Our resource packs with weekly subthemes and daily Bible readings and thought triggers for June and July exploring pilgrimage are now on the site. See Ready Pilgrim? for June and The Journey Back Home for July. Useful for personal study, leading small groups or preparing services/worship events.
Our May theme Peace Is A Gift is now online. We will explore the gift of peace that can burst into our lives unexpectedly, often in the midst of struggle, loss and rejection - bringing surprising blessing.
We thank Jock Stein for his Daily Worship reflections and we welcome Jo Penn who continues our Ultimate Invitation Theme. Jo is a member of the international, intentional Christian Community Scargill Movement in the Yorkshire Dales, which welcomes people for holidays, conferences and retreats. They share hospitality, creativity, fun and really good food. Jo contributes to this generous hospitality through music, administration, hosting guests and prayerful listening to folk.
As we are thinking about hospitality this month, our latest blog post features Vera Aitken from the Sanctuary First team sharing her experience of baking a Rainbow Cake.
Watch our Easter Service reflecting on the resurrection - the ultimate invitation. Jesus' return was a profound act of hospitality, of inclusion, and welcome. Have a tin of food with you when you watch (for a meditation during the service) which you can then donate to a local foodbank after watching. Share the link with interested folk.
Our new theme for April that starts on Easter Sunday The Ultimate Invitation is now online. The resurrection - the breathtaking moment of heaven touching earth - is a profound act of hospitality, of inclusion, and welcome. It’s the ultimate invitation. The drama of resurrection, of sacrifice and new life, sparked the global movement of Christianity, an invitation to all - no matter where you are from or who you are.
