Welcome
Everyone welcome,
no exceptions
Everyone welcome,
no exceptions
Over the course of Lent we have been reminded of God’s covenants with Noah, Abraham and Moses. Today, Jeremiah, 31:31-34, foretells a time when God will make “a new covenant” with all God’s people. This covenant will not be written in a sign in the sky (like Noah’s rainbow); nor in ritual (like Abraham’s circumcision); nor on tablets of stone (like Moses’ laws) but in our hearts. Nothing will stand between us and God, each of us is invited into a relationship with God. This is what the Greeks in John 12:20-33 are seeking when they ask to see Jesus. In response Jesus speaks of glory, which means God’s presence. The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified, for God to be glorified. Jesus is telling us that the presence of God is fully seen in him at the moment when he gives all of himself for God. This glory, this presence of God is available to each of us when we empty out ourselves and give God room to shine in our lives. Such glorification may seem like a death, like a grain of wheat falling to the ground; our selfish concerns, our attachment to all that separates us from God and one another, needs to fall away in order that the life of God can spring forth in us. Paradoxically, this giving up and giving away, allows us to become most fully ourselves: the glory of God is humanity fully alive.
Come and join us for a simple soup lunch on Saturdays in Lent. Starting 17th February, we’ll be serving from 12noon – 2pm and raising money for the Bishop of Southwark’s lent appeal.
Beyond Sunday: Our quarterly discussion and speaker series.
Join us in church at 7pm on Wednesday 1st May for Islam in the UK one Muslim woman's perspective.
Parish Church of Holy Spirit, Clapham, Narbonne Avenue, London SW4 9JU
Huge thanks to Rachel Edge and Henry Chu for curating Beyond Sunday.