The events around Jesus' birth are full of instructions given to Joseph by dreams. Joseph is told in a dream that Mary is carrying a child by a miraculous intervention, the wise men are told not to report back to Herod in a dream. In a dream, Joseph is told to flee to Egypt with the child and Mary. And again, when it is time to come home, he is instructed through a dream. Might we hear God through dreams today?
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Christmas Day - our celebration of the birth of Christ. We focus on the beginning of the Gospel of John and the wonder of who the baby born in Bethlehem actually was...
As we approach Christmas, Peter looked at the genealogy of Jesus and drew our attention to four women mentioned there who are surprising to find in a first century genealogy.
A quiet Advent service: The Great Antiphons were seven prayers used in the seven days leading up to Christmas for at least 1500 years. They are the basis for the hymn "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel." In our meditative service, we examine the scriptures on which they are based, we hear the Latin chant and after two minutes silence, we sing the verse of the hymn.
In the Advent season, looking at the coming of Christ into public ministry, we find John the Baptist in prison and doubting whether Jesus is actually the Messiah. He did the right thing - he asked the Lord about it!
In the last of the series on the Beatitudes, we looked at the Persecuted. We heard the stories of three people persecuted for their righteousness: St Perpetua, Corrie Ten Boom and a contemporary North Korean man who had to flee from his homeland. We also started a daily prayer programme, praying for Christians in the 25 most difficult countries for Christians to live in.
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