Worship at Home and Worship Resources

Fellowship Offered Across the Circuit During Lock-Down

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The Light at the End of the Tunnel

When I was a child I was frightened of the dark
what is out there, when will it be morning
grown up I am no longer scared
I’m not sure what’s out there but it’s OK
If darkness brings pain I want to know what it is
If I need support I would like to know it's there
I don’t want empty promises or false hope

I hope there is light at the end of the tunnel
but it just seems to get longer
will the faint glimmers splutter or grow
and when the light comes what will it reveal
relief for some, a deadly toll for others
back to normal, nothing the same

While we are in the dark we need to wake up
to what is happening around us
to reach out to those groping to find their way,
to hear the voices crying in the dark
to notice the defiant little candles that keep being lit
to take time for ourselves and our confused emotions
to make plans for a different world when the light does dawn

to stop trying to escape the challenges and questions of the darkness
yes to go on hoping for light at the end of this tunnel
but to accept there will be more, never without some fragile light
and meanwhile to learn to live with the darkness.

Rev Richard Barrett

A Sermon Based on Genesis 1

The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

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Sunday Service by video

A video Service is available on the Priory Methodist Church website now.

Tree

The tree in front of the hospital door is dancing.
Dancing to music that is both silent and loud.
A wind fed ballet of ecstatic mayhem.
The pirouetting branches soar high then fall bowed.
Whirring erratically together in a waltz of sheer joy.
Rejoicing in the ecstasy of breezes, sunlight, sap.
Green leaves and blossom flying skywards.
Then settling slowly into the root's sumptuous lap.

And we who observe it through the clinical windows of the ward.
Listening to the hygienic machine bleeps, bed calls and efficient murmur of care
Whilst contemplating the pain of another round of tests.
Imagining the deadly samba of the virus that we know is there.
In the trees performance we get a glimpse of another melody.
In the wild festivity of creation God promises to hold us tight.
For his movement can lead us through steps of rejoicing or lament.
But even the darkest solemn music has moments of sheer delight

David Wells

While the church is closed due to Coronavirus, please visit our blog \"Doing Church Differently\" at tsbcovid19.blogspot.com

SCALLOP Worship at Home services

The Scallop churches worship in real time by e-mail on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am. Please contact marian.blyth@btinternet.com to be added to the circulation list. Also be aware that email addresses are shared so that we can greet one another as we come 'into church' and chat together after the service.

A YouTube programme This is our story, these are our songs
from Rev Dalwyn Attwell.

A Coronavirus Prayer Leaflet from Rev Dalwyn Attwell.

The Methodist Church in Britain offers
worship ideas and resources.

For anyone who'd benefit from being engaged on social media but has been reluctant so far, the Methodist Church has created a super-simple step-by-step guide to getting started and getting engaged with community on Facebook.

Information and Resources from Putnoe Heights Church on their website and use of Facebook for worship