Please do join us for our Advent course - all welcome. We will be meeting in person this year, rather than via Zoom sessions.as follows.
| Date | Leader | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 13 November | Mark Venn | Cowley Rectory |
| 20 November | David Minns | Stratton Rectory |
| 27 November | Mark Venn | 8 St John's Close, Stratton |
| 4 December | Janet Anderson-MacKenzie | Stratton Rectory |
Please do join us - all welcome. Course material for the five Studies can be accessed below. Please contact Mark Venn if you would like further information.
Our Advent course is based on a series put together by John Birch (www.faithandworship.com). He writes:
Throughout Advent the traditional Lectionary readings take us on a journey from the Old Testament to the New, revealing passages from prophets of old who talk of a future king coming from the line of David who will be anointed to be king of God’s kingdom, and rule the nation during a Messianic Age. Christianity, which has its roots within Judaism, accepts Jesus as the Christ, or ‘Anointed One’, with his kingly role fulfilled in his ministry, death, and resurrection. The remaining prophecies—that he will usher in a Messianic Age and the world to come— will be fulfilled at his Second Coming.
These studies look at several ways in which the Bible reveals to us the person of Jesus and his Messianic role, both through prophesy and the personal testimony of those who walked with him, or like Paul, had their lives turned around by a spiritual encounter with Jesus.
Alvaro Pirez d’Evora, The Presentation in the Temple, c1430