Services in Holy Week

Most of us will be familiar with some lines from Sebastian Temple's adaption of the Prayer of St Francis: "It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, in giving unto all that we receive, and in dying that we're born to eternal life" (STF 707). Even if we also remember that forgiveness often starts with God ("We love because he first loved us": 1 John 4.19), these lines...

Despite hail, snow, gale force winds, thunder and lightning, Gloucestershire's new Methodist Local Preacher, Julie Biggs, received a warm welcome from a packed congregation at a special Service of Recognition at Churchdown Methodist Church.Mrs Biggs, who is Lay Worker at Lonsdale Road Methodist Church in the City's Elmbridge/Longlevens area, thanked everyone for supporting her through...

Dear All,I heard in the last few days of a situation that presented a special set of needs, and it called for someone to go and serve. No one — it seemed — could be found, and time was spent in prayer and reflection. Out of that, the particular gift that was required for the situation was identified, and an individual who potentially possessed it. For the individual, it would mean moving to...