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The Mystery of Everything – a Lent course based around the film ‘The Theory of Everything’ Week 3: The complexity of relationships It’s not easy to give reflections without having the film, ‘The Theory of Everything’, based on a book by Jane Hawking with her story of hers and Stephen’s life together, but for those of...
Dear God, you love every piece of your world’s jigsaw.
Help us to look through your eyes at your creation
and to love it with your heart,
that no piece of the puzzle may be missing and no part of the picture be marred.
We ask this in Jesus’ name.
Amen
The Mystery of Everything – a Lent course based around the film ‘The Theory of Everything’ Week 2: The enigma of weakness It’s not easy to give reflections without having the film, ‘The Theory of Everything’, based on a book by Jane Hawking with her story of hers and Stephen’s life together, but for those of...
God of all ages and all people,
we give thanks that we can always trust you,
rely on you, count on you,
and know that you are always on our side;
even when we are not trustworthy,
even when we are not reliable,
even when you cannot count on us.
We thank you and we praise you.
In Jesus’ name.
Amen
The Mystery of Everything – a Lent course based around the film ‘The Theory of Everything’ Week 1: The experience of Wonder It’s not easy to give reflections without having the film, ‘The Theory of Everything’, based on a book by Jane Hawking with her story of hers and Stephen’s life together, but for those of...
Thank you, loving God,
For giving us an identity that is precious and eternal.
When the world calls us fools, you call us friends.
When the world calls us poor, you call us blessed.
When the world calls us failures, you call us faithful.
When the world calls us lost, you call us home.
We thank you in Jesus’ name.
Amen
Trinity College Bristol have re-branded their Open Learning bible study programme as Group-based Open Learning Discipleship project (GOLD project).
Our small, sociable group at Cornerstone has just completed a study of the Gospels of Matthew and Mark, and in March we shall begin a new study: ‘The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles’. We meet in the Café at Cornerstone 6.00–8.00 pm on Thursday evenings: 3, 17 & 31 March, 14 & 28 April, 12 May and 9 & 23 June 2016.
If you are interested, contact Glynne Gordon-Carter or Pat Kyd (whose contact details are available to church members on the This and That website), or contact the Cornerstone Office.
‘The Mystery of Everything’ is a new and original Lent course by Hilary Brand, which takes the multi-award winning film about Stephen Hawking, ‘The Theory of Everything’, as its starting point. The course explores ways in which the mysteries of the universe and of everyday life – and the acceptance that we have more questions than answers – can reinvigorate our faith and spiritual journey. The course is based around five weekly group sessions entitled: ‘The experience of wonder’, ‘The enigma of weakness’, ‘The complexity of relationships’, ‘The encounter with frailty’ and ‘The hope beyond brokenness’.
We shall run two sessions:
Tuesdays, 7.30–9.00 pm, starting on Tuesday, 16 February 2016
Wednesdays, 1.00–2.30 pm, starting on Wednesday, 24 February 2016
Everybody welcome
Dear God,
thank you for mountain tops and valley bottoms,
days full of sunshine and joy, and days which seem dull and drab.
Thank you for the dying days of winter,
and the promise of spring to come.
Thank you that you are present with us
always and everywhere.
Amen
Starmaker God,
Lightener of the world,
bless us
and warm us
into light and loving.
Bring us to the light of Jesus
all the length and breadth
of our nights and days.
Amen
Jesus, we are yours.
Gathered together we make up many parts,
but one complete and perfect body.
We are your hands and eyes and ears,
each part valued and indispensable.
Thank you for one another,
and for the gift that each one here brings.
Help us to rejoice in all that, together, we can be
as your body here on earth.
Amen
Produced by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland Day 1 – Let the Stone be Rolled away Ezekiel 37:12–14 I am going to open your graves. Psalm 71:19–23 Your power and your righteousness, O God, reach the high heavens. Romans 8:15–21 We suffer with him so that we may also be glorified. Matthew 28: 1–10 He...
Loving God, in your house there is room for everyone.
Help us to strive for a world where everyone has a home that truly meets their needs.
Give us the grace to welcome strangers and refugees.
Give us the insight to see where inequality hurts.
Fill us with courage to do our part.
Save us from being overwhelmed by the scale of the housing crisis,
and show us, O Lord, where to begin.
Amen
Dying, and yet we live (2 Corinthians 6:9) I’ve been at death’s door several times but so far found it not wheelchair accessible, but it looks as if this time I might manage it. Frank Sinatra sang that as he faced ‘life’s final curtain’, at least he could say, ‘I did it my way’ and that...
Robin Kyd was one of a group of volunteers who manned Reception and kept Christ the Cornerstone open between Christmas and the New Year [and so was John Temple RK]. He worked on the afternoon Storm Frank battered the UK with high winds and heavy rain. His wife Pat had worked the morning shift with Walter...
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