From P. J.: Scripture helps us defend our faith. The apostle Peter instructs believers to be ready with an answer for our hope and faith in Jesus. Scripture also helps form our character. Paul makes it clear that the Word of God is alive, active, and pierces our souls. And since God’s Word is so powerful, we should commit some passages to heart so God can work in and through us.
January 26th – 2 Peter 1:4: God has given us God’s very great and precious promises.
The Kingswood Foodbank is in need of toilet roll, fruit juice, shampoo, hair conditioner, coffee, drinking chocolate, tins of tomatoes and cartons of long-life milk. Thank you very much.
Tuesday (27th) is Holocaust Memorial Day. ‘Light the Darkness’ is a national moment to remember the horrors of the past and stand together against prejudice and hatred today. At 8pm, place a candle safely in your window to honour the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered in the Holocaust, alongside those killed in Nazi persecution and in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
Very Advance Notice. On 31st May, there will not be a service here at KMC nor anywhere else in circuit, with one exception. On that date everyone will come together for a circuit celebration.
On Tuesday 17th February there will be a Pancake Party, at Hanham Methodist Church, from 12 to 4pm. It is free but donations will be welcome.
Aso in February – school half term week (16th to 20th) – here at KMC, we will once again be holding a ‘Warm Space’.
Today is World Leprosy Day. This day serves as an opportunity to remind the world that leprosy still exists, and that millions of vulnerable people are still living with the consequences of this neglected tropical disease.
Lectionary 25th to 31st January. Isaiah 9.1-4; Psalm 27; 1 Corinthians 1.10-18; Matthew 4.12-23. Moving outwards. Isaiah proclaims light and freedom for those in the region of Israel – the Galilee of the nations. We hear again the well-known words, often heard at Christmas, about light dawning on those who have been walking in darkness. The coming of the servant means that their oppression is over and joy abounds.
The purpose of Kingswood Methodist Church is to respond to God's Love in Christ and to live out that love in God's world.