Morning Service for Epiphany 3 2022
Someone from somewhere else. Someone different. What to do about it?
I spend quite a lot of time recently searching genealogy. From time to time in say 18th century parish registers there was someone buried who is described as a stranger – someone just passing through, who no one knew and who had died there in that village; even the name of the stranger might have been unknown, he or occasionally she, was someone who was not local.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER 2022
All are invited to this year’s service which has been prepared by the Christian women of England, Wales & Northern Ireland. enjoy the full experience of the whole world praying with us on Friday 4th March.
St Edwards Catholic church, Winchester Road, Chandlers Ford at 1-30
New beginnings…..
“But you have kept the good wine until now.” John 2:10 “God gives the solitary a home” Psalm 68 v6
Morning Service for Epiphany 2 2022
John’s account of the marriage at Cana in Galilee is a problem. It obviously has huge symbolic significance for John – he calls it Jesus’s first sign – the serious theological markers are everywhere, but he makes it all so homely – disturbingly so.
Respond…….
“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.” Isaiah 60:1 “There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.” Psalm 46:4
St Matthew’s Otterbourne Coffee Morning
Monday 10th January in the church room from 10am-11.30am. Everyone welcome.
Morning Service for Epiphany 1 – Baptism of Christ 2022
In Epiphany the church has traditionally remembered the great showings of the beginning of Jesus’ life and ministry. First, when he was shown to the Wise Men; then when he was shown as the Son of God, his Beloved, in his Baptism; next when at the wedding in Cana he was shown to be capable of miraculous signs; and last when he was shown to the Simeon and Anna in the Temple.
Trust……
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God” “How gently and lovinglyyou wake in my heart,where in secret you dwell alone;and in your sweet breathing,filled with good and glory,how tenderly you swell my heart with love.” (from “The Living Flame of Love” St John of the Cross)
After Christmas
When the song of the angel is stilled When the star in the sky is gone When the kings and the princes go home When the shepherds are back with their flock The work of Christmas begins:- To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, to release the prisoner, To bring […]
Morning Service for Epiphany 2022
Morning Service for Epiphany HYMN – Bethlehem, of noblest cities NEH48 – Stuttgart 1 Bethlehem, of noblest cities None can once with thee compare; Thou alone the Lord from heaven Didst for us incarnate bear. 2 Fairer than the sun at morning Was the star that told his birth; To the lands their God announcing, […]
Follow……
“You did not choose me, but I chose you…..” John 15:16
Morning Service for Christmas 2021
HYMN – Once in royal David’s city BCS 4 – Irby 1 Once in royal David’s city Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a mother laid her baby In a manger for his bed: Mary was that Mother mild, Jesus Christ her little Child. 2 He came down to earth from heaven Who is […]
Prepare……
“Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.” Psalm 96:1
Magazine letter January 2022
Basil the Great once said, “The bread which you do not use is the bread of the hungry. The garment hanging in your wardrobe is the garment of one who is naked. The shoes that you do not wear are the shoes of one who is barefoot. The money you keep locked away is the […]
Morning Service for Advent 4 2021
HYMN For Mary, mother of the Lord NEH 161 – St Botolph 1. For Mary, Mother of the Lord God’s holy name be praised, Who first the Son of God adored As on her child she gazed. 2. The angel Gabriel brought the word She should Christ’s mother be; Our Lady, handmaid of the Lord, […]
Listen…….
In the quietness of prayer to the still small voice: “Be still, and know that I am God;” Psalm 46:10
Resting on the way….
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls”. Matthew 11:28-29
Magazine letter December 2021
Advent Sunday, Advent from the Latin meaning coming or arrival. As a season it is first heard of in the writing of Gregory of Tours at the end of the 5th century. In Gaul in the 6th century it is referred to as a penitential period of six weeks prior to Christmas, mirroring Lent. In […]
Morning Service for Advent 2 2021
HYMN Hark the glad sound – NEH 6 – Bristol 1 HARK the glad sound! The Saviour comes, The Saviour promised long! Let every heart prepare a throne, And every voice a song. 2 He comes the prisoners to release In Satan’s bondage held; The gates of brass before him burst, The iron fetters yield. […]
CAROLS AROUND THE TOP OF THE HILL
Listen out for the Carol Singers who will be singing around the Top of Otterbourne Hill on Thursday 16th December! This is something which we used to do several years ago, and by popular demand we think it is a lovely thing to resume as a festive community event. There will be people with buckets […]