“With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord:
‘He is good;
his love toward Israel endures forever.’” (Ezra 3:11) (NIV)
In the book of Ezra, one of the events we read about is the rebuilding of the temple, destroyed over 50 years earlier. As the foundations are laid, the people praise God. Not everyone shouted for joy, however: some wept tears, because of what they remembered. I hope that you’ll be able to join us online, at 8:30, or at 10:30 (details below), as we look at this event together.
I am really pleased that we will be able to to take another step forwards in meeting together in person. This Sunday, we will be restarting our 10:30am service at St Andrew, Cuffley. I am sorry that this is a lengthy post, but there is a lot of information to cover, and I hope to have answered most of the questions that might arise; it is really important that you please do read all of it.
Virtual Coffee Shop
This Wednesday, at 10:30, we'll be having our regular Virtual Coffee Shop, if you can join us for that, it would be great to see you.
I hope that these emails and prayers are useful, and that you are able to spend a few minutes at noon each day, as we pray together as a church family. Please do keep sending your prayer suggestions to me, so that we can make sure we are praying around the needs, burdens and encouragements of our whole church family.
“The Lord is my light and my salvation –
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life –
of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1) (NIV)
We are concluding our summer in the Psalms with Psalm 27. This is a bold psalm - a confident prayer - that relies entirely on God for protection. The encouragement in the psalm is to look to God, no matter our circumstances. I hope that you'll be able to join us on Sunday, as we look at Psalm 27 together. Do please join us via Facebook, or at our 8:30 service (details below).