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SUMMARY:Holy Communion and Junior Church
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DESCRIPTION:Holy Communion for the Second Sunday after Trinity: celebrant 
 the Revd Tola Badejo. Junior Church takes place at the same time in the ha
 ll.\n\nFirst reading: Psalm 77. 1–2\, 11–20\nGospel: Luke 9. 51–62 \
 n\nThere can be few more uncomfortable poems than William Blake's 'The Tig
 er'\, with its telling question\; 'Did He who made the Lamb make thee?'. T
 he answer is of course that he did\; God made apex predators as much as he
  made cuddly animals\, and it follows that the world in which we are place
 d is one that offers challenges as well as comfort. Psalm 77 illustrates t
 he power of God through descriptions of storms on land and sea\, but also 
 reassures us of his guidance\, present unseen no matter what is going on a
 round us.\n\nThe Gospel is a similarly challenging passage. Jesus is unequ
 ivocal: he knows what lies ahead of him\, and makes no secret that discipl
 eship is challenging. As so often happens\, he makes his point through an 
 image which would have been very vivid in the past and now seems merely co
 nventional\; the significance of setting one's hand to the plough is that\
 , in order to drive a straight furrow\, the ploughman has to focus on a di
 stant point and keep his eye firmly upon it\, never looking back.
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LOCATION:Kidbrooke\, St Nicholas
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