Reports for September

On Sunday, 7 September, the focus of our Circuit Prayers was on Chinnor

Dear All,

Sally shares her story with us. Sally says that "her move has been made easy thanks to friends at the church". Our prayer is that everyone may feel that same warmth when they step inside a holy place where we meet to worship God, but sadly it is not always so. Jesus always welcomes us with love and we are tasked to do the same. Next time someone steps over that threshold into our midst, please take time to welcome them and make them feel among friends, it means so much!

Pete

Sally writes:

I came to Chinnor from Princes Risborough just over 2 years ago and found a church family ready to welcome me at the Chinnor Methodist. The Sunday services led mainly by lay people are mostly very helpful. I sometimes read the Scriptures at home and at the moment all the familiar passages I know seem to come alive and are fresh almost as if I'm reading them for the first time. Following Jesus Christ and His teaching has been quite a challenge. The church has always been very important to me to help and encourage me to keep persevering and, perhaps over the years, I might have done the same for others. I was converted around the age of 21 and feel privileged to have eventually encountered God through Jesus Christ, His life, death and resurrection. My move to Chinnor has been made easy thanks to friends at the church. The last verse of William Cowper's hymn 'Hark my soul! It is the Lord' is a good ending:

Lord it is my chief complaint

That my love is weak and faint;

Yet I love Thee and adore;

Oh for grace to love Thee more. Amen.

Thanks

Sally