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At our Exec meeting this week, we were so encouraged to hear about the planning that is underway for our confirmation course for this year.
What sometimes happens in churches during our Good Friday service is that we can become morbidly fascinated by the horror of the crucifixion and find ourselves focusing on the specific details of the pain that Jesus endured on the cross.
We’re approaching the end of our Lenten journey as we stand at the start of another Holy Week.
“How do I find deeper happiness?” Psychology Prof Dacher Keltner replies to this question as follows: “The science points to an answer in the abstract: Find more community. Deepen your connections with others.
Years ago, an important part of a minister’s work was to systematically work their way through the membership list, visiting every member in the church.
People are not as we seem – we are all dealing with stuff that is out of sight; and God is working in secret too – in the hidden parts of our lives, the Spirit of God is at work. May you be conscious of this God – the God who loves the whole you – as you go through this day.
Over the last month I’ve written about the four practices that we offer to our members at WMC to help us mature as disciples of Jesus – namely, to CONNECT in small groups, to SERVE faithfully, to GIVE generously and to WORSHIP regularly.
In the last couple of weeks I’ve written to you here about two of the four practices that WMC offers to our people as helpful pathways to deeper discipleship. The four practices are Connecting, Giving, Serving and Worshipping and we believe that intentionally making these a part of our lives will help us to mature as disciples of Jesus.
I had a pastor friend years ago who said once that he was always excited
Our home group has been running in its present form for almost a year now. In that time, we have done some Bible Study together, and we have had numbers of spiritual conversations, but mostly, we have talked and laughed, drunk coffee and shared what is going on in our lives.