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Last Wednesday evening we had to have another ‘Meeting of Church Members’, which is what we call a Church Meeting when too few Members attend to constitute our quorum number of eight – although on this occasion we were only ‘one short’ after a latecomer had arrived straight from work thinking that she might thereby […]
Read on...by Rev. Antony W. Ball Twice in his letters in the New Testament1, St. Paul compares Jesus with Adam, but the comparison is not immediately obvious apart from the scriptural claim that neither had a human father – and there’s more to it than just that. According to the creation story in Genesis2, Adam’s disobedience […]
Read on...by Phil Andrews It’s an unusual habit of mine to spend time at my laptop screen listening to polemics issued by people with whom I find myself in profound disagreement. Unusual, because it would surely make more sense to be ingesting material that is sympathetic, but then one learns very little from existing in an […]
Read on...by Donald A.G. Burling The year 1701 was the shortest in British history: it began on the 25th March and ended on 31st December. Moreover eleven days were cancelled, in spite of protests from people who imagined that their lives had been shortened by eleven days. The occasion was the revision of our calendar to […]
Read on...An unwelcome new record was broken on Wednesday when only four people – including the three Deacons – braved the dreary weather conditions to attend the first scheduled Church Meeting of 2023. It was remarked upon that even if we had followed up on suggestions to reduce the quorum to six, put on ice last […]
Read on...by Rev. Antony W. Ball In ‘free’ or ‘independent’ or ‘nonconformist’ Churches like ours we tend not to make such a ‘big deal’ out of Lent – the season leading up to Easter – as they do in Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches. I’m not sure why that should be except, of course, that being […]
Read on...by Donald A.G. Burling I have been asked whether tracts are still necessary in today’s world. I answer, why not? They may be unfashionable, but so is preaching the Gospel. St. Paul urges Timothy to preach the word, to be urgent in season and out of season. Preaching does not have to be verbal. Tract […]
Read on...There’s not really much to say this month. We covered the November Church Meeting last month and there’s no Church Meeting scheduled for December – and even if there were, it would be ‘too late’ for this newsletter, which is due for publication on Christmas Day! We held our ‘Carols by Candlelight’ service last Sunday […]
Read on...by Rev. Antony W. Ball Well, at least they got the date right – we do celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany on January 6th – but most of the other details on that drawing need to be taken with a very large a pinch of salt. Even if the magi (wise men or astrologers) […]
Read on...We achieved a quorum for our all-important Annual Church Meeting – just – although for a time it had looked precarious. This meeting is especially important as it enables us to elect our deacons and officers for the Church year that is to come. Before getting on to that particular business though, there are everyday […]
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