Easter Reflections

Two thought-provoking reflections may currently be read on the United Reformed Church website: Lawrence Moore, Director of the Windermere Centre, contemplates the “godlessness and horror” of Good Friday in The Last Word. The Revd Dr Michael Jagessar, moderator-elect of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church, reflects on the hope of the Easter message […]

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Easter Morning

Easter Morning: A Reflection from the Pre-School Group There were no lights on in the church and the cross was bare. People wandered in, young and old to add their single flower to the cross; Easter was too late this year for daffodils and so we brought what we could find or buy, tulips and […]

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Our First Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday: Some Reflections from the Pre-School Group… A small group of people had come up with the idea of a procession, and the turn-out was bigger than I had expected. Bee had cut some long palm branches down from her garden and brought them for us all to carry. We gathered together to share […]

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The Sign of the Cross (1)

This Easter Sunday, many people attending our morning service responded to the invitation to decorate a rough-hewn wooden cross with individual flowers of their choice.  The result was rewarding.  The combined colours of twenty or more varieties included bluebells, camellias, daffodils, forget-me-nots, heathers, lilies, narcissus, pansies, polyanthus, roses, tulips and violets.  A very splendid and […]

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A Poem for Easter

Easter Friday was dark with thunderstorms and showers, Saturday grey, with steady, ceaseless rain. But Sunday dawned to show a cloudless sky And the great sun, in beauty now unveiled, Dazzling the gaze of those who scarce had hoped To see such loveliness restored so soon: Recalling that first Easter long ago When Jesus crucified, […]

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