Jesus Rocks
I have been moved by the response to Jesus Rocks – both in other churches picking up the idea for themselves and how people locally have responded.
Our Christmas 2018 Theme
I’ve been asked recently what the theme for Christmas this year is. Over the last few years we have knitted sheep, nativity scenes, given away angels and followed the star.
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On Being Provoked (Hebrews 10)
Those of you who have ever done any bible study with me will know that I often say as a first question – what jumps out at you, what makes you go hmm? For me, in this passage, it is the interesting verb in verse 24, how to provoke one another to love and good
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Growing in Knowledge
The first in our ten week series on the Way of Life that we hold in common as part of the Community of the Annunciation. How do we seek to grow in knowledge? Our primary source of knowledge about God is the Bible. Reading the bible regularly is a great way to increase our knowledge
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A Way of Life
As part of our prayer community, The Community of the Annunciation, we share a common way of life. This way of life is a framework for our spiritual development, not a set of rules to live by. As Simon Reed suggests in his book Creating Community: Ancient ways for modern churches “A Way of Life
Wedding Bells at Mountjoy
On Tuesday 15th May Mountjoy School celebrated the Royal Wedding with an entire day devoted to wedding festivities. We were invited to conduct the wedding in a celebration at school in the afternoon. I went down, in borrowed cope from the Beaminster vestment cupboard, to pretend to be the Archbishop of Canterbury for the day.
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Thy Kingdom Come Day 1
Thy Kingdom Come Day 1 #Pledge2Pray We visit our primary schools every week and our other schools regularly or at their invitation. Today in collective worship we were thinking about patience and how we wait patiently. Abraham and Sarah waited patiently to become parents and God was faithful to them. Pray for our schools, for
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Preparing for Pentecost
We will be celebrating Pentecost in a couple of weeks time both in church services and together at our Pentecost Praise afternoon. Do join us from 2pm on Sunday 20th May at St Mary’s Beaminster for all kinds of fun and games. This afternoon, our youth group will reflect on Acts 2 and ponder where
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Easter Day 2018 Sermon by Rev Jo
We are here, the morning of very unexpected discoveries. After Jesus’ betrayal by Judas, his denial by Peter, the deserting of the disciples, the mocking by the Romans and his painful suffering and death we reach the end. This should have been the low point. The moment when the women continued the burial preparations begun
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Good Friday 2018 Sermon by Rev Jo
This week, this holy week, has been full of difficult and tense relationships. Our pastoral care has served broken relationships, abusive relationships, manipulative relationships and failed relationships. There have been lies and gossip, accusations and half-truths. There have been tears and unkind words. Yet there has also been listening, learning, forgiveness, honesty, reconciliation and glimpses
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Maundy Thursday Sermon 2018 by Rev Jo
Talking among clergy friends there are some who don’t do foot washing as part of Maundy Thursday acts of worship because they had no volunteers prepared to have their feet washed. We wondered what put people off? Perhaps because of the intimacy of the act. In the 21st century our feet are usually hidden away
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Community of the Annunciation Prayers
We meet every Thursday evening at 7pm in St Mary’s Church, Beaminster to pray specifically for the spiritual life of the team and the work we do in all our churches to share the good news of Jesus Christ. Every week we publish prayer prompts to help us to pray and to enable people to
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New Website
With a glamorous new website and the sun shining today, I have a feeling of exciting new beginnings. Lots to be hopeful about, not least seeing new people at Walk in Wednesday tomorrow. Join us from 10am for coffee, cake and lots of chat.