This morning I took the service at Yelvertoft CC. Numbers were very low because of holidays, illnesses and accidents. But it was a precious time of informal fellowship around the Lord's table. We focused on Ephesians 2:8/9 and looked at four key words (grace, faith, saved and works) and then looked at how Paul combines the concepts defined by these words in this special passage. During the discussion we had the joy of hearing one new Christian publicly confess her faith for the first time.
In the evening I took the service at Market Harborough CC where we considered the theme of thanksgiving. Once again this was a very low turn out. Some might have been kept away by sudden very intense cloudbursts just before the meeting time. The ministry was well received. "That deserved to be heard by a packed church" commented one lady. But the Lord knew who would be there so presumably we needed to hear it.
While I had given a lot of thought and prayer to the message I planned to collect various scripture reference and group them together during the afternoon using www.biblegateway.com. But the website crashed during the afternoon just at the crucial time. My faithful Thompson's Chain Reference Bible came to the rescue, and the website came back on line at the last moment. It helps to hide God's word in our hearts!
Off to London on Monday morning to meet with the group preparing a report for the Church of England Bishop's on the pastoral care of those within the churches who at some time have been sexually abused.
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