Dear Friends,
As a Church community, we are entering the season of Lent, which starts this year on Wednesday 5 March. Lent is traditionally a time of self-examination and reflection. There is much to reflect on this year. We are living in troubling times. The whole national and global political debate seeming to be about harsh and nationalistic interests around warfare and trade. Big powers are throwing their weight around in a brutal and self-interested way. This can make us feel fearful and anxious. In such a difficult and a rapidly changing world, our faith can be an anchor and an encouragement to us all. In recent weeks we have been reflecting on Jesus’s words to his disciples in the Sermon on the mount. Known as the beatitudes, these words give us a clear moral code to live by. It may be helpful, as we start Lent, to think of Jesus’s words in a more contemporary way: happy (blessed) are those who…
– rely on God
– seek to see God in every person and strive to make Him known to everyone
– protect and care for our earth, including our own local nature and area
– help others, showing them kindness and compassion
– seek out justice and speak the truth
– build bridges instead of walls, and who seek peace
– try to see what is good in life and be thankful
– stand up for what is right.
The clarity in Jesus’s words help us to follow in his footsteps in our uncertain world and can give us inner peace and happiness, even if circumstances and events are really tough.
God Bless,
Clare
Clare Coates,
Lead Minister for Caldecote with Childerley, Dry Drayton and Hardwick
clarecoates@lordsbridge.org
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Team News
Revd Claire Robertson has taken the decision to step back from the role of Acting Team Rector, effective immediately. Revd Clare Coates has agreed to step in to this role and is now the Acting Team Rector whilst we continue to be in vacancy.
Services in March
Sunday 2 March
11.00am Holy Communion with Revd Clare
Sunday 9 March
11.00am Morning Prayer with Stephen Coates
Sunday 16 March
3.00pm Evening Prayer with Revd Clare
Sunday 23 March
No service
Sunday 30 March – Mothering Sunday
11.00am Holy Communion with Revd Clare
Zoom
Worship at Home – All Lordsbridge Zoom Service
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On Sundays where there is no service in our church, you are most welcome to join any of our services across the team: please see our website www.lordsbridge.org for further details.
What’s On
Useful Contacts
Churchwarden: Stephen Coates; caldecotechurchwarden@gmail.com
Revd Claire Robertson, Lead Minister for Coton, Barton, Harlton and Haslingfield: 01223 874194; clairerobertson@lordsbridge.org
Revd Charles Fraser, Lead Minister for Little and Great Eversden: charlesfraser@lordsbridge.org; 01223 264974
Team Administrator: Becca Herrick; rebeccaherrick@lordsbridge.org