MINISTER’S NOTE                                     12 APRIL 2026

Hi Friends,

I often feel a bit deflated after all the hype and activity
of Easter and am left wondering about the
effect of our worship, and especially these festivals
so central to our faith, on our lives, and more importantly
on our messy chaotic world.

Does Resurrection really change anything? Surely its
about more than what we do to remind (or convince)
ourselves once again that it really happened.
And surely, if our often-repeated basis for
our lives of faith i.e. that the Risen Lord is always
with us no matter where the journey of life takes us,
and that God is at work in all things in our lives but
esp. in the world in which we live, and that we as
His followers and His Church are to be the instruments
of Resurrection life, then what happens after
our celebration and worship, in our daily living, is
just as important as our worship.

And so I think that this period after our celebration,
and the passages of Scripture that the lectionary
invites us to reflect on, that all focus on encounters
with the risen Christ in the cut and thrust of daily life,
are to coach the disciples (and us of course!) in
living resurrection life in the ongoing presence of
the risen Christ in all the circumstances of their/our
daily lives.

This week we focus on Thomas and the disciples
and the risen Lord helping them, and us, to handle
the powerful feelings of fear and doubt.

See you on Sunday.
Love.
David.