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36 The Parish Magazine - May 2024 RENDEZVOUS IN THE ARK Tuesday 14 May Tuesday 28 May at 12 noon Open to everyone of all ages for lunch and conversation Reserve your seat on: 0118 969 3298 St St Andrew's Andrew's Ark Ark St Andrew's Ark Third Sunday of the month (accept August) Third Sunday Third Sunday of the of month 3pm the — month (accept 4pm (accept (except August) August) 3pm — 3pm 4pm Craft— Science — 4pm — Puzzles Stories Craft— — Craft— Science Games Science — Songs Puzzles — Puzzles — Celebration Stories Stories — Games — Games — Songs Free — Food! Songs — Celebration — Celebration Free Food! Free Food! An afternoon of fun, fellowship and a free meal together An afternoon An afternoon of fun, A of fellowship different fun, fellowship theme and a each free and meal month a free together meal together A different A different theme each theme month For more information: each month For more For information: more Corinne information: Corinne Corinne corinne@sonningparish.org.uk corinne@sonningparish.org.uk corinne@sonningparish.org.uk the church of st andrew, SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF CHARVIL, SONNING and sonning eye the church the of church st andrew, of st andrew, SERVING SERVING THE THE COMMUNITIES COMMUNITIES OF CHARVIL, OF CHARVIL, SONNING SONNING and sonning and sonning eye eye Church of St Andrew Serving Sonning, Charvil & Sonning Eye Church of St Andrew Serving Church of St Andrew messy Sonning, church Charvil poster & A0 Sonning Feb 2024.indd Eye Serving Sonning, 1 Charvil & Sonning Eye 15/01/2024 14:44:57 messy church poster A0 Feb 2024.indd 1 15/01/2024 14:44:57 messy church poster A0 Feb 2024.indd 1 15/01/2024 14:44:57
THE SCIENCES 'Pain that is not expressed can never be transformed' By Dr Ruth M Bancewicz, church engagement director at The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Cambridge The question of suffering comes up regularly in discussions about science and faith. When I visited a school to speak to some of the older teenagers, one had sadly died from cancer a few weeks before and his classmates asked, 'How could God let this happen?' While questions about where God was in this situation were important, the school's chaplain gently reminded the class that their friend’s family were Christians and they were finding their experience of loss had brought them even closer to God than before. One way that grief can bring us near to God is when we share it with him by telling him exactly how we feel. The Biblical writers had no scruples about expressing themselves to God, giving vent to emotions we often hold back in a church context. As my colleague Roger Abbott, wrote in his book about unanswered prayer: 'Let us not confuse reverence with spiritual prudishness. Perhaps honesty, the way it feels, is precisely what God is waiting to hear from us.' Please remember your donations for the Woodley Food Bank Please inside remember St Andrew's your Church which is open 10am - 4pm every day donations for the Woodley Food Bank and place them in the box just inside St Andrew's Church. Thank you! Jorisvo | Dreamstime.com About one third of the Psalms express some form of grief. Job is a series of responses to one man’s suffering as he loses his children, property and health in quick succession. Lamentations is also one long outpouring of sadness at what happened to Israel under the Babylonians. Some of the prophets, especially Jeremiah, express their pain at these sort of events which reflect something of God’s own feelings at the suffering of his people. Most of these Biblical authors would have had access to scriptures that encouraged them to turn to God whatever the circumstances. Emboldened by their knowledge of The Parish Magazine - May 2024 37 A stained glass window in the Cathedral of Brussels, Belgium depicts the prophet Jeremiah lamenting the destruction of Jerusalem. The Lamentations of Jeremiah in the Bible consists of five poems in the form of laments for Judah and Jerusalem when they were invaded and devastated by the Babylonians in 586 BCE for the sufferings of the population, and for the poet himself during and after the catastrophe. Jorisvo, Dreamstime.com EMBOLDENED his character and promises, these divinely inspired writers even express their anger to God about the things he lets happen, or complain that he seems to act unfairly or ignore them in their plight. Not only do these people let out all their feelings without fear of reprisal, but they also clearly expect a helpful answer. Some record a resolution to their troubles, often simply because God speaks to and comforts them. He enables them to keep going. The biblical writers demonstrated that God can handle pretty much anything — anger, blame, bitterness — if we are actively looking to him for help. As Pete Greig of the 24-7 prayer movement has written, 'pain that is not expressed can never be transformed'. Nature and science meet faith in films 'God Saw That It Was Good' is a four-part film series that aims to reconnect people with the wonder of the natural world and a sense of the divine within it while inspiring a renewed vision of creation care. The short films focus on environmental issues around themes of coasts, sky, trees, and life. They are written and presented by Rev Dr Dave Gregory, a Baptist minister and former meteorologist and climate scientist at the Met Office and European Weather Centre. He says, “In our visual age, people are captivated by stunning images of our world and cosmos seen in nature and science programmes streamed to our TVs and phones. They are entranced by the wonder they see, yet often left with a sense of mystery and asking is there more to know? “The God Saw That It Was Good films take people deeper in the wonder and mystery of the world. They enable viewers to encounter the wonder, playfulness, and connections in creation that science reveals, and through which God may be encountered.”
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