What a shame

The Catholic church have decided to pull the plug on one of our ordination services taking place at the Liverpool cathedral and a thread on the Catholic Herald website makes for very sad reading.
There are lots of comments made there which make extremely sad reading and have led me to comment there pointing to John 11 v 35.

Hymn of the Day

This weeks hymn from Fanny J Crosby.
You can hear the tune on cyberhymnal


Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it!
Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;
Redeemed through His infinite mercy,
His child and forever I am.

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Redeemed, redeemed,
Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;
Redeemed, redeemed,
His child and forever I am.

Redeemed, and so happy in Jesus,
No language my rapture can tell;
I know that the light of His presence
With me doth continually dwell.

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I think of my blessèd Redeemer,
I think of Him all the day long:
I sing, for I cannot be silent;
His love is the theme of my song.

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I know there’s a crown that is waiting,
In yonder bright mansion for me,
And soon, with the spirits made perfect,
At home with the Lord I shall be.

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Aldersgate Sunday

Those Methodist historians will know that his Sunday is the Sunday when we celebrate the occasion when John Wesley felt his heart strangely warmed. To celebrate this a services will be taking place at 2-30p.m. on Sunday afternoon at Fishley Lane, Bloxwich (near the Golf Club)WS3 5AE.
If you have a spare hour on Sunday and are anywhere near Walsall please come and join us.

Biblefresh Coffee Morning

If you are anywhere near Walsall on Saturday 21st May you might want to drop in to our special circuit coffee morning for Biblefresh.
The coffee morning will be from 10-30a.m. until 12-30p.m. at Pleck Methodist Church, Bescot Road, Pleck, Walsall. WS2 9AD where we will be helping to hand write the Bible, serving tea,coffee, cakes and bacon sandwiches and will have a number of Bible reading aids on display to encourage people to read the Bible more.
We are also going to have some passages translated into other languages for people to see what the Bible is like for other people whose language is not English.
Proceeds from the coffee morning will go towards the translation project for Burkina Faso which is part of the Biblefresh initiative.
If you do manage to come along please make sure you say hello to me - it will be good to meet readers.

Hymn of the Day

Safe in the arms of Jesus, safe on His gentle breast,
There by His love o’ershaded, sweetly my soul shall rest.
Hark! ’tis the voice of angels, borne in a song to me.
Over the fields of glory, over the jasper sea.

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Safe in the arms of Jesus, safe on His gentle breast
There by His love o’ershaded, sweetly my soul shall rest.

Safe in the arms of Jesus, safe from corroding care,
Safe from the world’s temptations, sin cannot harm me there.
Free from the blight of sorrow, free from my doubts and fears;
Only a few more trials, only a few more tears!

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Jesus, my heart’s dear Refuge, Jesus has died for me;
Firm on the Rock of Ages, ever my trust shall be.
Here let me wait with patience, wait till the night is over;
Wait till I see the morning break on the golden shore.

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Marking Complete

Well I have finished my marking in this round of connexional assessments and just emailed the feedback sheets to Methodist Church House.
Maybe i will post the odd item on here during the next week - watch this space.

Hymn of the Day

Today's Fanny Crosby Hymn

Blessèd Redeemer, full of compassion,
Great is Thy mercy, boundless and free;
Now in my weakness, seeking Thy favor,
Lord, I am coming closer to Thee.

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Blessèd Redeemer, wonderful Savior,
Fountain of wisdom, Ancient of Days,
Hope of the faithful, Light of all ages,
Jesus my Savior, Thee will I praise.

Blessèd Redeemer, Thou art my Refuge,
Under Thy watch-care, safe I shall be;
Gladly adoring, joyfully trusting,
Still I am coming closer to Thee.

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Blessèd Redeemer, gracious and tender,
New and forever dwell Thou in me;
Thou, my Protector, Shield and Defender,
Draw me and keep me closer to Thee.

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Hymn for Today

Sorry this is a little late - been a bit busy today what with church and marking unit 8 of Faith and Worship.


I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
And be closer drawn to Thee.

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Draw me nearer, nearer blessèd Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died.
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessèd Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.

Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the power of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine.

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O the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God
I commune as friend with friend!

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There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee.

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