Yesterday, my wife, grandchildren and I called in at the Wesley Centre, Chester, for something to drink and eat.
I would just like to comment and say it was one of the most welcoming places I had visited in some time. The place was (to use a modern term) buzzing with people of all ages.
What an imaginative use of Church premises in the heart of the city and a fine example of what it means to be missional. It is so nice to see an expansion at a time when we hear too many stories of retreat and contraction
We pray God’s blessing on all their endeavours as they minister in Christ’s name.
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This morning I read an article in the Daily Telegraph on how the Rev David Rhodes of All Saints’ Church, Totley, Sheffield has banned a Tai Chi group from the Church Hall because of it’s links with Eastern Religion. Perhaps the said vicar should also think about banning Christmas and Easter because of their pagan overtones. Come to think of it, that was tried before during the time of the Commonwealth and it alienated so many people they restored the monarchy!
When a Church or Minister gets so far out of touch they need to be careful – they may find too many people vote with their feet making the task of being Christ in the World that much harder.
Of course, there is a middle ground. How about combining their Alpha Group with the Tia Chi – now that would be novel!
Bishop of Liverpool calls for Anglicans to “accept a diversity of ethical convictions about human sexuality”
James Jones, Bishop of Livrpool
The Bishop of Liverpool, The Rt Reverend James Jones has used his presidential address to the March synod of the Diocese of Liverpool to call for Anglicans to “accept the diversity of ethical convictions” in the debate on sexual ethics so that “we will let nothing deflect us from mission”
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