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Thought for the Day by Phil Moon (Vicar)Provider or Body to which we belong?
Last Monday my train was cancelled so I found myself with a spare hour on Worthing station, and read Christopher Ash’s ‘The Book your Pastor wishes you would read’. As you might expect, I think it’s very good! Here’s a quote from it: “What if we see church as a provider to meet our needs, rather than a body to which we belong. It may be a provider perhaps of preaching or of music or of an experience that makes me feel good, or of a pastoral context in which I will be well loved and cared for.” So how do you see church? As we have negotiated the pandemic it’s been extremely easy to treat church as a provider, to meet some acknowledged needs. But it can never be just that, and now were moving away from periods of lockdown and so on, let’s re-assess how we view church. Provider or a body to which we belong? And of course that has implications, because no true Christian can just ‘go to church’; we need to belong, be part of, meet, and serve. So, BH. Merely your provider, or the body to which you belong?
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Thought for the Day by Matt Jones (Associate Minister for Music)Hebrews 12:1-2a I didn’t watch much of the Olympics this year. Maybe it was the time difference with most of the events happening live in the mornings, or maybe it was the fact that I am mad about cricket leaving me with not much energy to keep up with another sporting event. But one thing among many that I do like about the Olympics is the crowds. Not just the main arena but all the smaller ones that create such an incredible atmosphere. And it was so sad to see event after event empty. Athletes competing at the highest level and yet no-one to cheer them on in the moment. I think the endurance events are the ones where those athletes need the crowd the most. The swells and roars that keep them going that little bit further when they have almost nothing left to give. The first verses of Hebrews 12 tell us to run that race of faith, throwing off those things that hinder us and sin that so easily entangles. And we are being cheered on by a great cloud of witnesses. Saints of old who have gone before, who have run the race and know the prize is worth it. There is no pandemic or disaster that prevents those crowds cheering us on. They keep encouraging us to keep going, fixing our eyes on the author and perfecter of our faith, the Lord Jesus. Keep going in your faith, keep running that race day by day. Belonging and Serving at BH![]() The BH staff would love to know your thoughts regarding serving at BH. At the link below is a very short survey of only 4 questions. If you attend BH we would love to know your thoughts. Link to the survey If you receive BH news you will also receive the survey in an email. The closing date for the survey is Sunday 29th August. Seminars on anxiety![]() .This year at Keswick Helen Thorne gave some very helpful seminars on the subject of anxiety. If you would like to listen to them they can be seen on YouTube at the links below
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