BH Bulletin - Wednesday 3 February 2021

Thought for the Day by Matt Jones
​(Associate Minister for Music)

                     Mark 1:40-45
Jesus is the most compassionate man that ever lived. Seriously. There is no-one else through history that could even come close.
 
This year we have been made very aware of the compassionate care of NHS staff, care workers, other key workers. We are extremely thankful for them, caring for people and looking after the vulnerable.
 
And yet when we look at Jesus in the Gospels, including this passage here in Mark 3, we are astounded by how he cared for people, the seemingly endless hours he dedicated to healing all who came to him, associating himself with those of society we would shun.
 
Would you go into the house of someone who had Covid-19? Maybe because that person was close to death and they were in desperate need of some assurance, someone to hold their hand? It’s not a perfect illustration, but Jesus reaches out his hand and touches a leper. You just don’t do that! Leprosy is an infectious skin disease. And yet Jesus shows outrageous compassion and heals the man, and also gives him the gift of human touch, something he probably hadn’t had in a long time.
 
Be thankful today for the Compassionate Christ.
Matt

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Praying for our Country - a Reminder

Thank you so much to all of you who prayed last week for the NHS.
​We want to carry on praying, not just for the NHS, but for our country and beyond during this pandemic.

We meet again this evening at 7.00pm for 30 minutes. For some this will be just before your Small Group, so again I really encourage you to come to this first, then go to Small Group (even if it's a little shorter to compensate). For others it's children's bed-time. So why not pray for our country with your children every Wednesday? I know many will be doing that already.

I've set aside each Wednesday at 7.00pm until the end of February. We may continue after that - who knows what the situation will be then? But for the moment why not join me and Anna in making that commitment to pray for our Country, each Wednesday evening, 7.00pm on Zoom? Join via ChurchSuite, see you this evening.
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Phil

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