The experience of the Church during the Covid pandemic has given rise to considerable reflection concerning our corporate life (our ‘communion’), the ways in which we worship and our sacramental life. The essence of the Church is that we are a community: a group of people called out and called together, and we understand that community to consist of both the current members of the Church (‘the church militant’) and those who have gone before us in the faith (the ‘communion of saints’, or ‘the church triumphant’).
As we emerge from Covid restrictions, we have an opportunity to look afresh at the way we do things as a church community. This could be to do with our worship, our prayer, our sharing of hospitality, our growth as disciples. You might have some thoughts and suggestions for new initiatives, or slight tweaks here and there. There may be things that you have seen or heard about in other churches that you think might work well here.
Darke's Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies
In the first issue, I invited suggestions for a name for this new newsletter. In the unanimous opinion of the editorial committee of one, the best suggestion to date is ‘the Font’.
Welcome to the first edition of a new Benefice newsletter. First things first, this new newsletter needs a name.
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