I received a certificate yesterday in the post saying we are a Fairtrade Church. We are pleased on two fronts. The work we have done to promote Fairtrade has been recognised. We have been recognised for what we are, and that is a church.
Monthly Archives: February 2013
LENT – ENJOY AND CARE FOR THE EARTH – ACT JUSTLY AND WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD
Lent is traditionally a time when people sacrifice something either as a penance or as a detoxification from an indulgence. We can also plan to do something that will be more proactive and that will benefit our community, environment, world or mankind in general.. Tear Fund produced a Lent Course in 2012 called The Carbon Fast… Read more »
Prayer and planning
Had a good evening last night discussing how we might update our website and give a truer impression of Soulspace with Phil- a-million-monkeys-Smith. Thanks Phil for your patience and wisdom and advice – we may yet get ourselves geared up for facebook! Prayer was centred around a new feature – a wooden cross based on the… Read more »
Redemption
We were greeted this morning in the bandstand with two mystery bundles. So what what was that all about then? Paul talked about recently having seen the film Les Miserables – the over riding message that he got from the film was “Redemption” Whatever we are really like, however dark and polluted we are there… Read more »
Fast Pray Give
Hollywood may have had its success with Eat Pray Love, but I reckon Lent got there first with its emphasis on Fast Pray Give! Today in rain, rather than snow, we began to prepare for Lent so that Ash Wednesday doesn’t take us by surprise. We all had a sheet to take away, with the… Read more »
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