Sermon series: I AM the one and only!
Join us for Choral Evensong in April, May and June for a sermon series looking at Jesus’ famous “I AM” statements. These will include looking at the significance of the imagery Jesus used, what these statements mean for us today and will also explore how some of these statements have been reflected in the Arts over the years.
28 April: I AM the Gate
12 May: I AM the Vine
26 May: I AM the Bread of Life
8 June: I AM the Light of the World
The services are at 6.30pm. Each of these will be followed by optional drinks and a discussion at the back of church.
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The church is open every Tuesday from 9am to 10.30am and every Wednesday from 9am to 10am. Everybody is very welcome to come for a hot drink, quiet reflection or to use the new library.
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Children’s and Youth Worker
I am excited to introduce myself to the whole church congregation as the new Children’s and Youth Worker. I
have been a member of the congregation, together with my family, for the past few years and recently have been helping with Children’s Church. This means, that though my face may not be new to you, you might not know my background experience or of my future role in the church. I have more years of experience of working with children and young people than I’m ready to admit; I have a professional youth work qualification and have run council-run youth centres and worked as a children’s and youth worker in many churches, which is why my family and I haven’t been able to be a more regular part of the Earley St Peter’s congregation, despite it being our parish church for the last 12 years.
The church has asked that I increase my responsibilities with children’s and youth work, and after prayer and reflection it felt that this was the right time. Going forward, I will be helping Kate run ‘Questions and Cake’, continuing to lead some of the Children’s Church sessions and add to the Inspiration group sessions, leading Bread & Wine services occasionally and I will be organising a team to run a bible holiday club in the summer – I am sure this list will be added to around my studying for a Master’s degree and being a full-time Dad.
I look forward to supporting the amazing children and youth at Earley St Peter’s and I am looking forward to seeing God develop them into the amazing young people he wants them to be. The volunteers that together make up the Children’s and Youth Team are amazingly dedicated and have given many years of brilliant work to develop and maintain all the groups, especially during the vacancy whilst waiting for Kate to arrive and I look forward to working with them and supporting them even more.
Please pray for our work with children and young people and should you feel you would like to join us on this journey, your input would be very welcome, as we need as many people going forward to share the responsibilities of serving snacks, organising craft, being involved in drama, helping lead discussions, plus many other roles. I look forward to getting to know more of you as my role develops.
God Bless. John Collins [email protected]