark’s.
We thank God for the connections that make up our families and communities.
Words and music, Gerald Markland
Prayers given on our Family Communion service on Sea Sunday.
When we approach Jesus, are we looking for the loophole, for the trick, for an excuse: or are we really open to his challenge? Are we willing to accept help – or do we think that help should look a particular way, or come from a particular professional? Are we willing to accept Jesus – on his terms?