Contact Chester-le-Street Methodist Church April 2021 OUR VISION The Chester-le-Street Methodist Church is a people in whom Christ's love is celebrated through Worship, expressed through Service and shared through Mission. CIRCUIT MINISTERS Rev. Ian Kent Tel: 0773 754 9881 e-mail:
[email protected] Rev. Dr. Liz Kent Tel.: 0191 388 3268 email:
[email protected] Deacon Linda Watkin Tel: 0191 410 2082 e-mail:
[email protected] CHILDREN & FAMILIES WORKER Neil Garlick Tel: 07855 386292 e-mail:
[email protected] Facebook: Cornerstones Children and Families This edition of Contact is available on-line at https://clsmethodist.org.uk/Church_mag.php 2 Dear Friends, Anniversaries are often a point to pause and think back over the year. It is now a year since we went into lockdown, a year since we closed the building for gathered worship, a year since we moved our services onto Zoom and weekly printed ‘Worship @ home’ materials. Many of us have been profoundly changed through the experiences of this year - the isolation of not seeing one another, times of illness, the inability to celebrate milestones and life events in the way we wish, and of course the grief we have experienced for loved ones who have died. Last year, we celebrated Easter in a way none of us had before, yet still we proclaimed that Jesus is risen from the dead. In the face of the death and desolation brought by the Covid pandemic, we declared that hope is to be found in Jesus who overcame death and promises us eternal life with Him.