Vicar of St. Giles' and Priest in charge of St. Mary's ... - St. Giles' Church
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teach<strong>in</strong>gs<br />
The “Big Read”<br />
So what is the “Big Read” ? Why are we all talk<strong>in</strong>g<br />
about it ?<br />
This year, <strong>in</strong> almost all <strong>of</strong> the churches, we are read<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Luke’s Gospel together. This is the Gospel that shows Jesus at his<br />
most humane <strong>and</strong> gentle. It is very good to read !<br />
The regional church leaders have got together <strong>and</strong> suggested that all<br />
our churches spend time this year read<strong>in</strong>g Luke <strong>and</strong> shar<strong>in</strong>g it with<br />
other people. So <strong>in</strong> our parishes we will be:<br />
1) Go<strong>in</strong>g to some <strong>of</strong> the special talks which Bishop Tom is giv<strong>in</strong>g. The<br />
next one we are go<strong>in</strong>g to is on February 25th <strong>in</strong> Chester le <strong>St</strong>reet,<br />
about how Luke tells the story <strong>of</strong> Jesus’ Passion. We are so fortunate to<br />
have one <strong>of</strong> the great Bible scholars <strong>in</strong> our region. Not to be missed !<br />
2) Read<strong>in</strong>g Luke together. We will be runn<strong>in</strong>g (at least) two Lent read<strong>in</strong>g<br />
groups: one on a Tuesday afternoon at <strong>St</strong> Mary’s <strong>and</strong> one on a<br />
Thursday even<strong>in</strong>g at <strong>St</strong> Giles. We will read a bit <strong>of</strong> Luke together with<br />
our fellow local Christians, <strong>and</strong> talk about how it connects with our<br />
lives. Our Lent groups are always good. Watch out for the sign-up lists.<br />
3) Read<strong>in</strong>g Luke on our own. We are go<strong>in</strong>g to be sell<strong>in</strong>g, at a huge<br />
discount, Bishop Tom’s new little book, Luke for Lent. Only £3.50 per<br />
copy. This will help us to read Luke <strong>in</strong> our own time over the year.<br />
4) Read<strong>in</strong>g Luke with others. After Easter, we hope to run an open<br />
read<strong>in</strong>g group for ANYONE who wants to open a copy <strong>of</strong> Luke <strong>and</strong> say<br />
what they make <strong>of</strong> it…watch this space.<br />
There is a lot more <strong>in</strong>formation on the diocesan web-site.<br />
www.thebigread.homecall.co.uk/<br />
Bishop Tom has k<strong>in</strong>dly agreed that his 3 Big Read talks may be<br />
recorded. These will be made available on The Big Read website as<br />
podcasts, <strong>and</strong> can be downloaded for people to listen to onl<strong>in</strong>e, or<br />
burned onto CDs for people to listen to <strong>in</strong> their homes. We expect<br />
that the talk <strong>and</strong> Introduction to Luke will be on the website by<br />
about 12th February. The story <strong>of</strong> The Passion <strong>in</strong> Luke by about<br />
March 19th, <strong>and</strong> the f<strong>in</strong>al talk Easter <strong>and</strong> Beyond by May 21st.<br />
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