Four Months With Walmer’s Homeless At one of our weekly outdoor divine services at Walmer Town Hall, I shared with my homeless congregants that Jesus knows exactly how they feel as homeless people. This is because Jesus was himself a homeless man who had “nowhere to lay his head” (Matthew 8:20) save for the hospitality …
Newsletter 7 August 2020 | Four Months With Walmer’s Homeless. Read More »
EIGHT certainties in life How we embrace this season of uncertainty will not only build character but will reveal character. If we continue to seek scapegoats and look for conspiracies, we will miss the greatest opportunity of our generation to grow and build capacity. COVID-19 entered our lives like an uninvited guest and has truly …
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To all frontline health-care heroes and sheroes of our St John’s family – how do we put into words our love, admiration and gratitude for all that you do each and every day – and especially now on the frontlines of battling this coronavirus disease – Covid 19 that is spreading rapidly throughout our city, …
MISSING THE TOUCH This past week has brought back the inevitable realisation that the Covid-19 pandemic is coming closer and closer to us. It is no longer out there or in China or Italy – it’s now right here. On Wednesday I went to a Funeral Home to commit two Anglicans so that they could be …
FIVE MORE REASONS WHY WE NEED TO GATHER POST COVID We shared last week about the effects over the past few months, with most churches having stopped meeting in person, with “services” online, meeting “virtually,” and using technology to connect, and what that means for us going forward as a church.We know that once we …
Newsletter 10 July 2020 | Five more reasons why we need to gather post COVID. Read More »
Over the past few months, most churches have stopped meeting in person. A global pandemic, government regulations, and a desire to serve each other and society have kept us from gathering. Instead, we’ve held “services” online, met “virtually,” and used technology to connect.As commentator by David Gundersen said: “One of these days churches will resume …
Newsletter 3 July 2020 | One day we will gather again… Read More »
This past week has been the commemoration of the birth of John the Baptist who is the patron saint of our church. In pre-Covid times that would have meant a special church service to commemorate our 139th “birthday” and, normally, to coincide with the annual visit of the bishop, a confirmation service. But that is …
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