From Thursday 16 February 2023 there will be a time when the Church Hall will be open for warmth and refreshments each week.
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Bell ringing for Ukraine
(NOTE: This article was originally posted on 10 March 2022 and has been updated as at 10 November 2022).
Everyone knows about the terrible events which continue to unfold in the Ukraine.
This is where the idea of bell ringing – as a means to show solidarity with, and support for, the people of Ukraine – has come from: a tweet by the Mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovyi, on 08 March 2022.
We have rung the bell at St James’ Church up to 107 times every day at 4pm from Thursday, 10 March 2022.
Daily bell-ringing continued until 24 April 2022, after which we moved to ringing the bell every Thursday at 4pm – from 28 April 2022.
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An enormous crane was involved in lifting the new pedestrian bridge into place to connect the Esplanade at Lossiemouth to the East Beach – in April / May 2022.
It was most impressive.
So much so that it wasn’t so much the bridge that was the attraction as the incredible crane.
It was so tall.
It was noticeable how many triangular shapes there where within the structure of the crane.
[Read more…]Why simple faith and plain truth is how it works with God
25 September 2022 is the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost.
The main reading this week is from Paul’s Letter to Timothy in the New Testament (1 Timothy 2:1-7).
Happy Birthday to You, Skye! 🙂
Main reading from Scripture for today
1 Timothy 2:1-7 (from The Message translation of the Bible)
Simple Faith and Plain Truth
2 1-3 The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know. Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation. This is the way our Saviour God wants us to live.
4-7 He wants not only us but everyone saved, you know, everyone to get to know the truth we’ve learned: that there’s one God and only one, and one Priest-Mediator between God and us—Jesus, who offered himself in exchange for everyone held captive by sin, to set them all free. Eventually the news is going to get out. This and this only has been my appointed work: getting this news to those who have never heard of God, and explaining how it works by simple faith and plain truth.
Why Lent should teach us humility rather than pride
The First Sunday in Lent falls on 06 March 2022. Rev. Geoff McKee’s Gospel text is Luke 4:1-13, in which Jesus is tested by the Devil in the desert.
Below, you will find the main scripture for today (taken from The Message translation of the Bible) and the video of today’s service from St James’ Church.
Main Scripture for today
Luke 4:1-13 (The Message)
Tested by the Devil
4 1-2 Now Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wild. For forty wilderness days and nights he was tested by the Devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when the time was up he was hungry.
3 The Devil, playing on his hunger, gave the first test: “Since you’re God’s Son, command this stone to turn into a loaf of bread.”
4 Jesus answered by quoting Deuteronomy: “It takes more than bread to really live.”
5-7 For the second test he led him up and spread out all the kingdoms of the earth on display at once. Then the Devil said, “They’re yours in all their splendour to serve your pleasure. I’m in charge of them all and can turn them over to whomever I wish. Worship me and they’re yours, the whole works.”
8 Jesus refused, again backing his refusal with Deuteronomy: “Worship the Lord your God and only the Lord your God. Serve him with absolute single-heartedness.”
9-11 For the third test the Devil took him to Jerusalem and put him on top of the Temple. He said, “If you are God’s Son, jump. It’s written, isn’t it, that ‘he has placed you in the care of angels to protect you; they will catch you; you won’t so much as stub your toe on a stone’?”
12 “Yes,” said Jesus, “and it’s also written, ‘Don’t you dare tempt the Lord your God.’”
13 That completed the testing. The Devil retreated temporarily, lying in wait for another opportunity.
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