Dear All Saints and St Marys We have some truly great people of the Bible to help deepen our faith in the readings set for the time of Lent. This week we hear about Abram (Abraham) in the Old Testament and then we listen to the encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus. Nicodemus comes at night, to meet Jesus, who is the light. They have a baffling conversation that leaves Nicodemus no closer to any answers to his questions. No cheap or quick assurances are given to Nicodemus. Jesus lets him experience what the light looks like. Jesus lets him choose. We get to choose too. No one is compelled to believe, but everyone is invited. This week we worship in a different ways across the churches:
10:00am | Creative / Open Church: Joy | St Marys |
10:30am | Holy Communion with Junior Church | All Saints |
6:30pm | Evensong | St Marys |
THE WEEK AHEAD
Tues 7th March | 7:30pm | Lent Group 1 | Contact for location |
Weds 8th March | 9:00am | Celtic Morning Prayer | All Saints |
| 2:00pm | Lent Group 2 | Contact for location |
Thurs 9th March | 10:00am | Holy Communion | St Mary's |
Sat 11th March | 12noon | Sunday Lunches | St Mary's |
Sun 12th March | 10:00am | Sung Holy Commuion | St Mary's |
| 10:30am | Muddy Messy Church | All Saints |
| 7:15pm | Generation | Contact for location |
Please find here the Root materials - and the weekly sheets at the end.
This week I have been reflecting on a book of poems in a book called “Hearing God in Poetry” by Richard Harris. One of the poems is written by Dietrich Bonhoffer who agonises about his identity when he is imprisoned, awaiting his execution, in Nazi Germany. He dwells deeply on what he is and has become and would like to be again and ends his poem with these words
“Who am I? They mock me these lonely questions of mine. Whoever I am thou knowest, O God, I am thine”
Bonhoffer - despite his questions - chooses the light.
Blessings for this weekend and the week to come
Revd Lizzie
Revd Lizzie Kesteven
Vicar of All Saints Church and St Marys Church, Fishponds
Interim Co Area Dean of Bristol City Deanery
Advisor for Spirituality for Bristol Diocese
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