A spring in your step
“The first of April, some do say, Is set apart for All Fools’ Day.”
This year we begin April on the first day, with our bank holiday Easter Monday – a wonderful combination, and not remotely foolish at all!
Easter came early this year, and how quickly time seems to be passing on. Many events were happening in March, with Lent groups, Palm Sunday, Messy Church and all the wondrous services of Holy Week. We may sit back and think: what next?
At Easter time, we celebrate Jesus’ victory over death: he is risen and alive, and we know that “My redeemer lives” (Job ch.19, v.25). That is such a rich inheritance and something for us to celebrate every day, not just at Easter time.
Spring has also arrived and with it the lighter evenings and – hopefully – some warmer weather. It all lies ahead of us. Start this new season then with hope, for we know that, through Jesus’ resurrection, hope truly does “spring” eternal. As the Psalmist said, “We remember your word to us, your servants, for you have given me hope” (Psalm 119, v.49).
Start spring, then, in a positive frame of mind. You may like to begin at our third Coffee (or Tea) and Chat afternoon on Tuesday 2nd April: see details elsewhere in this Bulletin. Everyone is welcome.
On the 14th this month it’s our Annual Parochial Church Meeting. Please pray for this meeting when annual reports are presented, and churchwardens and PCC members and others are elected and appointed. Pray that all our positions will be filled so that the “business” of the church can continue to run in a seamless manner. Much hard work does go on behind the scenes, and I would like to thank everyone for all that they do in God’s service for his church here on earth.
Let us then “spring” into the new season together, and let us “rejoice and be glad” and be thankful for all the many gifts God gives to us – in every season.
Best wishes and Blessings,
Reverend Debra