A particularly good Sunday, I think. Congratulations to the choir on the Taize service: you pulled it off, it was like being in southern France. (Seriously, you made those harmonies work for you beautifully - let's do that again). I received a lot of good feedback after the sermon in the middle section - I don't intend to ask people to stand to respond on a regular basis, but it was clearly something that you found helpful this time. And it seems like my comments about being "good news people" not bad news people struck a chord too, when the church is or appears to be giving an awaful lot of bad news. And (despite my failure to brief them completely) the team from SYM were excellent. As for Luke on keyboards - what a revelation! Good on you.
A word about numbers in the mornings - we're now running at a level considerably above this time last year, and obviously that's a good thing, but it does make the back of the building feel even more cramped. The remaining pews will be out soon, and the NMW team meeting last night suggested moving the coffee-table to the centre, and creating a "prayer chapel" behind a screen at the back of the north aisle, with candles etc for people who just need a quiet moment. Maybe that will help.
The evening was our Alpha Celebration. Good things to eat, a tremendously moving testimony from Steve (thanks Steve, I don't think I'd heard your story before), and beautiful music from Chris. And me ta Good numbers have signed up, so do pray for Alpha on Wednesday evenings!
A word about numbers in the mornings - we're now running at a level considerably above this time last year, and obviously that's a good thing, but it does make the back of the building feel even more cramped. The remaining pews will be out soon, and the NMW team meeting last night suggested moving the coffee-table to the centre, and creating a "prayer chapel" behind a screen at the back of the north aisle, with candles etc for people who just need a quiet moment. Maybe that will help.
The evening was our Alpha Celebration. Good things to eat, a tremendously moving testimony from Steve (thanks Steve, I don't think I'd heard your story before), and beautiful music from Chris. And me ta Good numbers have signed up, so do pray for Alpha on Wednesday evenings!
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