Sunday 7th February 2010 Second Before Lent
Thought for the week
Cana revisited
Can you make wine of this?
routine of work, or lack of it;
relationships or brokenheartedness;
struggle to tease out meaning in the dark;
can these be changed?
If ordinary existence
is poured out to be used,
could you perform
another miracle?
Perhaps the wonder is, being faithless,
we turn the wine of our potential to
plain water.
Ann Lewin (John 2:1-11)
As a Christian community we have three main concerns.
We seek to be a company of people who are nurturing faith. This faith is rooted in the good news of God revealed in Jesus Christ and is expressed and strengthened in worship, in learning together and in fellowship. You will find details of our worship services and our home groups programme on other pages of this website.
We also set out to use our historic building as a resource for the whole community. It lends itself to cultural events, music, drama, exhibitions and is a fascinating visual aid for school pupils to use in pursuit of many aspects of the national curriculum. In all these ways we seek to play our part in sustaining the human spirit. Again, look through other pages for details of how you might be involved in these aspects of our life.
Believing that faith must lead to action, our third concern is to be serving the community. We do this in various ways. Members of St Mary’s through their own jobs and their social involvement are sharing in this service. The church community itself has a ministry among young families and vulnerable people and we are always looking for new ways of putting faith into action. Why not come and join us?
Why not join the choir or the bellringers?
Daily Prayer for Today
Morning Prayer
Evening Prayer
Night Prayer
For further information about St Mary's and our life of
worship, witness and service talk with one of the clergy or
welcome team after the service or, during the week,
contact one of the churchwardens Leslie Crossley 264647
or Emmeline Lambert 268705 or Assistant Priest The Revd
Diana Spink on 262133.
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