Abiding in Christ

Monday 18th January – reflections:

Sunday’s Worship@home service on YouTube and on 105.9 BishopFM on Sunday 25th January will follow this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity theme at the end of the Week of Prayer.
Rev John’s thoughts, news and encouragement for church community
Sunday’s Worship@home service on YouTube and on 105.9 BishopFM on Sunday 25th January will follow this year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity theme at the end of the Week of Prayer.
is to respond to the gospel of God’s love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission.
Here are some thoughts from the two groups that have been going since the summer:
Could you commit to meet regularly (every couple of weeks) with two or three others (by computer or socially distanced in person)?
Begin with a simple opening prayer
– then sharing of recent stories, and the God part in them (5 minutes each max) while others listen, encourage, and pray as led
– then have a conversation on MWoL questions – one each session e.g. What is the pattern of your prayer life? which could lead on to more questions such as – has this changed during lockdown? how much of this is dependent on being in church with others?
– then continue to encourage by asking: How can we support each other in our Way of Life commitments?
Finally end by saying together the MWoL commitment:
As far as we are able, with God’s help:
May we be a blessing within and beyond God’s Church, for the transformation of the world.
The Questions fall into the four headings of ‘Our Calling’
A couple of groups have started in Bishop Auckland If you are interested in joining or starting one – get in touch.
Feel free to chat about it with Ev, Margaret, Cliff H or Cliff L or indeed Vanessa or myself, to discover further what we make from the experience…
God bless
John
Starts at 9.45 with quiet music playing for around 30 minutes beforehand…
The Big Church Sing Christmas Special was broadcast live on the Methodist Church’s YouTube channel on Sunday 29 November. Have you seen it yet? If you have access to the internet go to
OneSound is one of the UK’s leading Christian youth ensembles. Formed of singers and instrumentalists aged 16-26, OneSound leads worship for churches across the UK throughout the year through services aimed at the youth of the church. It was once known as the MAYC Orchestra and Singers, if that rings any bells for anyone. They created ‘A Contemporary Carol Service’ virtually through this year and it’s great to watch the young people of our Church sing together:
National Methodist Youth Brass Band Virtual Christmas Concert:
Here is their second virtual concert of the year, and it is our Christmas Concert! Never before have we performed our own full christmas concert, so here we go!