A mother and son team to start our day, as Austin joins Ann to lead our Morning Prayer. They consider how it feels to pray to God as we get up this morning. They remind us that God shows us love when we arise, and ask God to help us be insightful and develop greater...
Ann leads our thought provoking Morning Prayer – she considers where Christ shared meals with friends and strangers, drawing parallels with where we take Communion. Ann describes how we have grown used to attending church services broadcast from people’s kitchen tables, including our Rectors’ Liz – where Communion has been led from our homes since...
Death is swallowed up in victory – where oh death is your sting? Ann reads Psalm 113 and prays for our Lord to have mercy upon us. Ann reminds us that Christ, in stretching out his divine hands upon the Cross, has joined together all that was divided before… our Morning Prayer.
Ann’s Morning Prayer gives thanks to God for the wonderful gifts we are given – for the kindness of those who care about us, those who work in the NHS, who run shops and keep much-needed services and buildings open, Ann prays that we grow to be open and generous in our giving to others...
Happy Easter! Morning Prayer considers God’s compassion through Psalm 111. God promised all disciples would be baptised with the Holy Spirit, Holy Week and Easter mark the fulfilment of this promise. We pray that today we are filled afresh with the Holy Spirit, and that nourished with such spiritual blessings, we may set our hearts...
Ally W’s last joyous Morning Prayer this week. She considers Christ: ‘A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief’ and prays that we may be ready to walk the way of the cross, and always be ready to share its weight. Sin and pride holds us tight within its grasp, but cannot resist God’s Word,...
Ally recites Psalm 22 where; ‘All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord.’ Ally considers the discipline of regular prayer and worship and reads from Thomas à Kempis’ prayer which encourages us to place our lives in God’s hands – to be ordered day by day. Ally asks that we...
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion – Ally reads Psalm 111 this Morning Prayer and considers the Annunciation of our Lord to Mary, in the heart of Lent today. Ally prays that we are inspired by Mary’s humility and faithfulness – guiding us to the path to peace in our world. When we...
Morning Prayer – Ally commemorates the passing of the first year of this pandemic, and the death of so many people across the world from Covid-19, including people from our congregation. We hold them, their families and all involved in their care before their deaths, in our prayers most especially today. Ally recites Psalm 35...
Ally W’s first Morning Prayer of the week – she asks that through God’s bountiful goodness we be freed from our sins this Passiontide. Ally prays that any tendency to slothfulness be removed from us, that we seek power less and contemplate life in a more mindful way, with humility, patience and love. Ally asks...
