PARISH OF #MELTHAM, WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN: SUNDAY 29th MARCH

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. “Where have you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they replied. Jesus wept. Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” (John 11:1-45)

The natural focus of todays Gospel reading is Lazarus, his death, and Jesus’s ability to bring him back to life. However, our focus should always be on Jesus, on what he is doing and saying, and on trying to sense his nature which is the nature of our God.
Throughout this story Jesus’s focus is on people. His nature is to care for people. Not just for the “big things” but for whatever is important to the individual person. Jesus weeps not for Lazarus but for Mary, he sees her crying and feels her pain deep within his spirit.
Our God sees all the worries of the world and cares for the whole of his creation. It is right that we continue to pray for the problems of the world, but we should never forget that our Father in heaven is passionately interested in every detail of our lives.
You are his dearly loved child and he is deeply interested in anything that is concerning you, big or small.
Reverend John (Vicar)

Following recent guidelines from the Church of England and the government.

All churches will be closed for public worship until further notice.
This now includes private prayer and funerals.
Funerals can still be held at the crematorium and at the grave side with a maximum of ten mourners.
All weddings are postponed until further notice.

Website
Our Parish Communion will be posted on our website www.melthamparish.co.uk this will be pre-recorded but Rev John will be repeating the service at 10:30am so that it may be considered spiritually live. Please join in if your are able, or it will be available for retrospective viewing.

You are also invited to join a live evening service at 6pm through ZOOM led by Jacquline from Wilshaw. Details of this will be published on the website beforehand.

All social events and gatherings have been cancelled.