Bishop David Roller reminds us of the timeless story at the Celebration ahead of Annual Conference 2012.
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This Sunday evening (29th April 2012) is a Baptism Service.
Baptism Services are always a great time to celebrate with people as they share testimony, affirm their faith and go through the waters of baptism.
That’s what baptism into the life of Jesus means. When we are lowered into the water, it is like the burial of Jesus; when we are raised up out of the water, it is like the resurrection of Jesus. Each of us is raised into a light-filled world by our Father so that we can see where we’re going in our new grace-sovereign country.
Tomorrow is Good Friday, it’s also the day when many from across the city come together for the Preston Passion. There’s quite a few people from FFMC taking part.
This is how it’s described on the BBC:
Fern Britton presents a ground-breaking live event marking Good Friday with a contemporary and ambitious exploration of the Passion story. A unique combination of spectacular mass participation performance and three original recorded dramas (starring Samantha Bond, Tom Ellis, Christine Bottomley, Pooky Quesnel, Ronald Pickup and Paul Barber) in moving stories based in Preston past and present, drawing on the enduring universal themes of the story of Christ’s condemnation and crucifixion. Traditional Holy Week choral music also combines with a modern day celebration of Easter as Heather Small sings live, marking the historic Preston Guild festivities.
If you haven’t got a ticket then you can watch it on BBC One from 12:00.
Although the description says that Heather Small will be singing she has, unfortunately had to pull due to illness fortunately Jamelia has stepped in.
A behind the scenes view is also available here.
The BBC and Preston Guild are jointly hosting a Passion Play the Easter in the centre of the city as part of this year’s Guild celebrations. The performance will include over 1000 local performers and singers. Applications are now open for people wanting to take part.
The live BBC One programme for Good Friday 2012 will be a contemporary and dramatic re-telling of the Passion story and feature an exciting combination of live performance and innovative drama.
The programme is a modern day dramatic re-telling of the Passion story, featuring an exciting combination of live performance, music and innovative drama. The programme will be broadcast live on BBC One on 6th April from an outdoor location in the centre of Preston.
Locally recruited performers and singers will help create the live spectacle and three specially written filmed dramas – inspired by the real lives of Preston people through history and today – will depict the core themes of the Passion story.
Information on applying to perform or to sing is available on the Preston Guild web site.
Ian Higginbotham talks at the Men’s Breakfast
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This week we have been asking people, though the Prayer Points in the Bulletin, we have been asking people to pray through Psalm 23 for Daniel Scholes.
I keep saying it, but I am absolutely BLOWN AWAY by the way people are responding to what we are going through. Friends who are spreading the word, and using their time and emotional energy to intercede on our behalf; churches who are allowing our situation to be the highlight of their prayer meetings and weekly prayer slots; strangers who are joining the Facebook group to pray and fast for us just because they’ve seen links and taken time to follow them; children who have decided to give up their favourite things (including eating pizza and wearing odd socks!) to remind them to pray for Daniel; and non-believers who are putting their own doubts aside to sneak prayers up to a God they’re not even sure about.
It just BLOWS MY MIND.
Read more (and there’s plenty to read)
If you are on facebook you can also find out more by joining the 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting for Daniel Scholes event and join others in praying for Daniel.