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SUMMARY:Reflection from the Rectory One In Christ
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DESCRIPTION:Ordinary time finished on Sunday the 25th of October with Bibl
 e Sunday. We now enter what is informally called “The Kingdom Season”.
  This season runs from All Saints’ Day\, or to the eve of the First Sund
 ay of Advent which\, this year\, falls on the 28th of November. The Kingdo
 m season is a time when we celebrate and reflect upon the kingdom of God\,
  ending with the great Feast of Christ the King on the 22nd of November. W
 e then return to the beginning of the story on Advent Sunday which will be
  on the 29th of November this year. From then we will be following Lection
 ary Year B and St Mark’s Gospel. \nAs with all of the Church seasons we 
 are called to go on a journey with Christ and this is especially true as t
 he new vision of the Diocese of Lincoln of a Time to Grow Together comes i
 nto focus for us all\, not just our own Benefice but our Local Mission Par
 tnership and new Deanery. Some of us have already been involved with helpi
 ng to develop it yet without the prayer and willingness of the people of o
 ur congregations and communities it will be simply words on a page. \nOn B
 ible Sunday I spoke of scripture being read through the lens of our Lord J
 esus and that too must be our approach if we are to stabilise and grow as 
 a Benefice. St Paul wrote to the Corinthians about being one in Christ. It
  is a call to be united in Christ. Unity in the Church is not optional. If
  you follow Jesus\, you’re part of a people bound together by the same L
 ord\, the same gospel\, and the same mission “ We will not grow if we do
  not pray together\, worship together\, work together. That growth is not 
 simply about numbers who attend church but growth within the community as 
 we seek to love and serve those with whom we live. \nOn my most recent pil
 grimage to what was known as Asia Minor\, as a group we reflected on the 7
  messages to the churches in the Book of Revelation. Each church had its m
 erits\, but also its flaws. Their way back\, Jesus. We reflected on how we
  might have similar problems in our own churches\, deaneries\, diocese. I 
 encourage you to read those messages and give thanks to God for those thin
 gs which we do well and pray for help in those things with which we strugg
 le. \nAs we approach Advent and the coming of our Lord Jesus I hope that y
 ou will pray that we\, as the people of North Lafford\, might grow togethe
 r\; in worship\, in mission\, spreading the good news of Jesus. As St Paul
  writes\, “For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.” 
 May we seek to inhabit those words together in the name of our Lord Jesus.
  With every blessing. Reverend Al.
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