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A Message from our minister
By now you all know that God expects us to serve others. Not just have faith in Jesus, but let it show.
Not just enjoy the Spirit’s help in our own lives, but share the gifts we have been given with those around us. As the dodgy meerkat says: “Simples”.
BUT we know that it isn’t simple. We all know how hard it is to live up to God’s standards of Love.
Paul knew it too, and he realised that the early Christians needed encouragement if they were to grow in faith and in their living-out of the Good News of Jesus. It’s a ‘carrot or stick’ situation.
I’m no expert in management theory or performance psychology, but I suspect that most of us work best with the right mix of encouragement and gentle correction and don’t need too much reminding of our ‘failures’ or ‘faults’. For every criticism we receive it takes 10 positive comments to balance it out!
As fellow members of the Body of Christ, we all have our part to play in encouraging one another.
Are you a positive encourager? Are we, as congregations, positive encouragers?
Join us to be encouraged along on Your journey of faith.
God Bless,
Rev Mark RS Smith
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WEEKLY PRAYER
God of all the world,
in You we trust for You are our Saviour.
Your faithfulness guides us,
Your humility inspires us,
Your Spirit encourages us and
Your Word feeds us.
We praise You for all Your blessings, all Your gifts
and for those You have entrusted to us,
to bless, encourage and care for.
We pray in Jesus’ Name.
Prayer theme: Thank God for His encouragement and ask to be encouraging to others.
ECO SNIPPET
(Prepared each week by members of our Eco Group)
Dubbed “natural branding”, the technique uses a strong light to remove pigment from the skin of produce. The mark is invisible once skin is removed and doesn’t affect shelf life or eating quality. By using natural branding on all the organic avocados sold in one year we would save 135 miles of plastic stickers.
