Hello and a very warm welcome to our church
Click on: St Michael's Church and Churchyard
October 27th 2024
Sermon Series:
Kingdom Hospitality
A Feast on the Beach
9.00am
Holy Communion
Preaching: Carole Simons
Presiding: Rev'd Pippa Ford
10.30am
Morning Service with
All Age Communion
Leading:Emily-Grace Sainsbury
Preaching: Carole Simons
Presiding: Rev'd Pippa Ford
Prayers: Rev'd Pippa Ford
Sunday evenings 5pm - 6pm
Come and join us as we seek
God's presence and guidance for our Church
We have set up a Spotify account for the worship group and congregation to help your worship and learning the songs we use at church. Here is a QR code to it:
And a link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3CTCXi4iTw7gLsks1lJ6QS?si=e67f7fcaf29e4e51
8.50am Morning Prayer - Monday to Friday
Visit the Church Calendar on this website for the Zoom link for each day
Please note a healing event has been publicised locally for Saturday 26th October at St Michael's church. We cannot endorse this event as we do not know those involved and it is nothing to do with the ministry of St Michael's church. The event is now not taking place.
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Pippa Ponders
I’m going on a journey next week but the journey I will be taking is not about how far I am going to travel – next week I will be journeying through the joys of watercolour on an art retreat. And I’m sure where I end up on the last day of the course will be different from what I expect at the start of the course.
That’s quite a picture of life too isn’t it. Things don’t end up as we expect. If we knew in advance some of the things we have had to walk through in life, we might not even have embarked on some of the journeys we have taken in life.
And of course, this is even more true of our Christian walk. I wonder when you first decided to follow Jesus whether you expected your journey of faith to look like the one you have travelled. Just take a moment to think about your own journey of faith. Going on journeys is part of who we are – we have to keep moving forwards in our lives with God, otherwise we become stagnant in our faith. God always has something new and fresh for us to discover in our walk with him.
But what about those times of deep disappointment in our lives? Times where we had hoped the journey would be exciting and full of promise, and yet the reality is very far removed from that. This is the reality for two of Jesus’ followers, his disciples journeying together, walking along the Emmaus Road. Instead of being excited about their journey they are walking along feeling disheartened, hopeless and in fear.
They had hoped that Jesus, as their leader, would defeat the Romans who occupied their land and bring victory, but instead Jesus had died on the cross.
Jesus joins them on their journey to Emmaus but it is only then when Jesus takes some of the bread at the meal and breaks it that their eyes are opened to see who he really is. As they are invited to eat with Jesus – only then do they really see him. Then they can see that the suffering and death that he went through was not a defeat but the path to new life.
So, what about us, what about our own journeys?
Do we realise Jesus is walking with us every step of the way, he never leaves us and is always there in the good times and the bad.
Do you need a fresh awareness of his presence through the Holy Spirit today?
He always comes when we call upon him by praying the ancient prayer of the church – Come Holy Spirit.
Pippa
Rev'd Pippa Ford, Vicar at St Michaels Church Camberley
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