I hope you have had a good week. 

We sometimes speak about there being a Felsted Bubble don’t we?  

Do you think that the current lockdown exasperates or mitigates this?

Are we more aware of the world outside our bubble, or are we more closed in on ourselves?

The Focus of the News since Half Term

Many news stories this week have rightly focused on the Blacklivesmatter campaign. Please can I recommend this blog from the school: click here to view.

As a Christian I am concerned about people brandishing bibles to garner support. Political symbolism is important but so is action for peace, understanding and tolerance. If we open the bible, rather than just use it as a prop, we discover that Jesus turns the power-play on its head and always shies away from the political stunt. He was pleased to spend time with the outcast, the marginalised, the poor and saw people of different ethnicity as heroes - please take another read of The Good Samaritan. As we saw in Philippians (see Wednesday’s Virtual Chapel) Jesus comes as one of us, to serve all of us, that we might be renewed together. I hope that thinking through Everyone Special (The headline from Philippians before half term) and the Using our Strength for Others might help us build dreams and communities of hope at this time.

Some Good News from Half Term

I would like to express our congratulations to Mrs Charters (our LAMDA teacher) and her husband on the birth of their first child Isla. 

Isla Summer Charters 27th May 6lbs 5oz

We look forward to meeting Isla as soon as this becomes possible. 

Mrs Charters read for us and volunteered to help in Virtual Chapel last term. If you would like to volunteer then please do let me know.  

Today’s Virtual Chapel - Stories of God’s Provision

Have a good weekend.

Rev