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This is the website for the mission and ministry of Manningtree Benefice: St. Mary & St. Michael' Church, Mistley with Manningtree and St. Lawrence's Church, Bradfield, including service, group and event information, contact details, media, and information about Mistley Church Hall (Mistley Institute).
We're working towards making this our main website, so please forgive any slight maintenance issues we might have in the next few weeks. If you can't access the information that you need, or you can't find it, do contact the Church Office on info@manningtreebenefice.co.uk or 01206 392200.
Showing posts with label verse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label verse. Show all posts
Monday, 5 October 2015
Friday, 4 September 2015
September
September is upon us - where did that come from? I thought it was still June, and yet the schools appear to be starting up, and I appear to be dressing as if it's November.
You might not be thrilled that the nights are drawing in, or that you might be back on a school-time schedule, or that strawberries are nearing the end of their season...
...however, apples are coming into season. You can wear layers again. Porridge is calling. And it's very nearly harvest.
We've got two different harvest celebrations this year. Bradfield's is in the evening, likely to be a bit more traditional-style, and will involve supper. Mistley's is in the morning, will include the children's work, might be a bit more of a mix of older and newer stuff, and will include a lunch! Something for everyone. Unless you don't like eating. Or harvest in general...
Also, it now being September, I present you with your new memory verse. This one is easier than last month - I promise.
See? Much easier. To help you, however, you can save it as your phone wallpaper now, to get ahead for Sunday. Do it now. You'll look so very holy.
Happy harvest, friends. If I get myself together, I might be back soon with more thoughts. We can but hope.
You might not be thrilled that the nights are drawing in, or that you might be back on a school-time schedule, or that strawberries are nearing the end of their season...
...however, apples are coming into season. You can wear layers again. Porridge is calling. And it's very nearly harvest.
We've got two different harvest celebrations this year. Bradfield's is in the evening, likely to be a bit more traditional-style, and will involve supper. Mistley's is in the morning, will include the children's work, might be a bit more of a mix of older and newer stuff, and will include a lunch! Something for everyone. Unless you don't like eating. Or harvest in general...
Also, it now being September, I present you with your new memory verse. This one is easier than last month - I promise.
The Lord is good;
his love is eternal,
and his faithfulness lasts forever.
Psalm 100:5
his love is eternal,
and his faithfulness lasts forever.
Psalm 100:5
See? Much easier. To help you, however, you can save it as your phone wallpaper now, to get ahead for Sunday. Do it now. You'll look so very holy.
(What's that? It's curiously like the harvest poster? Why yes. We do like a theme here.)
Tuesday, 18 August 2015
Sorry and Learn and Remember
OK, so first off, I'm very sorry this has been so long! The Church Office has been buried under one landslide of paper after another. The website is now updated again, just about, with more photos in the Media Gallery, all the services to Christmas now in (yes, I know! Remarkable...), and hopefully more updates on events and activities coming very soon!
In the meantime, I am starting a new era: for quite a while now, every month we've had a memory verse based off the children's teaching which, as a Church, we try to speak over each other, and have a whack at learning. Suffice to say, we're very good at the proclaiming bit, not so good at the learning bit.
Therefore, how would you like your very own phone wallpaper, inscribed with the very verse that you're trying to learn? You WOULD? Well then...
In the meantime, I am starting a new era: for quite a while now, every month we've had a memory verse based off the children's teaching which, as a Church, we try to speak over each other, and have a whack at learning. Suffice to say, we're very good at the proclaiming bit, not so good at the learning bit.
Therefore, how would you like your very own phone wallpaper, inscribed with the very verse that you're trying to learn? You WOULD? Well then...
'Come
back to the Lord your God.
He is kind and full of mercy;
he is patient and
keeps his promise;
he is always ready to forgive and not punish.’
Joel 2:13



