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You have made known to me the path of life; you will
fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
Psalm 16:11
Psalm 16:11
Meditation
Jesus told his disciples that they must not leave Jerusalem
remarkable,
a total change.
Our
Church today is called to proclaim the good news of forgiveness and
reconciliation, and the hope of newness that is given voice in the resurrection
itself. It is a grand vision of being God's people, God's agents of
transformation in the world. The mission of the church here is nothing less
than to go into the world as God's people, and proclaim a subversive,
transforming message about a suffering God who calls anyone without
discrimination to respond.
There is a clear realisation from
the very beginning that we simply cannot do what God has called us to do on any
level without God's help. That enabling power for which the disciples are told
to wait is not something they can generate or make happen by their own efforts.
It is a gift of God, in his own time and in his own way. Perhaps on this Sunday
after Ascension, we can remember that the church cannot be the church without
the power of the Holy Spirit enabling Jesus' followers to carry out their task as
witnesses. Jesus makes it clear that the church is the church only when it has
waited until it has been clothed with power from on high.
Services May 17th
8.00 Holy Communion Long Crendon JW
9.00 Holy Communion Chearsley JW
10.00 Family Service Nether Winchendon JW
10.30 Family Service Long Crendon RC
12.00 Holy Baptism Chearsley JW
3.00 Holy Baptism Long Crendon JW
Services May 24th
8.00 Holy Communion Long Crendon JW
10.00 Family Service Chearsley JS
10.30 Sung Eucharist Long Crendon RC
6.00 Evensong Nether Winchendon TBC
Services May 24th
8.00 Holy Communion Long Crendon JW
10.00 Family Service Chearsley JS
10.30 Sung Eucharist Long Crendon RC
6.00 Evensong Nether Winchendon TBC
