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SUMMARY:Family Communion
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DESCRIPTION:Family Communion for the Sixth Sunday of Easter: celebrant the
  Revd Tola Badejo.\n\nFirst reading: Acts 16. 9-15\nGospel: John 5. 1-9\n\
 nThe service will be followed at 11.30 by  our Annual Parochial Church Mee
 ting.\n\nThe two readings today convey a sense of tremendous optimism\, de
 scribing the revelation and realisation that things people thought impossi
 ble can be achieved. Acts 16 recounts Paul's revelation that the Gospel sh
 ould be preached in Macedonia\, and how without hesitation the apostles se
 t out across the northern Aegean. For the first time\, they are travelling
  to Europe\; they are also going to the fringes of the Jewish world\, beca
 use in Philippi the Jews meet 'by the river' - they presumably do not have
  the ten men necessary to form a synagogue. A rough idea of the apostles' 
 journey is given in the attachment below. \n\nin the Gospel passage\, Jesu
 s transforms a man's life. The drawing above is by Perino del Vaga (c.1500
 -47)\; a tiny masterpiece (it's about 200 mm across)\, it conveys immense 
 authority and energy in Christ's commanding gesture. The link to the whole
  drawing is here (select the link\, right click and 'go to'): \nhttps://ww
 w.themorgan.org/sites/default/files/images/collection/drawings/download/14
 2297v_0001.jpg\n\nand the map of Paul's journey is in this attachment.
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LOCATION:Kidbrooke\, St Nicholas
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/671/service-and-events/events/12
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