Pause for Thought – 12 August 2020
Pause for Thought this week is led by the Revd Ray Stanyon,
Development and Support Officer of the URC Wessex Synod,
and is available here:
https://youtu.be/OESYTFPLLeA
Pause for Thought this week is led by the Revd Ray Stanyon,
Development and Support Officer of the URC Wessex Synod,
and is available here:
https://youtu.be/OESYTFPLLeA
Congratulations, once again, to our very own Spire Cafe for being awarded the Top Food Standards Agency Hygiene Rating No 5! This followed a very thorough and detailed inspection of both kitchens and observation of work practices, as well as assessing the required paperwork. Sue, our Cafe Manager, and Simon, our Cook, as well as…
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Psalm 1 Philemon 1-21 Luke 14:25-33 Prime Minister Herbert Asquith once spent a weekend at the Waddesdon estate of the Rothschild family. One day, as Asquith was being waited on at teatime by the butler, the following conversation ensued: “Tea, coffee, or a peach from off the wall, sir?” “Tea, please,” answered Asquith….
A man was once eating fish and chips at the bus stop, and a lady with a small dog came along to wait for her bus. The dog clearly liked the smell of the fish and chips, and kept jumping up around the man’s legs to try and get at them. In the end the…
Galatians 2:15-21 Luke 7:36-8:3 ’ere mate, you can’t you do that! It’s against ’elf n safety, innit! The killjoys of our age are definitely Health and Safety, we love to demonise it. It seems almost an obsession in this country to ban all manner of common sense things in the name of health and safety,…
Jeremiah 33:14-16 Psalm 25:1-10 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Luke 21:25-36 What a mess our world is in. Brexit, whatever your opinion on the topic, seems to be pleasing no-one just now, and our nation is just as divided as it was on 23 June 2016, if not more so. Turmoil in the Middle East is a…
Matthew 20:25-28 “His simple message of love has been turning the world upside down ever since. He showed that what people are and what they do, does matter and does make all the difference. He commanded us to love our neighbours as we love ourselves, but what exactly is meant by ‘loving ourselves’? I believe…