We met in the bandstand as usual for our Sunday morning worship: welcome to what you cannot see to what you cannot control to what you cannot ignore to what you cannot hide from welcome the welcome is universal the entrance is free the invitation is open the hand is extended the time is now…….. Read more »
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The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
Yesterday our opening worship in the park began with a welcome: welcome to what you cannot see to what you cannot control to what you cannot ignore to what you cannot hide from welcome the welcome is universal the entrance is free the invitation is open the hand is extended the time is now….. welcome… Read more »
EASTER
Holy Fool I am a fool I look beyond reason I stray beyond logic I dance when I should cry I am full of joy for the things I don’t know I love someone I’ve never seen I long for the future and I love each step toward it I walk the earth but I… Read more »
Fairtrade, Beatitudes and Sanctuary!
We met together in the bandstand on a grey, wet Sunday morning, and began our worship with the following: God of the Universe, You made the heavens and the earth, So we do not call our home merely “planet earth.” We call it your Creation, a Divine Mystery, a Gift from Your Most Blessed Hand…. Read more »
It’s Winter
Two things happened this week which dictated what we did this morning. Firstly after preparing something on Jesus’ parable of the Wedding Banquet our printer stopped working. While we were discussing what to do we heard a weather forecast saying Sunday morning would either be VERY cold or VERY wet. So we decided to change… Read more »
The Shipping Forecast
We began our worship by reading some verses from Psalm 65:5-9 You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Saviour, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas, who formed the mountains by your power, having armed yourself with strength, who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring… Read more »
Alfred the Great
On a beautiful, warm and sunny Sunday morning we met under the beech tree by the bend in the River Derwent in the park. Our worship was inspired by a man who was perhaps the greatest Briton and who possessed a very real Christian faith. Michael Wood describes a man who was ‘not just the greatest… Read more »
Fairtrade Fortnight and Food Security
The theme for this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight is “Sit down for breakfast and stand up for farmers.” “BEFORE YOU FINISH EATING BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING, YOU’VE DEPENDED ON MORE THAN HALF THE WORLD.” Martin Luther King. But what didn’t he say? THERE ARE TIMES OF THE YEAR WHEN MANY PEOPLE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHO GROW… Read more »
The Wonder of the Periodic Table.
On a very mild and dry Sunday morning Third Space met as usual at the Bandstand in the park in Matlock. The topic for our worship was the Periodic Table of the Elements. Most people I think will have a sense of wonder and awe at the scale and beauty of the Universe, and a feeling… Read more »
Rooted and Grounded
Autumn colours and mists pervaded the park as we met this week. We were really aware of the change in the season. As Wend had said she felt more connected with the earth by meeting outside I thought we should continue what we started discussing on Wednesday evening in Moca – Ian Adams “Reconnecting with the Earth”… Read more »
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