Thank you

September and October have seen our harvest suppers and thanksgiving services. They have been well attended, the suppers sold out, and in the services we were given many things to reflect on and to celebrate, including an “apple jive” dance by children at the Endowed school. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the events, to the services and to the decoration of our churches for harvest.

From Matthew to Mark

Each year at our main services we follow the Gospel readings from a different Gospel. This year we have been following Matthew and from the end of November the passages will be from Mark`s Gospel. Mark`s Gospel is very concise and immediately sets out what it is about. Perhaps it is the most challenging of the Gospels because of the impact of the questions it presents and the responses it invites. Spending a year in the company of this Gospel will give us a wonderful opportunity to consider the good news of Jesus and how this can impact our lives today and the world today.

And as we leave Matthew`s Gospel, a passage from Chapter 25 from a translation called “The Alan Dale Bible”

“I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a foreigner and you took me home with you; I was in rags and you gave me clothes; I fell ill and you looked after me; I was in prison and you came to see me. Believe me - when you helped the least of my brothers and sisters, you helped me.”

Philip Davies