Rev Stewart’s Lent 2025 message reflects on Jesus’ last words on the Cross, highlighting themes of forgiveness, service, and God’s love. The message encourages deepening discipleship amid human shortcomings and affirms that Christ’s sacrifice grants redemption, freeing believers from the power of sin and death, ensuring hope beyond their last words.
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A Message for Christmas
By Rev Stewart “Remember….therefore to comfort one another with these words” – 1 Thessalonians 4:18 We are fast reaching the end of the year. The clocks changed long ago, and the days are swiftly moving now through Advent and towards Christmas. Times seem to be changing fast. Of course they always do! However, this season…
The Resurrection Story – a tapestry of threads
By Rev Stewart “Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:30-31) I do not know about…
Harmony: mid January
Is this the most boring Harmony craft ever?? By Jo Saward Possibly, but if we tell you that the Brilliant bit of the Bible at Harmony this week is the bit that tells us about the miracles that Jesus performed when he was alive, and that we are going to re-enact surviving a HUGE storm…
Harmony Club: January 2020
Harmony is back for a new term, continuing our learning about all things Jesus… By Jo Saward Harmony is back for a new term, continuing our learning about all things Jesus. The Brilliant bit of the Bible this week tells about four friends who were determined to get their disabled friend to Jesus, in the…
Harmony Club: November 2019
On Jesus’ baptism and choosing the twelve… by Jo Saward So, last week the Harmony children helped to make a collage depicting Jesus’ baptism, complete with trees and the white dove. The Brilliant bit of the Bible was from Matthew chapter 8, when God said “This is my own dear Son, with whom I am…
Gearing up for Christmas in the Parish of High Ongar…
Or should I say gearing up for Advent? by Katherine Garner This year we have decided to do something a bit special for the period of Advent! Something we hope will become an annual tradition. Something we hope will bring community and church together. Something we believe will be beautiful, practical and above all highly…
Harmony Club: October
Getting ready for Advent at Harmony…
Helping the Homeless
by Katherine Garner Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Psalm 82:3 We are very privileged to live in our lovely town of Ongar, and I guess we are fortunate that we do not have a visible homeless problem here. But our neighbouring towns of…
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