Dear Friends,
It was very special to be able to be back in O’Conor Home for our communion service this week. We had eight residents join me and eldercare worker Lynn Whitehead for a special time of singing, prayer, a short message from the Bible and communion together. O’Conor has had very strict Covid policies which have meant that for over a year, external groups have not been able to go in to lead activities, including the church service. We were able to say a special thank you Christine Bickle the O’Conor Home activities co-ordinator who during that time has facilitated the group by reading out the devotion that Lynn provided and playing hymns from YouTube.
We had a good session of our all-age service LightHouse last Sunday afternoon with 26 people (13 adults and 13 kids) present. Raewyn will be joining us at the 10am service at St John’s this Sunday to share about LightHouse. I’ve also asked her to share a little bit about the home fellowship meeting at her house and the ways in which it has reached people who otherwise were not connected to church.
On Sunday in each of our churches we’ll be continuing our preaching series looking at how we deal with anxiety. This is such an important topic for the times we live in. Thank you to each of our preaching team who step up to share God’s word with us and how it applies to our lives.
The sunshine the last few days have given hope that spring is on its way! Here’s a photo of the magnolia tree in the garden at St John’s breaking into blossom.
It was very special to be able to be back in O’Conor Home for our communion service this week. We had eight residents join me and eldercare worker Lynn Whitehead for a special time of singing, prayer, a short message from the Bible and communion together. O’Conor has had very strict Covid policies which have meant that for over a year, external groups have not been able to go in to lead activities, including the church service. We were able to say a special thank you Christine Bickle the O’Conor Home activities co-ordinator who during that time has facilitated the group by reading out the devotion that Lynn provided and playing hymns from YouTube.
We had a good session of our all-age service LightHouse last Sunday afternoon with 26 people (13 adults and 13 kids) present. Raewyn will be joining us at the 10am service at St John’s this Sunday to share about LightHouse. I’ve also asked her to share a little bit about the home fellowship meeting at her house and the ways in which it has reached people who otherwise were not connected to church.
On Sunday in each of our churches we’ll be continuing our preaching series looking at how we deal with anxiety. This is such an important topic for the times we live in. Thank you to each of our preaching team who step up to share God’s word with us and how it applies to our lives.
The sunshine the last few days have given hope that spring is on its way! Here’s a photo of the magnolia tree in the garden at St John’s breaking into blossom.
“The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning.” (Lamentations 3:22-23)
Your vicar, Matt
Your vicar, Matt