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The Magazine of the Launceston Area Methodist Church April 2021 Edition 207 The Magazine of the Launceston Area Methodist Church April 2021 Edition 207 1 Dear Friends It is a great privilege to be asked to write an Easter message this year to you. We have all had a difficult year because of COVID 19 and I believe that the last three months have been especially difficult. The long days of restrictions have been hard for all of us and we have all probably wondered when they will come to an end so that life can go back to normal. I find it a great comfort to go out on walks with my dog Sam. Sam’s favourite place to go is wherever there are woodlands and if there’s a river as well that’s even better! He loves to chase after sticks and if they go in the water he loves to swim after them. Frank and I get a great deal of pleasure from watching Sam but we also enjoy hearing the birds singing, the golden heads of the daffodils, the snowdrops, the primroses and the trees bursting into blossom; all these things are signs of new life and the promise that warmer weather is on the way. The message of Easter is all about new life, love and hope. It is about the true story of God’s love and forgiveness of sins shown to us through the death of Jesus, His Son; it is also a celebration that God raised Jesus to new life so that our joy may be complete as we trust in Him and follow in His ways. “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.” John 3:16 I found this Easter prayer, written by David Flynn, in one of the books on my shelf – I hope you find it as helpful as I did: May the risen Christ who called Mary by her name come to reassure you That he knows you and loves you as if there was no one else. May the risen Christ who walked with his friends all the way to Emmaus, Interpreting the scriptures for them, Come to you to guide you in your pilgrimage and to lead you into truth. May the risen Christ who sat down at the supper table and broke the bread Come to you to bless you at your tables; And may he come to us all, gathered at his table, to feed us with the Bread of life. 2 May the risen Christ who breathed his peace on his disciples Come to give you peace in the assurance of his forgiveness, That you may be a channel of his peace in and for a troubled world. May the risen Christ who showed his wounds to his disciples Come to you to give you that healing of your wounds Which will be for the strengthening of your life with him and to glory of his name. May the risen Christ who met Thomas in his doubting Come to you to give you the happiness he promised To those who have never seen him and yet believe. May the risen Christ who prepared breakfast for his friends While they fished on the lake Come to you in your places of work to help you honour God And serve your neighbour in all you do there. May the risen Christ who sent his apostles to make disciples of all the nations Come to you to strengthen you in your witness to him day by day. May the risen Christ who has gone ahead of us to prepare a place for us Come to you at the hour of your death to take you to your eternal home. The Lord bless you as you keep the Easter season And fill you with his life and his love, For your own sake, in the service of others, And above all to his everlasting glory. © Churches Together in Britain and Ireland 2002 Happy Easter everyone and I hope you enjoy a feeling of freedom and new life as the lockdown restrictions are gradually eased and we can hopefully meet together a lot more! God bless from Revd Cathy 3 Bridge We have had a really positive time of evening worship and prayer through the beginning of this year which has seen our live stream reaching up to 2000 views a week and has given us the opportunity to connect in with people who do not normally regularly attend church. The Facebook chat feed also enabled people to connect with each other during the service and has been a real place of encouragement and inspiration for those logging on each week. As we reach Spring we are moving our streamed services back to the mornings as we look forward to Easter. We have plans to reopen our church building to hold an evening of Worship on Good Friday and after Easter we are excited and hopeful that we will be able to begin fully opening our church to in person services again. We have also just launched our new website www.bridgechurchuk.org which we hope people will find easy to use and help everyone stay connected in and encourage people to get involved in the different areas of church family and ministry. We are excited for what God has instore for our community this year and continue to pray that we are now moving out of the current COVID19 pandemic. Lucie Worth SHIFT XL ‘What a crazy start to the year for our young people! Hopefully now there is some light at the end of the tunnel with the joy of being back in school, seeing friends, and things looking brighter for the summer months. We have continued to meet weekly online for our bible studies where we have been studying ‘The Fruit of the Spirit’ in our junior sessions, and then tackling some of the harder questions facing teenagers today in our senior group. We have discussed creation, relationships, stewarding money amongst other top- ics and it has really been a fruitful time as we develop as disciples. 4 We have also started to support on a one to one level with young people being ‘championed' by a young adult for prayer, support and encouragement. I believe developing these relationships will be key in seeing more spiritual growth for our young people. I am extremely excited at the glimmer of hope that we may be able to meet in larger groups this summer and believe it or not there might even be a summer camp to plan for!! Please continue to lift our young people up in prayer and especially how we navigate our way through this time. If there are any questions, or young people you have in mind who would appreciate joining in with anything we are doing, then please do be in contact on [email protected]' Jordan Duke Coads Green Hello Everyone, Spring has sprung! The season has well and truly begun. Birds are singing, buds bursting, lambs skipping and so many flowers are donning the hedgerows with primroses, celandines and dandelions to name but a few, all reminding us of the new life we have in Christ and the greatness of our Creator. It never ceases to amaze me how the spring flowers push their way up through the hard soil after the winter and the joy they bring. Sometimes it might feel like we are pushing our way through difficult times but with God's help he will pull us through. Let's keep the spring flowers in mind and see what joy we can bring to others. A smile can be all it takes or even just the words 'hello' or 'thank you'. God Bless you all Margaret Venning SPRING HARVEST HOME 21 Spring Harvest Home 21 will be streamed on their brand new, custom-made platform. You can watch and interact with exciting live worship celebrations, transformative teaching, insightful Bible study, fun kids sessions and so much more, all from the comfort of your own sofa. For more information visit: https://springharvest.org/springharvesthome21 5 The Lenten Cross n spite of the current restrictions it has still been possible to set up the Lenten Cross and I photograph it to be used in the online Easter services. The various elements symbolise some of the stages of Christ’s journey to the Cross. First Sunday of Lent: - Stones. The stones symbolise Jesus’ triumph over temptation, tribulation and hardship. Second Sunday of Lent: - Coins. The coins symbolise Jesus’ betrayal for thirty pieces of silver. They remind us to be charitable to those less fortunate than we are. In the Law in Exodus thirty pieces of silver was paid in restitution for a gored slave. The Third Sunday of Lent: - Scourge and Red Robe. These symbolise Jesus’ suffering, reminding us of the continued physical suffering, loneliness and injustices in our world. The red represents Jesus’ blood flooding down the cross. The Fourth Sunday in Lent: - The Orb. The Orb symbolises God’s love for the world. The red orb with the white cross declares that the love of God reaches the whole of the world and reminds us of our duty to spread that love around the globe and to care for the perfect creation God gave us. The Fifth Sunday of Lent: - Passion Sunday. The Scourge, Crown of Thorns, Purple Robe. The mocking of Jesus’ kingship but the symbols of salvation.
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