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 The  Gospel  readings  used  in  the     DATES FOR
 services  during  those  three  days
 retell  the  drama  of  the  final  few
 days  of  Jesus’  life,  leading  to  his      YOUR DIARY
 crucifixion.  They  are  powerful  and
 challenging. Powerful, as we reflect   2022
 on  Jesus’  final  days,  which  must
 have  been  almost  impossible  for
 him  to  bare.  Challenging,  as  we      Floral Group                Autumn Leaves                   Communibus   Women’s Institute
 reflect  that  we  are  called  to  walk
 the way of the cross with him in our   Salt and Pepper Club   Pop in Place    Twinning   Gardening Club
 Christian  lives  too.  Many  of  us
 continued this in acts of worship on         August

 Good Friday – literally walking in the      10th   Sidmouth
 way  of  the  cross  and  prayerfully
 considering  what  this  might  that  for
 each of us in our lives today?
 But  the  good  news  is  that  we  are       SP   18th   Salt and Pepper Club
 called  to  walk  the  way  of  the
 resurrection  with  Jesus  too.  The
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                    September


 amazing  Gospel  passages  of      7th   West Bay
 the resurrection which we read
 Sunday by Sunday in the Easter      13th   Marion Catt talk           2.00pm
 season  remind  us  time  and
 again  of  how  the  risen  Jesus
 brings  hope  out  of  despair,  joy
 out of sorrow, life out of death.
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 read  how  gradually  for  Jesus’        15th   Salt and Pepper Club
 friends   and   disciples   the
 situation of defeat they thought      21st   Wilton House Garden Centre
 they were in after Good Friday is turned into faith in the risen Jesus, as he appears
 to  them  and  transforms  their  lives  again.  This  is  not  some  ‘papering  over  of  the
 cracks’, the death and resurrection of Jesus is God taking seriously the pain of sin         October
 and  evil,  suffering  and  death,  and  transforming  them  through  the  death  and
 resurrection of Jesus into life and hope and a promise of eternity.
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