After the Christmas story, the gospels move quickly to the adult Jeuss’ public ministry. In Matthew’s gospel it all begins with Jesus finding John the baptist and asking to be baptised. Over John’s protests, jesus is baptised and our reading gives us the opportunity to reflect on baptism and the covenant of God’s promise which we are invited into. At the outset of a new calendar year, we take up the opportunity to reaffrim the covenant, borrowing from the tradition of the Methodist Church
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WORSHIP 18th December – Advent 4
For the fourth week of advent we look at the Shepherds, the social outcasts of Jesus’ day and consider the signicance that they are the ones who recieve the news of Jesus’ brith first.
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WORSHIP 11th December – Advent 3
For the third week of Advent we look at the character of Zechariah, often overlooked in the Christmas story. His words echo the desire for peace, and as Christmas takes our attention to Bethlehem 2000 years ago, we lament the lack of peace in Bethlehem today.
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WORSHIP 4th December – Advent 2
As we enter the second week of advent we focus on the character of Mary and the theme of Joy, celebrating the faith of the woman who caught an understanding of God’s radically world-turning promise.
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WORSHIP 27th November – Advent 1
As we begin to turn our hearts and minds towards Christmas in this season of advent, we take this week the theme of ‘Hope’ and the character of John the Baptist – asking what it might mean to ‘prepare the way of the Lord’ in this season.
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