Isleworth Congregational Church
Twickenham Road, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 7EU, United Kingdom
by Elizabeth Crewes The word comes from the old English word for lengthen. It is the time of year when Spring begins, and the sun warms the earth, and the trees and flowers start to show signs of growth. It is also a time that is lent to us, a time to take note, to […]
Read on...by Rev. Antony W. Ball Lent is the name for the period of forty days leading up to Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday, which this year is on February 17th but, of course, there’s much more to it than that. Almost certainly the ‘forty days’ comes from time Jesus spent in the desert or wilderness […]
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 […]
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