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Advent Readings

 Hi folks

Advent has started in auspicious terms this year, heralding the start of the first full week of our second circuit breaker session.  Some shops are closed, others deemed as necessary (garden ornaments in the grip of winter, really?) and we have been advised to stay indoors as much as possible!

We are not going to let any legislation get in the way of our daily services, and as planned, they start this evening, Monday 30th November.  This week we will look through the Gospel according to Matthew, reading a few chapters each day as follows:

Monday - Matthew 1-5

Tuesday - Matthew 6-10

Wednesday - Matthew 11-16

Thursday - Matthew 17-22

Friday - Matthew 23-28


Our service will take the following format:

Introduction

Prayer

Reading

Pause for Thought

Prayer (including Collect of the Day)

The Lord's Prayer and Grace


I specifically want to keep the readings as the most important part of the daily services, as they explain and record Jesus' birth, ministry, passion, death and resurrection - the Gospel - which anyone else's words simply detract from!

If you have any questions, get in touch and we'll try to sort them out.  Our Wednesday prayer and healing service will be on Tuesday morning for the next few weeks, but will always be available from my Facebook page - see the parish website for further details.

God bless you all.

Johnny

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