Jane Mitchell

Passion for prayer and mission and simply loving Jesus. Enjoy playing good golf courses and am learning to paint.

[Sway School @stlukesschoolsw]

What a fabulous Year 6 Leavers' Service at St Luke's Church yesterday and our final assembly in school this morning. Full of wonderful emotions, celebrations and praise. #leavers2023 #year6

[Jane Mitchell @RevJaneMitchell]

@CofEWinchester @bartonpeveril That is so good to hear

[Jane Mitchell @RevJaneMitchell]

@RevAlisonB @giles_fraser @willvanderhart Agreed

[Single Friendly Church Network @singlefriendlyc]

Did you know that 40% of adults in the UK are single, and this number is growing across all age groups? It’s time for churches to embrace this change and create spaces where single people feel fully welcomed, included, and valued. #SinglenessMatters

[Jane Mitchell @RevJaneMitchell]

@KateWharton27 @synod #raising new leaders through Winchester diocese training courses #churchwithoutwalls #preaching #worship #swayparish

[Jane Mitchell @RevJaneMitchell]

@KateWharton27 @synod Through eco church and creativity - new group of 25 meeting monthly to reflect on Jesus through creative arts. #synod #swayparish #newforest #synod

[Jane Mitchell @RevJaneMitchell]

@uk_timwilson Why 6 old women - not 6 people? Your language can offend appreciating you may not intend it to but it does.

[Jane Mitchell @RevJaneMitchell]

@stlukesschoolsw @WinCathedral @CofEWinchester A great day - lovely to be with you

[Sway School @stlukesschoolsw]

Great to join other schools from across the Diocese @WinCathedral today! Marking an important milestone; thank you @CofEWinchester for organising a wonderful Y6 #leavers service for children today! #specialoccasion #churchfamily

[Dr Ian Paul @Psephizo]

The Church Commissioners have posted another excellent set of results for last year. The assets have doubled in ten years—and increase 17-fold in 30. Why, then, are dioceses and parishes still under such financial pressure? @WalkerMarcus @AngelaTilby
https://t.co/yIHfw5Nlt6

[Jane Mitchell @RevJaneMitchell]

@calvinrobinson I felt this yesterday after a funeral visit to a widow who declared she had no interest in religion. After planning the service for her husband she ended up giving me a hug. #unspokenwords #jesus #kindness

[Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis @chiefrabbi]

How times have changed…

On 3 September 1189, Richard I was crowned King in Westminster Abbey. Jews were barred from attending, but in a spirit of heartfelt goodwill, some Jewish leaders arrived bearing gifts for the new king. They were informed that Jews were not welcome, whereupon Richard’s courtiers stripped and flogged them, and then flung them out of court.

A rumour spread that the King had given an order for all Jews to be attacked. While some Jews escaped, arsonists set fire to many Jewish homes, some Jews were forcibly converted, while others were given sanctuary in the Tower of London. Some thirty innocent Jews were senselessly murdered on the day of the Coronation, including Rabbi Jacob of Orléans, the most senior Rabbi in England at that time.

These tragic events stand in sharp contrast to our experience as Jews in 21st Century Britain.

His Majesty King Charles III has made it clear that he wants representatives of the Jewish community and other minority faith communities to be present for the coronation service. In addition, he has established an unprecedented opportunity, following the service itself, for faith leaders to be incorporated into the formal proceedings. I will be privileged, together with four other senior faith leaders, to greet the King with words of tribute and blessing. At every stage, the Palace has been sensitive to the requirements of halacha (Jewish Law) when considering how best to include us. With this in mind, in accordance with the laws of Shabbat, I will not be using a microphone.

This is in addition to The King and Queen’s gracious invitation to host Valerie and me at St James’ Palace over Shabbat, when we will cherish the extraordinary opportunity to light Shabbat candles, make kiddush, eat our specially catered Shabbat meals, sing zemirot and chant Havdalah within regal surroundings.

We are blessed to have a Monarch who holds a deep, personal conviction that there is great strength in the diversity of our country and who cherishes his warm relationship with British Jews.
In the Book of Ecclesiastes, we are taught that: ‘there is a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to cry and a time to dance with joy’. Nearly a thousand years ago, the Coronation of a Monarch was a time to weep for the Jewish community, but today, thank God, it is a time for great celebration. As we enter this Carolean era, may our country be blessed to know many more moments of such celebration, and may God save the King!

[Andrew Davison @AP_Davison]

A touch - literally - I wasn’t expecting: the bread and wine to be offered & consecrated were touched by the King. Quite a lot going on there, theologically: something priestly on his part, perhaps, but also that they represent him and his in what is to be offered & transformed.

[Lambeth Palace @lambethpalace]

Read the full text of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s sermon for the #Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla:

https://t.co/OxzapVaFPx

[Sway School @stlukesschoolsw]

With grateful thanks to @stlukessway church for a fantastic assembly this morning all about King Charles and the Coronation! #Coronation 👑

[Jane Mitchell @RevJaneMitchell]

@stlukesschoolsw Fabulous

[Church of England Evangelical Council - CEEC @ceecuk]

For all those in the room, sharing, considering, discussing and deciding… we’re praying for you. May the LORD pour out wisdom, discernment, courage and grace upon you #GeneralSynod2023

[Marcus Honeysett @marcushoneysett]

I find it utterly amazing to see Christians with Alzheimer’s, who literally no longer know anyone, enthusiastically joining in when hymns are sung

It reveals that worship is deeper in our lives than cognition or thought, deeper even than breathing. And it will go on forever

[Ric Thorpe @ric_thorpe]

I hope this short theological summary of the doctrine of marriage as the Church of England has received it, and how it relates to changes in society around same-sex partnerships, can be a resource to the CofE in its ongoing discussions:
https://t.co/CrNuBnOKks

[Jane Mitchell @RevJaneMitchell]

@stlukesschoolsw Everyone did their best and so proud of all involved. St Luke’s school is a special place.