Dear Friends,

God is good
Jesus is Lord
His Spirit is here.

As we enter what the church calendar calls “Ordinary Time,” as Vicar I am conscious that the last half year has been full seasons of reflections and celebration.

November – Remembrance and Christ the King

December – Advent and Christmas

January – Epiphany

February and March – Lent

April – Easter

May – Ascension and Pentecost

So, by June we’ve reached the end of the story. Or have we? No. Its only just beginning.

Our seasonal cycle takes us through: acknowledging and remembering our need for God, celebration and relief that He came to us in Jesus, acknowledging His awesome love and power in that, acknowledging and repenting of how we have responded to that grace, celebrating that Jesus can overcome even our worst choices and fears; and recognising that He has called us to share this Good News with the world and sent His Spirit to enable and encourage us in this mission...

So how will we respond to the call?

In our own lives, in our relationships, in our community, in the lives of our city and nation?

Every day we have to make a choice of faith, to respond to the call of Christ in and on our lives.

To believe and hope for ourselves, and to encourage hope and belief in others.

Our walk with the Christ, the story we are a part of is being written every day, what part will you play?

God is good

Jesus is Lord

His Spirit is here.

Amen.

With love and prayers for you all,

Jo