Epistle Romans 7:15-25a Gospel Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 We know from the gospels that Jesus loved children – he often held them up as examples of how things should really be. ‘Let the little ones come to me, for of such if the Kingdom of heaven’. Unless you become like children you shall not enter the…
Our Sunday service this week is a local multilingual offering led by Rev. Sarah Gill, Vicar of St Stephens & St James’, Blackburn, with the message given by Jill Duff, Bishop of Lancaster. As usual, the Vicar’s Sunday Sermon will be uploaded at 6.30pm. This week’s sermon is called, ‘My yoke is easy and my…
The story of Abraham’s servant finding a wife for Isaac. In this week’s Sunday family pack we join together to look at the story of Abraham’s servant being sent out to find a wife for Isaac. How did the servant know who was the right wife for Isaac? Messy Sermon Group family activities 5th July…
Today is the Feast of Saint Thomas, the Apostle. Saint Thomas is especially interesting because in spreading the Gospel he left the Mediterranean area completely and established churches thousands of miles away on the Malabar Coast in south-west India. He is also believed to have preached the Gospel in China and possibly Indonesia. There is…
Lockdown is at last slowly being unlocked though many people are still wisely staying close to home. It is important wherever you are to stay well and positive. Here is a compilation of perhaps the best advice about keeping healthy during the lockdown. You can make these small changes to improve your diet, fitness, mental…
This Sunday 5th July, on the Diocese of Blackburn’s YouTube channel at 9 o’clock, Rev’d Sarah Siddique Gill, Vicar of St Stephen’s and St James’ Blackburn will lead a multi-lingual service which will be repeated every first Sunday of the month thereafter. “The truth is that Christianity is a global religion,” says Sarah, who was born…
Today we celebrate the lives of Saints Peter and Paul. Here is a special reflection on each Saint by Sr Petra of Stanbrook Abbey at Wass, North Yorkshire, which is pictured above. The Abbey website is https://www.stanbrookabbey.org.uk On their feast day this year there will be no great gatherings in St Peter’s square in celebration…
This week’s Old Testament reading about Abraham and his young son, Isaac is challenging. A story of child sacrifice, averted only at the very last minute – and this without any judgement from God that this was horrific – almost on a whim. These stories of Abraham come from long ago, right at the beginnings…
The weekly service for the third Sunday after Trinity will be led by Rev Chris Lee, vicar of St Saviour’s in Wendell Park, London. The service will explore the welcome that God offers us to experience His love. There will be contributions from the Choral Scholars of St Martin in the Fields in London and…
In this weeks Messy Sermon we will be exploring together, the story of God testing Abraham. A Sunday family pack to share exploring the story of Abraham and Isaac – covering the story of God testing Abraham’s faith this pack also thinks about how the lamb in Abraham’s story reminds us of Jesus’ sacrifice on…