Dear Friends,
In Holy Trinity it is that time of year again when we are trying to encourage people to join the Reader’s Rota. I know there are quite a few people who worship with us regularly but who are not communicant members of the congregation. If any of you would like to join the rota please speak to me or any of the elders after the service. It is an enormous privilege to read the scriptures during public worship, and it is not as scary as you might think. Equally, if any of you would like to explore the possibility of becoming a full communicant member of the church, please speak to me after the service. And, if you would like to explore the Christian faith further please speak to me.
Exploring the Christian faith is not a one-off experience, such as a series of classes after which a person knows everything that needs to be known. It is a life-long learning curve, with new adventures in faith to be discovered every day. This means that becoming a communicant member of the church is just one step along the way. I well remember the Sunday evening when I made my own membership vows over fifty years ago now. I was very young at the time and had no idea of the good things that would follow after I had made that particular commitment.
Jesus says, ‘A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another’. (John 13:34-35) All that is needed to begin the journey of faith is a desire to love God, through Jesus Christ and in the power of the Holy Spirit, and to love all people. People with this desire are what the world most needs at present as we continue to do our best to right the wrongs that are part of our world and our society in our present day. Could you be one of these people?
With love and blessings,
Marion
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