The sweet smell of bread-making pervaded the last church service of 2012 in the North Bradford Circuit of the Methodist Church. For three hours the participants mixed, poured and kneaded flour, oil, yeast, honey, slat and water while singing, meditating, discussing and praying. The oil, for example, was olive oil from the Palestinian Occupied Territories. There was much merriment over the stickiness of the dough and over the carrying of water on the participant's heads from the kitchen to enact how water is brought for cooking in many areas of the world. Finally, the bread was cooked in a completely full oven and then eaten with a liberal spreading of Yorkshire butter and quince jam made from fruit out of Baildon Methodist Church garden. Everyone shared part of their loaves with others.
A Methodist Way of Life - April 2022 - Praying Daily Service sheet (pdf) Start by listening to ‘Lead me Lord’: Hello and welcome to the Bradford North worship video for April, the first of 12 services focusing on the commitments contained within the Methodist Way of Life and introduced by Rev David Goodall in last month’s video. My name is Claire Nott: I’m a local preacher on trial in the circuit and one of the lay pastors at Baildon Methodist Church. The anthem you heard at the start was Samuel Wesley’s ‘Lead me Lord’, based on Psalm 5 verse 8. Our call to worship is a selection of other verses taken from the same psalm: I pray to you, O Lord ; 3 you hear my voice in the morning; at sunrise I offer my prayer [ b ] and wait for your answer. all who find safety in you will rejoice; they can always sing for joy. Protect those who love you; because of you they are truly happy ...
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