
Friday, 28 September 2018
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
DAY 52/100 DAYS OF PRAYER
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‘Is your heart as true to mine as mine is to yours?’ Jehonadab answered,
‘It is.’… So he gave him his hand. 2 Kings 10:15 (NRSV) GIVE ME YOUR HAND The key text for John Wesley’s famous sermon on catholic spirit might appear at first to be a strange choice for Wesley’s sweeping account of Christian love, its generosity, and, as he puts it, ‘unspeakable tenderness’. He argues that diversity of opinion or belief need not prevent our walking together peaceably; ‘though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike?’ The joined hands of Jehu and Jehonadab provide a glimpse of ‘tenderness’ amidst an otherwise brutal catalogue of massacre and judgement. In a context of stark enmity in the house of Israel, Wesley identifies a moment of kinship, and its wider resonance for universal love. A truly catholic spirit, Wesley writes, is a heart ‘enlarged toward’ all humanity. PRAYER Loving God, you urge us to the way of peace and kinship. Enlarge our hearts towards those we find difficult to love. May your unspeakable tenderness be known in the world. Owen Roberts is Heritage Officer for the Methodist Church. 100 Days of Peace and Hope is available with Bible readings, reflections and prayers for each week to download at www.remembrance100.co.uk/100-days |
Monday, 24 September 2018
TREASURER NEEDED FOR CHESTERFIELD FOOD BANK

We are now looking for a new Treasurer to maintain the accrual based accounts and serve as a foodbank Trustee. If you are interested or if you know of anyone who might be interested, could you please contact our stand-in Chairman, Rev. Daniel Cooke, email address below, and copy info@chesterfield.foodbank.org,uk with his/her contact details.
Thank you and kind regards,
Rev. Daniel Cooke
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
CTfC FORUM THIS WEEK
A reminder that the Forum of Christians Together for Chesterfield is on Thursday at 7.30 at Central Methedists. Do be there.
Paul K.
Monday, 17 September 2018
CHILDREN'S MINISTRY CONFERENCE
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Friday, 14 September 2018
Day 41/100 DAYS OF PRAYER FOR PEACE
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Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the
world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be
afraid. John 14:27 (ESV) PEACE BEYOND UNDERSTANDING History has recorded many statements and quotations relating to peace. As we meditate on the events of 100 years ago we might recall those promises and commitments made to building a world that lives in peace. Ronald Reagan said, ‘A people free to choose will always choose peace’ and that is surely so. Each of us who enjoy freedom can choose a peace that passes all understanding. When we accept Jesus into our lives we receive God’s Holy Spirit; he brings a deep and lasting peace. Unlike worldly peace, defined as the absence of conflict, this peace is confident assurance in any circumstance. With Christ’s peace, we need not fear the present nor the future. In commemoration, choose that peace. PRAYER Father, thank you for your gift of peace, freely given. Help us to trust wholly in you and your will for our lives. May our actions be rooted in love for you and our neighbours and may we be instruments of your peace in the world. In Jesus’ name. Amen Michael Cooper is CVM’s National Director for England & Scotland. 100 Days of Peace and Hope is available with Bible readings, reflections and prayers for each week to download at www.remembrance100.co.uk/100-days |
Friday, 7 September 2018
HARVEST AT THE RAGGED SCHOOL
Ragged School Chapel Markham Road
Harvest Celebrations
Saturday
22nd September 7.30pm
Staveley & District
Churches united
Choir
Followed by refreshments
Sunday 23rd September
6.30pm
Harvest Service
Speaker – Sam Bown
Monday, 3 September 2018
DAY 29 PRAYER FOR PEACE
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