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Spreading Love & Hope...
Welcome to this week's devotion. These resources have been gathered for your use at home during these days of physical social distancing and virtual social connection. May this devotion and the links provided help you stay connected to God and the wider community.
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If you have items to share -- a prayer, song, Bible verse, reflection, photo, link -- please send it, so we can share them with everyone. Thanks to whomever snapped Maggie Hambling's Scallop and the Salisbury cloisters at night - amazing! (both submissions in the church calendar competition). And thanks to Lorraine for the lovely reflection on creation, as we enter the Season of Creation.
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Please share these devotions with friends.
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Blessings & peace, Ana & Tod
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Stardust
By Lorraine Steel
As the stars slid down the beams of the universe in it’s beginning,
they burned with love….
so much so that some became vulnerable and exploded.
Eons later, in free fall toward our planet
many of their parts held us tight,
protecting the life that had begun in them.
As they reached mother earth they fell into her bosom
where life was nourished by her water and the sun.
Waiting…waiting…waiting…
then, when the time was right,
the music of the water sang us into being,
trusting us to remember from whence we came.
From stardust we have come and to stardust we shall return.
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A reflection upon reading that some scientists believe life may have begun in meteorite fragments, such as those that fell on a frozen lake in Canada’s Lake Tagesh, rather than on earth.
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Note: We may have already shared this poem by our friend Lorraine, but figure better to share it twice than not at all. Ana & Tod
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Music
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Find a comfortable place to sit and listen to the New Apostolic Church Choir and Orchestra from Silvertown, South Africa singing 'Pass me not, O gentle Savior.'
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Pass me not, O gentle Saviour,
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While on others thou art calling,
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While on others thou art calling,
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Let me at Thy throne of mercy
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Kneeling there in deep contrition,
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Trusting only in thy merit,
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Heal my wounded, broken spirit,
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Thou the spring of all my comfort,
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Whom have I on earth beside thee?
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Send in your favourite music links to share.
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Sunday Worship online and on-the-phone 10:30
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Communion will be celebrated on 6 September.
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Please have beverage and bread-item at hand.
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Join in through your computer or using your landline telephone. If you would like to learn more so that you can join us in worship and communion, contact your Church Secretary or the Ministers or reply to this email.
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Andover, Broad Chalke & Salisbury congregations
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of the United Reformed Church gather for worship.
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Click on the blue button above to visit Worship Words for prayers and reflections related to the Lectionary Readings for this Pentecost season of the Church Year.
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Reminder - Tuesday's Corona Christ Care Zoom Group
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14:30-16:00 for fellowship, Bible study and prayer.
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Everyone is welcome. Bring your Bible and a cup of tea.
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Readings prepare us for Sunday worship.
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(Zoom Meeting ID: 852 5929 3409)
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Here's the Zoom link to copy into your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85259293409
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In case you missed it...
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Yesterdays' Daily Home Devotions
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