Category: News
Parish of Cumnor News for 25th April 2020
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Dear friends, Difficulties in life will either drive us away from God or they drive us deeper into his arms. The worst part of suffering is the damage it can do to our view of God, our relationship with him. Feelings of abandonment creep in: Why did he let this…
Lockdown Starter Bible
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The Lockdown Starter Bible is a great new resource which people can access immediately in their own homes. The Starter Bible is a kind of Bible overview, but told in the Bible’s own words. Everything needed is to be found on lockdownstarterbible.com. The Starter Bible can be downloaded in scrolling format,…
Spring Harvest Home 13th-17th April
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Many Christians each year go to one of the big Christian festivals like New Wine, Keswick, or Spring Harvest. Spring Harvest usually takes place the week after Easter, and rather than postpone it this year they’re taking it online. It runs everyday this week on their YouTube Channel. Spring Harvest…
Parish of Cumnor News for 9th April 2020
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Dear friends, I’m sure that this will be a strange Easter for all of us, celebrating as we are without being able to meet together in person for a joyous celebration of the Risen Jesus, our Prince of Peace. I’m sure that all of us can speak of Jesus as…
Wintershall Easter Story
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Jackie Laar writes, “Because of Covid-19, Wintershall cannot perform the Easter story in Trafalgar Square this year. But they are putting together rehearsal clips, interviews, stills, mobile phone videos from all the One Good Friday locations into a documentary of 2020, that they will livestream on their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Wintershallplay) on Good…
Prayers for Boris and all who are suffering
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A prayer for our Prime Minister and all who suffer from Coronavirus O God whose will for all your children is health and salvation,pour out your healing spirit on all who are suffering from Coronavirus at this time.We remember our Prime Minister and all in positions of responsibility in government,…
Online Tenebrae Service for Holy Week 2020
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Tenebrae is Latin for darkness or shadows, and Christians have long marked Holy Week with this deeply moving, reflective service. Many of you will have gathered together with Cumnor URC to mark Maundy Thursday with readings, hymns and the gradual darkening of the building as candles are extinguished. This is…
Upside-Down Lives
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In the first of what I hope will be a regular feature, Eve Lockett has written a thought for the day for us. Upside-Down Lives It’s more than likely that you are feeling as if the world has gone a bit topsy-turvy at the moment. Teenagers are being told to…
Parish News for April 3rd 2020
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Dear friends, I don’t know about you, but I’ve long been something of a news junkie. I love to know more about what’s going on and trying to make some sense of the world we live in. And that’s a good thing, after all I think it was John Stott who talked…
Cumnor C.E. School Easter Assembly
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If you want to see the video Jonathan made for the School Easter Assembly online, you can check it out on their website: https://cumnorprimaryschool.co.uk/covid-19/videos/songs-and-assemblies-videos/ There’s also a great Easter song with lots of the teachers joining in from home! It looks like they were having really great fun!
