The Stay at Home Blog
Updated: Mar 18, 2020
Good Morning friends!
I am sure you have been keeping up with the latest news on Covid-19. We are in difficult and unprecedented times, and I am sure many of us are worried about what the next few weeks and even months may look like.
Going to church is such an integral and important part of many of our lives that the thought of going without is very upsetting. Here is where we find the difference between going to church and being a church. We are very fortunate in this electronic age to be able to keep in contact even behind closed doors, and we are encouraging you to do just that over this time of staying at home.
So please call and text each other, FaceTime or Skype if you know how! And follow this blog as we go through this journey together.
We would like to use this blog to stay together, so if you feel like you have a story to tell, or something interesting to share, let me know! I am asking for stories, perhaps you want to tell us about your latest or favourite holiday, perhaps you would like to tell us about jobs you have previously done, places you've previously lived. Maybe you would like to share a poem you have written, or that you really love, a review of a film or book. This blog can be a place for us to share with each other and everyone's voice is welcome.
Each Sunday we will endeavour to bring you some sort of worship, whether it's a written sermon, some prayers and readings or some sung worship through video.
If you would like to write a piece for this blog please send it as a word document with pictures if possible to: jessica@grangewoodmethodist.org.uk
If you would like to be involved in putting some material together for our Sunday Worship blogs then please also contact Jessica.
Through all this know that you are loved, and that God is with you.
Every Blessing
Jessica x
Yes, you can post it anywhere.
Brilliant Sover! Can I post this on the blog please?
One a serious note, I shared this today in the BBCC group : We are now going through tough times, probably the toughest in our life time and there's no running away from them. There are trials and temptations, and we should uphold and stand up to our Christian principles and values. The Lords prayer said : Let God lead us. Let us fight against temptation. Can we each have a brainstorm in what ways Jesus can lead us, and what temptations we should over come? I can think of a few, and if you like, we can brainstorm as a group.
I wrote the following two days ago, and shared it at my BBCC group (British Born Chinese Christians). There is a lot of doom and gloom at present, and people are on edge. I remember years ago someone said that God has a sense of humour - just look at some of the funny looking animals He created.
I wrote the following poem, not to mock, but as a relief of the current situation. I hope you would enjoy it, and won't be offended.
Our store manager in Sainsburys,
Holly is her name,
Her deliveries came, but they were gone,
in Nottingham as in London.
Give us today our daily toilet rolls.
Forgive us our hoardings as we forgive those who…