Hazelwell Weekly Contact 8th December 2024
8 Dec 2024 • Weekly Notices
Hazelwell Christingle Service
Second Sunday in Advent
Led by Val Harris Preacher Revd. Matt Churchouse
Please pray for
The residents of The Pathway & Harvest Close
Please remember in your prayers those who face spending Christmas on the streets
Christmas at Hazelwell
We look forward to welcoming you at our Christmas services.
( Please note there will be NO 10.00am service on December 22nd)
Commentry on the Christingle service from St Mark's Church Community Centre, Bedford
In the darkness of our world John the Baptist called God’s people to bear fruit worthy of repentance, this is how God brings his light into the world to help dispel the darkness. John calls us to make the necessary changes in our lives that will allow that "kingdom of heaven" to take root and flourish. It’s time, John insists, for us to look at the world around us and do something. On a personal level it is about asking God to show us how we may be changed for the better, ‘healed’ in the sense of being more complete people at peace with ourselves and one another. As a community we need to consider those larger issues which are of importance not just to us but our world. How can we allow people to be hungry when we have food, displaced children to be refused a home? When John urges people "Repent!" he means that they have to be sorry for the past, but also that they cannot sit on the side-lines waiting for somebody else to do what they should be doing themselves. When Jesus blessed the peacemakers, he was issuing a call for his followers to be actively involved in making peace. He calls us today to be his agents for change in the world.