“As we look ahead to the prospect of easing of restrictions we know it is still a long road. Yet Easter reminds us we always have hope.” The Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally,
Ramsbottom & Edenfield Team Ministry
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Posts from February 2021
St Paul writes, “Holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or laboured in vain” (Philippians 2:16). Paul was picturing the day when he would stand in Christ’s presence and the secrets of redemption would be unveiled. Scripture says that on that day our eyes will be…
Today Wednesday 17th February, is the start of Lent (Latin: Quadragesima, ‘Fortieth’) a solemn religious observance in the Christian liturgical calendar that begins today on Ash Wednesday and ends approximately six weeks later, before Easter Sunday. The purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer for Easter through prayer, doing penance, mortifying the flesh, repentance of sins, almsgiving, and self-denial. Almighty…
Today 16th February, is Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent). It is a day observed by many Christians, who make a special point of self-examination, of considering what wrongs they need to repent, and what amendments of life or areas of spiritual growth they especially need to ask God’s help in dealing with. This moveable feast…
Almighty Father, whose Son was revealed in majesty before he suffered death upon the cross: give us grace to perceive his glory, that we may be strengthened to suffer with him and be changed into his likeness, from glory to glory; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.…
Although Lent is a few weeks away, Churches Together in Ramsbottom are planning to run a series of Bible study sessions on Tuesday evenings to explore some different aspects of Jesus’s character. Based on the gospel reading, each week there will be a sermon on Sunday, provided by one of the ministers, which will then be shown as the Sunday sermon/message in…
Today the 2nd February we celebrate the “Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple” Jesus’ mother Mary presented him to God at the Temple in Jerusalem after observing the traditional 40-day period of purification (of mothers) following his birth. According to a New Testament gospel, a Jewish man named Simeon held the baby in his arms and said that he…