Sunday Worship – 31 January 2021

Psalm 119:33-40 Matthew 7:24-17 1 Corinthians 3:10-11 In my first church at Twyford, the Church Hall was built in 1935. Money was tight in the 1930s, not least for Nonconformists in rural areas, so they built the hall as cheaply as they could. The foundations, if they merit that word, were on brick deep. The…

There was once a grumpy old man, who said that: “There are some people to whom I couldn’t warm to even if I were cremated with them!” Before we go any further, I ought to make it clear that Christians are not called to like everyone. The goes “They Will Know We Are Christians By…

This week’s Pause for Thought comes from the Revd Helen Everard, minister of Wonersh United Reformed Church, and is available here:https://youtu.be/YxUenOIEOV4

Theme introduction Luke 5:12-16 Once, when he was in one of the cities, there was a man covered with leprosy.* When he saw Jesus, he bowed with his face to the ground and begged him, ‘Lord, if you choose, you can make me clean.’ Then Jesus*stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, ‘I do choose. Be…

Psalm 139 Matthew 11:28-30 The last film which Peter Sellers made was Being There in 1980, and I don’t suppose it’s the one for which he’ll be most remembered. He played an intellectually challenged gardener whose entire knowledge of life came from watching television. It’s not the content of the film that caught my attention,…

Pause for Thought for Ash Wednesday 2021: