‘Great friends let each in and they don’t let each other down.’ @andycroft86
Tonight we’ve been looking at friendship and how we love one another well in a world struggling with loneliness.
Oh America, this is just heartbreaking. And yes we must #PrayForElPaso and #PrayForDayton (Rom 12:15). But surely we must also #PrayforCapitolHill (1 Tim.2:1-2) God help us when protection of the innocent and the prevension of bloodshed is used as a partisan political issue.
Today @JustinWelby is launching the Church of England’s digital charter, centred on truth, kindness, welcome, inspiration and togetherness. Will you sign up?
Read the full charter on our website at https://t.co/DzdypxPykY
#CofECharter
'Let's make social media kinder', says the Bishop of Oxford. Read his reflection on the Beatitudes and social media, and add your name alongside his on the #CofECharter https://t.co/ghWqvPeoqh
Final preparations are done. Using the Bible I was given by my parents at my confirmation to preach from today, with a little help from my iPad and The Book Of Common Prayer. #NewRevs
Today the Orthodox Churches across the world celebrate Easter. We celebrate their witness to the hope of the resurrection, often in difficult situations.
Together the church proclaims ‘Christos anesti, Alleluia!’
#OrthodoxEaster#HeIsRisen
I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
Aboriginal art on a banner, artist unknown
#MaundyThursday#HolyWeek#Lent
“You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.
Painting by Chinese artist Lu Hongnian.
#MaundyThursday#HolyWeek#Lent
“No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.”
Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.”
“Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”
Icon by Egyptian artist Isaac Fanous
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Thread from the Gospel of John
After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
Painting by African American artist Laura James
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Each day we’ll tweet an image with a one-word prompt. We want to encourage you to explore that theme however you like and share some thoughts via social media using the hashtags #OurHolyWeek
Share in words, pictures, or however you like - share what Holy Week means to you. 2/2
It’s time for #OurHolyWeek, an idea born on Twitter, through a bunch of us who started chatting about what Holy Week means to us and the themes it raises. We’d love you to join us as we explore the breadth and diversity of Holy Week, in a way that might be accessible to many. 1/2