Following the successful Saturday evening get-togethers in autumn with Simeon Wood and Paul Field, St Andrew's is hoping to draw another large congregation from the circuit for a time of Praise and Worship on Saturday evening 17 April 2010 beginning at 7.30 pm. We will be two weeks into the Easter season and our risen Lord in a large gathering with worship led by musicians and singers, testimonies and a challenging gospel message from our guest preacher, Rev Paul Welch of Halifax. There will be no charge for admission and refreshments will be served. Book the date in your diary and tell your friends!
Today’s the day - everything is changed. Death’s cave is empty, save linen cloth as calling card for Love. That life has won, and hope’s made whole, thank God! Alleluia! Christ is risen. He is risen indeed, Alleluia! Holy and risen Lord, we come to worship you on this special Easter Day. We thank you for all you have done for us. We lift our eyes to honour you, living Lord Jesus. You have overcome death; fill us with your joy and new life. Amen You might like to read, sing or listen to an Easter hymn. Perhaps Christ the Lord is risen today, or Low in the grave he lay (H&P 193/202, StF 298/305). This is perhaps the strangest Easter Sunday we have experienced in most of our lifetimes. Not able to gather as God’s people on this holiest of days. Not able to spend time with family and friends. Not able to visit dale or coast. Yet even as restrictions bite, we affirm God’s love in Christ Jesus, and seek to help each other hear the Easter message. We gather in ...
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