A part of the Remembrance Sunday service we will use in St George’s Park is titled “Act of Commitment & Hope”. Hope can feel like a fragile thing these days. We look around and see headlines filled with conflict, hardship, and uncertainty. Yet as Christians, we are called to be people of hope. This is not because we can see how everything will work out, but because we trust in God who holds the future.

Christian hope isn’t wishful thinking or blind optimism. It is the deep conviction that God is faithful and that even in the darkest moments, new life is possible. The cross was not the end of the story, and neither are the challenges of today’s world.

Resurrection hope means believing that God is already at work bringing light out of shadow and purpose out of pain; just as was true in wars and conflicts past.

As we look toward the future for our church, our community, and our world; let us pray that we may be renewed in hope. May we become, in word and deed, a people through whom others glimpse the steadfast love and faithfulness of God.

Fr Simon