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Crosby Green, West Derby, Liverpool, L12 7JZ
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On this web site you will see that there is a whole range of activities described. You will find a warm welcome to them all.I hope you enjoy your visit to the site and hope to see you at some of our activities.
Only a couple of weeks ago we were experiencing an ‘Indian Summer’; now we are contemplating the imminent arrival of Christmas! Suddenly, we are forced to reflect on the full meaning of Emmanuel – God is with us. When Bishop David Jenkins was asked to sum up the Good News succinctly he said, ‘God is. He is like Jesus. Therefore there is hope.’ Advent and Christmas bring us face-to-face with the reality of the Incarnation; God is still with us, even as we face an uncertain future. For our present national and international circumstances make us feel that hope is evading us. But our faith is rooted firmly in facing the future; God-with-us is leading us on. The lesson of Christmas is that God has been here with us and knows we go through trying times, both as individuals and communities. He brought, and continues to bring, hope and light into our darkness and confusion. We are never forsaken. Emmanuel – God-with-us.
At Advent we should try the key to our heart’s door. It may have gathered rust. If so, this is the time to oil it, in order that the heart’s door may open more easily when the Lord Jesus wants to enter at Christmastime.
Have a joyful Advent, Christmas and New Year and be filled with the hope that Jesus Christ imparts.
Keith Parr
Minister West Derby Methodist Church
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