Hello everyone,

I hope you all had a good Easter and have continued to reflect on the Amazing news, shared by Angels, that Jesus who was dead is Alive, both historically and in our hearts today, and that you have started to write Another Chapter in the great story of the people who have encountered the Risen Lord. If you have then Praise the Lord – Alleluia, do join us tomorrow and share what has happened. If not, and you need some more inspiration, then join us tomorrow when we continue to think about the resurrection, both in our service and in Energize – see all the details below.

I am sorry this email is rather late but Miriam and I have been away for a few days.

SUNDAY 27th APRIL
We have one service tomorrow, MORNING WORSHIP at St Columba’s at 10.30am with a sermon by Riaan looking at the Risen Lord’s encounter with Thomas (John 20.19-31). The children in ENERGIZE will be preparing for the following week’s All Age service when they will help us think about the encounter on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24.13-35). Tomorrow’s service is available on Youtube via this link:
https://youtube.com/live/LE4kU-kg-Q4?feature=share
We will also have a PRAYER MEETING at 6pm in St Columba’s.

PRAYER OF THE WEEK
Rather than asking for prayer for a charity this week I would like to ask people to pray for a meeting of the Church Commissioners on Wednesday 30th April where they will be discussing what kind of link there should be between St Columba’s and Rockingham. We would prefer a more informal arrangement and I would encourage everyone to pray for this outcome especially, if you can, on Wednesday morning.

NEXT SUNDAY
We have two services at St Columba’s next Sunday as follows:
10.30am ALL AGE WORSHIP – with children leading us as we continue to celebrate the resurrection.
6pm HOLY COMMUNION – can I encourage people to come to this service, where, as well as Communion, we will be reflecting on the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

Next week there will be details about more events coming up in the life of the church.

Best wishes to all,

Ian

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