As part of our thinking about 'a better world' and the need for change, I thought I'd share with you a couple of Pentecost messages I found thought-provoking: This one is from Bishop Martyn. In his weekly message he challenged us to think about how we translate our whole life as church into the new context we find ourselves in. Click more details to play the video.

Thank you to all those who have already contributed to Christian Aid Week. Great News - so far locally we have raised just over £7,000. Certainly well worth a celebration. There is still time to donate via the local Just Giving Page on the Christian Aid Website.

All your donations are greatly appreciated and will support much needed work in poor communities. In addition to the various challenges these people have, they, like us, continue to face coronavirus but without the resources that we have around us. Many thanks, Jane North

Adele looks forward to Pentecost this Sunday, and further ahead to our next sermon series based on the Tearfund resource ‘The World Rebooted’.

As part of our thinking about 'a better world' and the need for change, I thought I'd share with you a couple of Pentecost messages I found thought-provoking. This first one comes from an event for Thy Kingdom Come - the Archbishop of Canterbury led a service with contributions from church leaders of many denominations including the Pope, who gave a homily addressing the need for change which you can see by clicking more details.

The Church Flower festival will take place next year now. We'll begin planning again later this year. If you'd like to help once we get started please contact Katherine Hetzel.

Join our online service of communion for Pentecost. Click "More Details" to go to the YouTube playlist.

This coming week we will be discussing the second video in the series ‘Exploring Prayer’ by the Archbishop of Canterbury which can be found on the "More Info" link. Everyone is invited to watch the video beforehand and then join a short and informal discussion via Zoom. If you can’t use zoom, there may be a possibility to phone in, please let me know if that would help.

Please keep praying for Matt and Mary and the new people engaging through the St Mary’s Forest Church page on Facebook and maybe take a look yourself.

This weekend, we would have been gearing up for our book-themed Flower Festival at the end of May. It's not happened for obvious reasons, but you can still visit - virtually - a blog about the Sing for Joy! Flower Festival held in 2016. Click on more details.

Adele introduces "Thy Kingdom Come" the Church of England prayer initiative leading up to Pentecost.