The resurrection of
Jesus turned the world upside down. For a man to be raised from death was not
something new; Jesus had raised Lazarus from death. But the resurrection of
Jesus was something different. The resurrected Jesus was not the same. His body
was different and even those who had known him well were surprised. Jesus was
able to appear through locked doors and yet his body bore the wounds and scars
of the nails which held him to the cross and the spear which the soldiers
plunged into his side. The resurrected Jesus ate fish with his disciples and
yet they knew that this was no mere resuscitation, Jesus had changed. The risen
Jesus was different, he had gone thorugh death and passed through the other
side, he would die no more. Jesus was now no longer just Jesus of Nazareth, he
was their risen Lord. The resurrected Jesus gave them a challenge to tell the
world about him and because he was no longer confined by the physical world, he
would be with them spiritually wherever they went and whatever they faced. That
is why these frightened disciples left their cowardice behind and became some
of the bravest and most fearless people the world have ever known. The world
was turned upside down and that resurrected Jesus has been present with his
followers ever since.
Services April 19th - Easter 3
8.00am Holy Communion Long Crendon JW
10.30am Family Service with Long Crendon RC
Holy Baptism
9.00am Holy Communion Chearsley JW
10.00am Family Service Nether Winchendon AB
12.30pm Holy Baptism Long Crendon JW
10.30am Sung Eucharist Long Crendon JW
10.00am Family Service Chearsley JS
6.00pm Evensong Nether Winchendon JW
Followed by the APCM
Services April 26th - Easter 4
8.00am Holy Communion Long Crendon JW10.30am Sung Eucharist Long Crendon JW
10.00am Family Service Chearsley JS
6.00pm Evensong Nether Winchendon JW
Followed by the APCM
To Gay Edwards and friends within the Benefice of Long Crendon, Chearsley and
Nether Winchendon, and other supporters.
Cyclone Pam Relief AppeaL
This
is to acknowledge with grateful thanks the
donations made by parishioners and friends to our appeal for
cash to help to rebuild and repair schools and their assets damaged by this terrible cyclone in Vanuatu. The total sum you have raised - £1000 - is truly generous. We are a charity dedicated to relief of
poverty in Vanuatu by means of education initiatives. Our normal charitable
activities are largely based on paying school fees for bright students whose parents cannot afford the cost themselves.
The money raised by this appeal however will be used specifically to do
whatever we can afford to bring broken schools, wrecked libraries, damaged
computers, or whatever else is needed, back to where they were before, the better to ensure children's education can be resumed as
quickly as possible with all the school facilities available to them. We will
work closely with the National Disaster Management Office to achieve this. Every penny raised will be used to this end; we have no internal operating costs. Your donations will go a
long way towards our objectives, so please accept our thanks for your
generosity. In due course members of BFoV will have more detail about how the funds are used. Thank you very much.
