Thursday 27 August 2020 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, It was a joy last Sunday to celebrate Rachel's baptism together. Many of us were struck by her moving testimony. Please do keep Rachel in your prayers as she continues on the Christian way. This Sunday's service is now fully booked! We are delighted that more people are coming along to church now, but it does present a logistical problem. We are trying to find ways round this. Thank you to those of you who have answered our church survey which will hopefully help us make wise decisions about the way forward. If you have not yet completed this very short and simple survey, please do so here. If you are not able to get to church this Sunday, please do listen to the service online. It will be accessible by Saturday evening: Service Resources at St Ursula's Church, Berne Thanks as always to Hector and Martin for their technical skill in putting this together. Booking for next Sunday's service, 5th September, will open on Monday 31st August, via the booking link: https://www.trybooking.com/BLEMQ or by ringing of emailing the office. Next Sunday will be Creation Sunday and we will be reflecting on God's creation and our call to look after it. There will be a special liturgy for the day and Archana will be preaching. Creation Day itself is on Tuesday 1st September, and there will be a special ecumenical service at 6pm that day at the Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Holy Trinity Church) in Berne. Everyone is welcome. I will be giving a very short message as part of the service and would love to see some of you there! The service will be followed by an Apero. As we prepare to enter Creation Season, let us rejoice in the wonderful world God has made and reflect on how we can better look after it. PrayersMay the heavens and the earth
Almighty God,
God our Father,
With my love in Christ,
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