Newsletter 20/10/2019

October 18, 2019 in Newsletters

All Saints’ Day
THE saints chart a path for us to follow to the “inexpressible joys” of the heavenly Kingdom (collect for All Saints’ Day). In our epistle, John promises us that our contemplation of God, and our consequent glorification, will find its consummatio...
Laity report seeks to expunge old habits
UNLESS the church stops being defined as the building, the ministry of lay people will not flourish, a new report suggests. The report Kingdom Calling: The vocation, ministry, and discipleship of the whole people of God, published on Tuesday by th...
Without more funds, ‘Tier 3 restrictions could backfire’, Bishop of Manchester warns
THE Government will “run the risk of increasing infection rather than driving it down” if it does not offer the money needed to support the people of Manchester, the Bishop, Dr David Walker, has warned, as the region prepares for Tier 3 coronaviru...
Entangled in our very being
ENTANGLEMENT: a word used to describe the fate of an increasing number of minke and humpbacked whales, porpoises, and dolphins now swimming the coasts of the UK. These giant ocean creatures have all been found snared in fishing gear in recent year...