Week Beginning 13th June

Worship for Sunday 13^th June, 10:30am

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Midweek Prayer for Wednesday 16^th June, 9:15am

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Bible Study for Wednesday 16^th June, 8:00pm

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New Praise Choir

Interested People Still Welcome

Robert Aldread of Dronfield Parish Church is getting together a new choir which will pool musical talents across Churches Together in Dronfield and District. The aim is do a mixture of hymns, gospel pieces and worship songs, probably mainly accompanied by a piano, but sometimes involving other instruments too. While it would strive to achieve good musical standards, the focus will be on the “heart” of the singing and to support good “worship”. This will not be a choir for choral evensongs and lots of traditional anthems etc.

Robert has recently retired, and is keen to use some of his newly available time to try and help develop music and worship in the area over the next few years. He put out an invitation in January, to which numerous people responded. But lockdown got in the way.

Now that restrictions are being relaxed, the way is open again and anyone who would like to sing in the choir is encouraged to contact Robert at robert.aldread@btinternet.com. It would also be appreciated if those who got in toucb before would drop him a line to confirm their continued interest.

If all goes well, there could be a CTDD service at 6.30pm in Dronfield Parish Church on Sunday 18^th July, which could be the launch service for the Praise Choir.

Do get in touch with Robert if you are or might be interested. As he says, “This is a really great opportunity to work together and to do something positive as we emerge from COVID.”

Abide (based on John 15:1-8)

When the gulf between you and God feels wide
When thigs still fail despite all that you’ve tried
When all you taste is the salt of tears you’ve cried
When all you hear is the despair you’ve sighed
When it looks like even hope has died

Abide

Dwell

For He has already overcome hell

When all seems lost
He knows the cost
And he will abide
With you
Within you
Through you
Through what you say and what you do
Through others
Through the love of our sisters and brothers

So, abide
For the sake of all whom the world denies

Cocooned in this Covenant, this way of life
But for so much  more than just getting through the strife
It’s a relationship, a way of being
It’s an eternal way of seeing

Abide, dwell, live and breath in him
For yourself
For me
For all people
For all creation
Yet this is no obligation
But a loving invitation
To join God’s final subjugation
Of injustice and exploitation
That welcomes all from alienation

And whatever may come our way
Even to the end of days
Abide will he
So, what will we decide –
Will we abide?

James Morley

Libby writes:

I am going to make a New Year’s resolution, yes I know it’s May but it must be New Year somewhere in the world! So here it is.

The other evening when I was watching television, I said “I can’t stand that woman”. Have you ever said that about an actress/actor, newscaster, a member of the Royal family or even someone not in the media who we don’t know at all? I suddenly thought, how dare I make a judgment of someone totally unknown to me?

Now I know you good people of Coal Aston Methodist would never say such a thing and you can all polish your golden haloes!

What a blessing God doesn’t judge us, I would have been flung aside years ago. And what a wonderful amazing thing that God is an all loving, forgiving non-judgemental Father of us all.

Do we find it hard to forgive as well? Matthew 6 says “For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins”.

I had a terrible “falling out “with a friend and I allowed the separation to continue for many years. One day I felt God guiding me to call at her house. I entered, we embraced, both in tears. What joy that reconciliation brought to both of us. I had been judgemental and unforgiving, Just the opposite of the love we experience every day from our loving Father.

So my New Year’s resolution (it’s never too late after the 1st January) is no more saying “I can’t stand him/her” again, and forgiveness, even when it is hard to forgive.

I pray my resolution will not be broken.

Lord, you showed us the wonderful example of relating one another by the washing feet of others. Teach me that true discipleship depends, not on false feelings and unkind judgements, but the joy of acceptance of all with respect and tolerance. Amen