Neatishead Baptist Norfolk
Serving God in the heart of the Norfolk Broads
Church Magazine
June & July 2008
Pastor’s Piece
Most of us like something “different”, as long as it’s pleasant, of course! We look forward to the warmer weather after winter, to holidays, to friends coming to stay – anything that’s out-of-the-ordinary. And yes, thank you, Tony and I had a lovely time in
The major Christian festivals of Christmas, Lent, Easter, Ascension and Pentecost all fall within a period of five months. And the on the Monday immediately after Pentecost, in the words of the Anglican lectionary, “Ordinary Time resumes today”. And that is where we live out most of our days, in ordinary time. The high days and holidays are just that, something different. But the majority of our time – seven months of each year in terms of the Christian calendar - is spent in just ordinary day-to-day living and worshipping.
Maybe that is why, in the stories recorded in the Gospels about Jesus earthly life, so much is said about Jesus sharing with others in the ordinary things of life. Yes, he celebrated the Jewish festivals with his disciples, but he also shared ordinary meals with friends like Mary, Martha and Lazarus or with complete strangers such as Zaccheus. He went where people were and was genuinely interested in their day-to-day lives and what they had to say. Of course he wanted to tell them about the Good News of the
Within the Christian Church we have our ways of commemorating and celebrating the different religious festivals. But they take up only a very small part of the year. The greater challenge is how we live out our faith in “Ordinary Time”.
Every blessing
Your pastor,
Sue
Please Pray for
Our Pastor, and for the work she is doing in the village.
Pray for the deacons and all members of our church.
Pray for those who are sick.
Pray that as a church we may continue to do God's Will, and ever seek
His guidance.
More thoughts after the Diary
10.30 Rev Sue Seeley including Communion Thurs 3rd June 7.15pm Church Meeting at the church (On other Thursday's there is the normal Prayer and Bible Study at 7.30pm, which is held in a home) Jun 8th 10.30 Rev Sue Seeley Sat Jun 14th RU30-60 Friendship Group. (See below*) Meet at Fairhaven Gardens, South Walsham at 2pm 10.30 Rev Richard Lewis, our Regional Minister 10.30 Rev Sue Seeley Sat 28th June 2pm St Peter's Church Fete at Allen's Farmhouse Jun 29th 10.30 Speaker to be arranged Rev Sue Seeley including Communion Tue 8th July 2.30-4pm Tea and Cakes. Jul 13th 10.30 Rev Sue Seeley The Diadem Praise Choir. Do come and join us Jul 20th 10.30 Mr John Harbord Holiday Club for Grown-Ups. See Events and Outreach for further details. Aug 3rd 10.30 Rev Sue Seeley
Jun 1st
6.30pm
Combined Churches Songs of Praise at St Peter's, Neatishead.
Jun 15th
Jun 22nd
Jul 6th
10.30
6.30pm
W/b 28th July
* RU 30-60 Friendship Group meets monthly. New members very welcome
For the full RU30-60 programme for the year see the Events and Outreach page.
David's Song
The Lord will always hold my hand and always guard my door
He will tend my every need, I'll want for nothing more.
He'll take me to the promised land, where riches never cease
And a place that is so quiet, where I'll find perfect peace.
He will ease my aching heart and give me life anew
And he will always light my path, show me the way to go
And when I feel so ill and filled with devil's fear
He will warm away the chill, for He is always near.
When others come to do me harm, I'll not run and hide
For he will come and take His place, standing at my side.
And when His hands reach out to make His sign upon my brow
My life will be so full of joy that it will overflow.
All things good and all things kind I will have in store
And I will live within His heaart, now and for evermore.
Mervyn Hagon
Office Address:
Chapel Road
Neatishead
Norwich
Norfolk
NR12 8YF