Rev Jo

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

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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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