Rejoice In Our Advent Hope!
Every year, during Advent and Lent, we invite you to join us for a free series of four weekly online study sessions via Zoom. Beginning on Wednesday 27th November 2024 at 10.30am and for the following three Wednesdays this is a lovely opportunity to meet and share with people from other churches (or none) in a welcoming, informal and open atmosphere.
In this series of Advent Bible studies,Tim Macquiban will lead us in reflecting on what it means to live the joy of the Gospel in everyday life, experienced in the darkness and fears of our lives as well as in the light of the hope of peace in a justice-seeking community.
Tim Macquiban is an active supernumerary miinster serving Saughall, a former Primitive Methodist chapel in the North Cheshire circuit. He was formerly: Research Director of the Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum of Primitive Methodism; a member of the Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies; and has taught in colleges and universities in Rome, Cambridge, Salisbury, Oxford and Bristol.
The sessions will run as follows:
- Wednesday 27th November 10.30am. The Hope That Delivers Us From Darkness
In this session Tim will be looking at: Psalm 130, Isaiah 60: 1-3 and 19, and the Charles Wesley hymn Come Thou Long Expected Jesus. - Wednesday 4th December 10.30am. The Hope That Brings Joy
In this session Tim will be looking at: Lamentations 3: 21-26, and the Charles Wesley hymn All Glory To God In The Sky. - Wednesday 11th December 10.30am. The Hope That Dispels Fears
In this session Tim will be looking at: Romans 15: 4-6, and the Charles Wesley hymn Away With Our Fears. - Wednesday 18th December 10.30am.The Hope That Brings Peace
In this session Tim will be looking at: Isaiah 9: 6-7 and the Charles Wesley hymn Rejoice The Lord Is King.
The Zoom details are:
https://zoom.us/j/91451125989?pwd=hxYbhGUu8bLZuqu7bK7ohpGThGNGpM.1
Meeting ID: 914 5112 5989
Passcode: 769740
We very much hope that you will be able to join us.
Videos of the lessons will be posted to our Advent and Lent Study Sessions page as the lessons take place.