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A Message For all churches
From Liz Adams
Dear Friends,
It’s been a long, hard winter, hasn’t it? In fact, it feels like it’s been winter for two
years – a bit like Narnia! I feel like I’ve done funeral after funeral – both here, and in
my last parishes. And mainly for people I knew or have begun to get to know. And
everyone I know seems to have experienced the same. Several deaths or illnesses
or other difficulties. We’re all feeling exhausted from Covid, and its restrictions and
drawbacks, and the world is not a happy place for other reasons too.
Thankfully, spring is springing. As I write, I’ve felt the heat of the sun despite the cold
wind, the snowdrops are poking up out of the ground, and I know the daffodils and
crocuses are on their way. I know, because it happens every year, without fail. God
has set these things in place, I believe, to give us hope in the dark times.
We know spring will come and summer will follow. The days will last for longer and
the nights will be shorter. At the same time as all the deaths, we have heard of new
life – new babies being born to children and grandchildren of our church and
community, new babies being baptised in our churches, and new friends as groups
start up again.
I’m writing this on Candlemas – the day the church celebrates Jesus as the Light of
the World, being presented in the temple as a baby, 40 days after his birth.
Long Buckby United Reformed Church