Corona and All Saints
Staying connected in difficult times:
We may have to socially distance and change the way we interact, but as a community we have grown stronger, more visible and are staying connected - despite COVID-19 restrictions.
Here are some ways in which we are 'together':
- We have many weekly activities still going on (some via zoom, such as Honeycomb Cafe on Tuesday Mornings at 10.30am and Cake & Company on Wednesday afternoons at 2.30pm)
- We have a live-streamed & recorded Sunday Service, followed by a virtual coffee morning
- We have an All Saints Church Support Group on Facebook (contact the church office for details)
- We have a WhatsApp group to keep us connected (contact church office for details)
- We have two online Prayer Meetings - Monday evenings at 7.15pm and Thursday mornings at 9.30am
- We have been working together one projects, such as our community wall hanging (below) and our very own book of encouragement
- We have made our Church building speak to the community (even when it is not open) with frequently changing fence posters
... AND NOW - in line with current restrictions - the building is OPEN again for Sunday Services. If you would like to sit in the socially distanced part of the church, please book a place via the office. Otherwise you are welcome to simple attend the service without booking.
Our Sunday services are also being live-streamed at 10am and recorded and put on our YouTube Channel.
Sunday Services:
These are difficult times and we have and still are missing you all! But we keep going and now we are back in the building for Sunday Services.
We also still have a live-stream to our service & a recording every Sunday, which can be found here and on our YouTube channel.
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Stay safe everyone and keep praying for one another, contacting one another and gathering when safely.
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Bible Reading
We know many of you really enjoyed using your daily strength books and now we are into a new month are wondering what next. You can of course go through the booklet again, but below are some additional ideas to encourage you to become more familiar with the Bible.
Lectio 365 - this is an app from the 24/7 prayer movement that every day helps you to pray the Bible, it is really good and they keep it current to things going on in our world. More details can be found here:
https://www.24-7prayer.com/dailydevotional
The Bible in a Year - this is a free app that gives three texts of the Bible every day and an explanation/commentary on them. You can choose to have a daily email instead if you don’t want to use the app. There is also the option to hear the passages being read to you.
Leeds Minster - the leader of Leeds Minster is making a series of excellent videos summarising each book of the Bible, they are short, engaging and give a great introduction to each book. You could watch a film and then try and read the book. They are available on YouTube, the link is here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiEYWfMmuteSqksMSm-0V52bRWg1QSRMH
The Chosen - this is a crowd funded project bringing Bible stories to life through the eyes of those who met Jesus, the first series has got excellent reviews and there is a second series planned. The link for that is here and I believe it is coming to Netflix:
https://studios.vidangel.com/the-chosen/
The Bible Project - this is a series of animated films that either explore a book of the Bible or a theme within the Bible, again they are free and very good and offer a good starting point.
https://bibleproject.com
Books - if you want a book to help you read the Bible then I recommend, “How to read the Bible for all its worth” by Gordon Fee, or his book by book version.
Obviously, none of these can replace reading the Bible itself, but all of these will help to give you insight into the Bible and perhaps make it more accessible. If you want help with a particular area or issue then please do let me know and I would be delighted to help.