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Our fourth adult Lent group focused on the figure of the Father in the Prodigal Son. We began by looking carefully at Rembrandt’s painting, the focus for Henri Nouwen’s book. We noticed the difference in the two hands, showing the maternal and paternal nature of God’s love. There is a great love in the embrace […]
We began our third family session by talking about a scene from “The Lion King” when Mufasa confronts Scar. Scar is resentful because he has lost his place a heir to the throne with the birth of Simba. He will never be king now. Scar was like the elder son in the parable of the […]
Last Thursday many of us gathered for the third of our adult Lent group. The theme was the Elder son. He was the one who stayed at home and yet in many ways was as lost as the younger son. The first quotes, from pages 69 to 71 in the book, sparked off discussion about […]
Our second Family Lent group took its inspiration from Henri Nouwen’s writing about the return of the Prodigal Son and specifically his quote about the son’s confusion as he makes his way home. We began by reflecting on last week and hearing the Bible passage that tells the story of the younger son’s return home. […]
In Lent, our adult group is working its way through a course based on Henri Nouwen’s book, ‘The Return of the Prodigal”. The first session, on 14th February, we listened to extracts from the chapter entitled “The younger son leaves home.” Nouwen says that “Leaving home is…a denial of the spiritual reality that I belong […]
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Tomorrow is the Fifth Sunday after Trinity, and Mass will be celebrated according to Divine Worship at 11:30am at Christ the King Church Langney. We’d love to see you! The pew sheet is available at the link below. This Sunday we continue with the new Mass setting, Healey Willan's 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘢, the music for which is in the printed Mass booklets.
“All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”
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Pew sheet for the Fifth Sunday after Trinity, 5 July 20260 CommentsComment on Facebook
Tomorrow is the Third Sunday after Trinity, and Mass will be celebrated according to Divine Worship at 11:30am at Christ the King Church Langney. We’d love to see you! The pew sheet is available at the link below. This Sunday we take the plunge with a new Mass setting, Healey Willan's 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢 𝘥𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘢, the music for which is in the printed Mass booklets.
“Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father knowing. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.”
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Pew sheet for the Third Sunday after Trinity, 21 June 20260 CommentsComment on Facebook
We've a new post of photographs of Deacon Neil's ordination, and first Mass as deacon at Christ the King Church. It was worth using this image again!
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Photos of Revd Neil Taylor's ordination as a deacon of the Church by Bishop David at Warwick Street on Saturday 13 June.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
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