Thursday, 27 March 2014

new life....

As I become a grandparent for a third time and welcome little Emily into the world I am reminded of the joy that new life brings.

Sometimes New Life comes from unexpected places

we see this

in the experience of Easter

an experience that, for Jesus brought great pain and suffering leading to death and what seemed like defeat

but it was NOT defeat at all

just the beginning of something new

new life

a new life that he bore witness to

a new life that changed the lives unexpectedly and unimaginably for his friends who witnessed this

a new life we can all encounter and experience as we turn away from the Ways of the World to the Way of Jesus

and hope of a new life beyond our earthly existence.

Some want proof and evidence and facts and evidence

if life was only about facts and proof and explanation, then why do we have emotions and feelings?

life is more than this

new life in Christ is more than this.


Friday, 1 November 2013

all saints day messy church

we gathered at St Nicholas church to think about saints - who were they?  we looked at 5: George, Andrew, Patrick, David and Nicholas finding out a bot about each of them.  They all followed Jesus and told other people about him. Here are some photos...























Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Overseas visitors welcomed

The Diocese of Canterbury hosted a Wider Church Partnerships conference.  I attended the conference day at the Cathedral yesterday and learned a great deal about a wide range of projects taking place in France, Germany, Sweden, Madagascar, Seychelles, Israel as well as locally in the diocese.  It was a great pleasure to welcome many of the overseas delegates to our Toddler group this morning, here are a few photos from the visit...