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Mark 8:31-38

Jesus predicts his death

³¹ He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. ³² He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.

³³ But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. ‘Get behind me, Satan!’ he said. ‘You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.’

The way of the cross

³⁴ Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: ‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. ³⁵ For whoever wants to save their life^[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. ³⁶ What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? ³⁷ Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? ³⁸ If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.’

Scripture also referenced: Mark 8:27-29; Mark 3:21-22; Acts 1:6; Isaiah 53:1-5; 2 Corinthians 4:13-18

14TH FEBRUARY – 30TH MARCH 2024

The Methodist Church in Ireland are committing to 40 days of non-stop prayer and inviting churches (and also individuals) across our Connexion to sign up for a specific length of time (e.g. 24, 48 hours or longer) to help cover this whole Lent season in prayer. FULL DETAILS FOUND HERE

Along with resources you will also find an information guide to the Connexional Day of Fasting on March 1st 2024, which is introduced by our President in the video below.

CHURCH & INDIVIDUAL SIGN-UP INSTRUCTIONS

1. Choose a period of time to cover in prayer between 14th February and the 24th March – 1 hour, 2 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours or longer!
2. Follow the ‘Register now’ link below.
3. Click on the first hour of the slot that you want to book. This will give you the option of signing up for a maximum of 24 hours. If you wish to sign up for longer than 24 hours you will need to repeat the process again for the next 24 hours.

REGISTER NOW

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Mark 1:9-15

The baptism and testing of Jesus

⁹ At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptised by John in the Jordan. ¹⁰ Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. ¹¹ And a voice came from heaven: ‘You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.’

¹² At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, ¹³ and he was in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted^[a] by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him.

Jesus announces the good news

¹⁴ After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. ¹⁵ ‘The time has come,’ he said. ‘The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!’

Scripture also referenced: Acts 2:37-41; Isaiah 42:1; Psalm 2:7

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Luke 5:1-11

Jesus calls his first disciples

5 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,^[a]the people were crowding round him and listening to the word of God. ² He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. ³ He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.

⁴ When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.’

⁵ Simon answered, ‘Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.’

⁶ When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. ⁷ So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

⁸ When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, ‘Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!’ ⁹ For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, ¹⁰ and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.

Then Jesus said to Simon, ‘Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.’ ¹¹ So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

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Deuteronomy 18:15-20

¹⁵ The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. ¹⁶ For this is what you asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, ‘Let us not hear the voice of the Lord our God nor see this great fire any more, or we will die.’

¹⁷ The Lord said to me: ‘What they say is good. ¹⁸ I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him. ¹⁹ I myself will call to account anyone who does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name. ²⁰ But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.’

Scripture also referenced: Acts 7:51-53; and 1 Corinthians 12:4-6

Congratulations to Amelia Cropera (aged 11) for getting chosen as one of six children from across the UK to be an official mini mascot of Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Amelia, a valued member of Mossley Methodist, has attended our church from when she was small, faithfully accompanying her Granny Sylvia Neill (pictured together below). It’s safe to say that this young lady, who is a budding gymnast, has made her Granny, parents and family incredibly proud. Her church family certainly are over the moon for her and will be glued to the tv screens at opening ceremony.

In addition, word has it that Amelia also preformed exceptionally well in her NI Transfer Tests results. It really has been a monumental week for her. Our prayers and blessings over you Amelia as you progress in your education.

Read further by clicking this Belfast Telegraph link to find out how Amelia saw off over 20,000 applicants.

Welcome to our online Sunday Service. This is part of a healing service, where at the end of morning worship the congregation will be invited to come forward for prayer and anointing of oil on the forehead.

Anyone unable to attend can request a visit to their home where the Rev SAM CAMPBELL can pray with you. (contact details can be found on MEET THE TEAM page)

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Psalm 130

A song of ascents.

¹ Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;
²     Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
    to my cry for mercy.

³ If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
    Lord, who could stand?
⁴ But with you there is forgiveness,
    so that we can, with reverence, serve you.

⁵ I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,
    and in his word I put my hope.
⁶ I wait for the Lord
    more than watchmen wait for the morning,
    more than watchmen wait for the morning.

⁷ Israel, put your hope in the Lord,
    for with the Lord is unfailing love
    and with him is full redemption.
⁸ He himself will redeem Israel
    from all their sins.

Scripture also referenced: Proverbs 3:5-6,  Proverbs 3:7-8, 
Mark 16:5-10 and James 5:14-16

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Jonah 3:1-5

Jonah goes to Nineveh

3 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: ² ‘Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.’

³ Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. ⁴ Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, ‘Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.’ ⁵ The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.

¹⁰ When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.

Scripture also referred too: Jonah 2:1-6 and Matthew 12:38-40

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Psalm 139

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

¹ You have searched me, Lord,
    and you know me.
² You know when I sit and when I rise;
    you perceive my thoughts from afar.
³ You discern my going out and my lying down;
    you are familiar with all my ways.
⁴ Before a word is on my tongue
    you, Lord, know it completely.
⁵ You hem me in behind and before,
    and you lay your hand upon me.
⁶ Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
    too lofty for me to attain.

⁷ Where can I go from your Spirit?
    Where can I flee from your presence?
⁸ If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
    if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
⁹ If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
    if I settle on the far side of the sea,
¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me,
    your right hand will hold me fast.
¹¹ If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me
    and the light become night around me,’
¹² even the darkness will not be dark to you;
    the night will shine like the day,
    for darkness is as light to you.

¹³ For you created my inmost being;
    you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
¹⁴ I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made in the secret place,
    when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts,^[a] God!
    How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ Were I to count them,
    they would outnumber the grains of sand –
    when I awake, I am still with you.

Scripture also referred too: Psalm 139:23-24 and Isaiah 43:25

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EVERYTHING IS ABOUT TIME
We age in a life time
Time takes it’s toll
Running late or on time
We watch the clock 
Time is money
Time is of the essence 
Get me to the church on time
Time for when we eat or rest or play 
The waking of day, the closing of night is dictated by time 
Time is measured in seconds, minutes, hours, months, years, millennia
Speed is measured in time
Vast distances across space are measured in the time it takes light to travel … 

God set us in time 
Yet God is not time 
And Gods timing is not ours

God first said ‘let there be light’,
before setting the clock

Maybe we should be looking at the light
… rather than our watches

– Poem by EDH

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Genesis 1:1-5

The beginning

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. ² Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

³ And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. ⁴ God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. ⁵ God called the light ‘day’, and the darkness he called ‘night’. And there was evening, and there was morning – the first day.

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John 1:1-5

The Word became flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was with God in the beginning. ³ Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. ⁴ In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. ⁵ The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome^[a] it.