Dear Friends,
There is a season….
At the end of February we spent some time at the RSPB reserve on Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire. Although still cold and windy, some of the many thousands of sea birds who nest there each year,had started to return. There were some ginger headed gannets, kittiwakes, and between the jagged rocks, a razor bill looking rather lonely; gulls circling overhead and a few hundred guillemots standing close together on narrow ledges with their face to the wall. How do they know the right season to return and to find their way across hundreds of miles of ocean? God’s gift to them is often called their instinct for each season.
There are a few of us that can remember the days when we could tell
the season by looking at the meal on our plates. Winter vegetables in the winter, new potatoes in late May, summer salads in the summer, digging the main crop of potatoes in August and September; brussel sprouts, only picked after the first frost, and often eaten for the
first time at Christmas. Now, we have the choice of any vegetable, salad, fruit at any time of the year, thanks to the freezer and the millions of air-miles covered importing foods from around
the world. Perhaps we should give time to think about the poetic words of Ecclesiastes 3 v1-8.
During this season of the Church’s liturgical year, Lent, we are encouraged to think again about the coming celebration of Good Friday and Easter. It is a time of reflection for each of us. The forty days of lent are mirrored by the forty days that Jesus spent in the
wilderness. There he was tempted, but overcame temptation. (Luke 4. 1-13). Reading the second temptation, have we ever been tempted by the admiration of the world, in what we do or who we try to be? Jesus replied in v8 “It is written Worship the Lord your God and serve
Him only.”
May we always learn a little more of God each day from his creation all around us.
In His love, John Lane
DIARY
OF EVENTS
MARCH 2011
THURSDAY 17th
9.30am Enderby Holy Communion – ‘For your eyes only’
10.00am - 12.00 noon Coffee in Civic Centre
12.40 – 1.10pm Brockington CLC
6.00 – 8.00pm Initi8 at Enderby church – The Story of Easter
8.00pm Lent Course at Enderby church – ‘Hidden Treasure’ -
FRIDAY 18th
7.30pm Football at Enderby Leisure Centre – “Men and Boys”
SUNDAY 20th Lent 2
ENDERBY
9.30am Morning Worship – ‘Overcome’
6.00pm Evening Service – ‘Cross in the Old Testament’
THURLASTON
11.15am Morning Worship – ‘Overcome...’
MONDAY 21st
1.30 - 3.00pm ‘Little Fishes’ in Enderby church
TUESDAY 22nd
1.00pm Lunch at Thurlaston see notice
WEDNESDAY 23rd
9.30 – 11.00am Ladies Bible Study at Enderby Church
THURSDAY 24th
9.30am Enderby Holy Communion – ‘Your heart’s treasure?’
10.00am - 12.00 noon Coffee in Civic Centre
8.00pm Lent Course at Enderby church – ‘Samaritan’
FRIDAY 25th
8.30pm Football at Huncote Leisure Centre – Men only
SATURDAY
11.00am – 2.00pm – Zip Wiring Teddy Bears at Enderby church’ – see separate notice
SUNDAY 27th Lent 3
ENDERBY
9.30am Holy Communion - ‘Jesus’ prayer’
4.00 – 5.45pm CYFA @ the McAllister’s – Living in the Light’
6.00pm Evening Service – ‘Cross in the Old Testament’
THURLASTON
11.15am Holy Communion – ‘Jesus’ prayer’
MONDAY 28th
1.30 - 3.00pm ‘Little Fishes’ in Enderby church
7.45pm Enderby PCC in church
TUESDAY 29th
7.00 – 9.00pm Rock Solid in Enderby church – ‘Easter’
WEDNESDAY 30th
9.30 – 11.00am Ladies Bible Study at Enderby Church
12.40 – 1.10pm Brockington CLC
THURSDAY 31st
9.30am Enderby Holy Communion – ‘No worries...’
10.00am - 12.00 noon Coffee in Civic Centre
6.00 – 8.00pm Initi8 at Enderby church – ‘Resurrection’
8.00pm Lent Course at Enderby church – ‘The Widow and Judge’
APRIL
FRIDAY 1st
7.30pm Football at Enderby Leisure Centre – “Men and Boys”
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