We continue our regular term-time patterns of Sunday Afternoon Gatherings until our end of term Afternoon Tea (with optional side-chapel Communion) on 16th July. And then...
During the school holidays, we like to take advantage of the opportunity to do something a bit different. Aware that everyone’s summer looks different, we’ll be posting some ideas to help get you praying and thinking about shared topics from wherever you happen to be. In particular, we’ll be asking what God is saying to us as we reflect with Isaiah 54 and pray through the opportunity to bid to curate community land in Northstowe.
Each Sunday gathering will work as a stand-alone drop in – don’t worry, no Isiah prep required! We will meet over food, refreshments, or community action. We will be taking advantage of being in slightly smaller groups to relax, get to know each other, and even have the time and space to share more deeply than normal… or to try out some new ways of praying and worshiping.
Keep an eye on the Church WhatsApp Broadcast Messages, or email contact@northstowe.church for venues and other updates.
This summer, whether we are able to meet together in person, or whether our work or personal lives take us out of Northstowe, we will have the opportunity to start to dip our toes into one of the most rich and satisfying stories of our rooted-faith: the collection of writings known as “Isaiah”.
Already, Isaiah 54 has helped us shape and articulate our sense of calling here in Northstowe. We are planning an in-depth exploration of what Isaiah can teach us about the nature of God during our “Kaleidoscope God” Autumn Series. And these prophecies regularly feature in the Advent and Christmas stories. So what better way to set the scene than an invitation to start to read and journal your way through this great work – at a pace that works for you?
What better way to set the scene than an invitation to start to read and journal your way through this great work – at a pace that works for you, dipping into, or reading as much of the books of Isaiah as feels achievable – from wherever you are. There are three ways we can help this happen:
1. You could borrow one of the 8 Church Journaling Bibles (Good News Translation) and try it out through the summer, with a particular focus on journaling in Isaiah. Then, in September, bring it back, offering your doodles, prayers, and questions back as a gift to us all as we reopen the Table Top Boxes each week
2. You could take away-and-keep a [church funded] gift of a single-book edition paperback – the perfect size to fit in your suitcase! Either the brilliant Dyslexic Friendly Good News Translation of Isaiah or the slimline ESV Illustrated Journaling Bible Book of Isaiah
3. Or you can use whatever you already use – your own journaling bible, phone app, audio version etc.