The Church of England in Marsden and Slaithwaite
As a community separated by a virus but drawn together by faith, we worship today: Many of us are praying at 10am every Sunday We are joining with worship from all over the country watching BBC1 at 10:15am for Sunday Worship, or 1:15pm for Songs of Praise Revd Graeme Holdsworth takes Holy Communion on behalf of everyone in our parishes[…]
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It is lovely for our church website to have many voices, representing the many people who worship together from Marsden and Slaithwaite with East Scammonden. Today we have some art and a reflection from Ali Baxter. This was written during Lent on a retreat at Nether Springs, the home of the Northumbria Community. Ali has offered her own artwork, and[…]
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The Bible reading for Sunday 19th April, the Second Sunday of Easter When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he[…]
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We are celebrating Easter Sunday at home this year with a service from Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby’s kitchen. Readings will be led by Bishop of Dover, the Rt Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, and Caroline Welby. Theodore Levings, a 10-year-old member of All Saints church in Canterbury, will lead prayers. The Service will start at 9am on Easter Sunday Intercessions for[…]
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Easter Eve: between the crucifixion and the resurrection. There is a tradition that Jesus, ‘descended to the dead’ and liberates those trapped in hell. I found a lovely cartoon of Jesus walking down a spiral staircase, it is dark at the bottom and light further up the stairs, but Jesus is walking down with a paintbrush in hand, painting ‘way[…]
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Reflections on the Cross they took Jesus; and carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus between them John 19:17-18 Surely he took up our painand bore our suffering,yet we[…]
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We may be restricted in our Maundy Thursday service… a reflection from Bishop Nick Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The devil had already put it into[…]
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The last of three audio recordings in which I’ve been following the prayers of the Church of England. Monday was Morning Prayer, Tuesday was Prayer during the day, and today I offer ‘Compline’ (Night Prayer). All these prayers are accessible on the Church of England website, or even better; via the iOS and Andriod app link here
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The second audio experiment of recording prayers, these are the prayers during the day from: Church of England
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This is an experiment for Monday of Holy Week – an audio recording of me saying Morning Prayer… I’ll type no more. Listen here:
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