Union Chapel Fallowfield (Baptist)
Baptists in South Manchester
Ouur first eGathering of the year took the theme of Rage and Hope [see review]. Hope not as wild optimism, or some future life beyond this world, but as a wilfull re-imagining of this world as it could be. Picking up Andy’s theme from the week before we shared Steve Earle’s prophetic song “Jerusalem”: (There…
A response to the story of a strong, defiant Mary Luke 1:39-55 Reflections on Sumud I went to a talk this week; an annual lecture remembering Tom Hurndall, an MMU photography student shot and killed by an Israeli soldier in 2003, when trying to rescue a child. The lecturer was Lara Sheehi, a Lebanese psychoanalyst.…
Poetry not prose. [Job 38:1-7, (34-41); Psalm 91:9 -16; Isaiah 53:4-12; Hebrews 5:1-10; Mark 10:35-45 ] Over the past few weeks those of us who lead services and use the lectionary have been offered a choice of Old Testament readings – two parallel streams, one of which claims to be “thematically related” to the NT…
A prayer in a photograph…. One of the consequences of the various lockdowns is that we have been walking much more in the hills that surround Manchester, rather than going off into Derbyshire. From these hills you often glimpse in the distance the distant city. The city of the plains. When the light strikes…
2 Corinthians 13:11-13: Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Put things in order, listen to my appeal, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love…
Rage and Hope: 75 years of Christian Aid Christian Aid as a charity has now been in existence for 75 years; a double-edged anniversary, being a testament both to much good work done and to the ocean of continuing need which seems to be swelling rather than subsiding. To mark the anniversary they have brought…
We are planning to have an online Lent Series on Thursday evenings during Lent, ending with a service on Maundy Thursday. What is planned is: To meet via Zoom at 7.30pm each Thursday, starting on 18th February To meet for approx. 30-40 minutes each time (this will allow those who do not have “work” Zoom…
[As performed by four of our young people – in these pandemic times in different homes in different parts of the country. Gloria, Pax and Excelsis are three angels] Scene 1 – A Birthday Commission E – GLORIA: OK, so we’ve been asked by Trinity One to plan the celebration for the birth of Trinity…
Union Chapel eGathering 22nd November 2020, 10am The Sheep and the Goats Welcome Music Prayer We centre ourselves for a few moments. Placing our worries and problems in a bigger and longer perspective. We remember that our sadnesses and troubles are not only ours, but are shared with many, and that many have gone this…
Welcome We shall see the glory of the lord… but only for a moment. Only a glimpse. This is a service about the future… about how we imagine the future… It is about those moments of possibility which we glimpse, and what we do about them. The deepest thoughts of the heart are revealed…