Churn News August 2015 “Woodmancote field” Photograph by Jeremy Norburn The Parish Magazine for: Bagendon, Calmsden, Churnside North Cerney, Perrotts Brook, Woodmancote Please send all article submissions to
[email protected] The Pastoral Letter 2015 There is a little piece I’ve seen reprinted in various forms in church newsletters. It reads. What would the church be like if every member were like me? - Would our church be empty on Sunday, or full to overflowing, if everyone attended as I do? - How much Bible Study August and prayer would occur if everyone took the time I do? - How many bruised, hurting, lonely people, would be touched by the church if every member acted as I do? - Would we need more sidesmen and offering plates if everyone gave like me? - How many children would be led to faith if everyone had my priorities? - Would the church just be an attractive social club - or would it be a dynamic force for Jesus Christ in our community and in our world. - What would the church be like if every member were just like me? ChurnNews On the Day of Pentecost those first apostles experienced the gift of the Holy Spirit following ascension of Jesus’ and in more contemporary terms, the message to them was “Now it’s over to you!” And that is our experience as well, we are the hands and feet, head and heart of Jesus, gifted by the Spirit of God, and called to be 15 God’s people in the world around us. Let us continue to reach out to others, inviting them to travel with us, and together enabling one another in a ministry of faithfulness 20 August st and joy, with the love of Jesus at the heart of all we do and say, 21 which it must be, if our words and actions are to have integrity and any positive impact.