Welcome to the Parish of Modbury and Golden Grove

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On the Second Sunday of Easter, the Church invites us to linger a little longer in the unsettling reality of the resurrection. If Easter Day confronts us with the sheer, earthshaking fact that Christ is risen, this Sunday draws us closer—to the room where the disciples hide, to the fear they carry, and to the wounds Christ still bears.

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The Gospel from Gospel of John presents a strikingly physical encounter. The risen Jesus stands among his disciples and shows them his hands and his side. A week later, Thomas is invited not just to see, but to touch. This is no abstract or purely spiritual resurrection. It is embodied, tangible, continuous with the life that was crucified.  Alongside this, the proclamation in Acts of the Apostles insists that “this Jesus”—the one who lived, suffered, and died—has been raised by God. And the letter of First Epistle of Peter speaks of a “living hope,” grounded not in wishful thinking, but in the reality of the

risen Christ.

 

Together, these readings draw us into the “fleshiness” of our faith. They remind us that God’ saving work is not detached from the physical world, but deeply committed to it. The resurrection does not discard the body; it redeems it.

 

Today's sermon explores what it means to encounter the risen Christ not as an idea, but as one who still bears wounds—and what it means for us to live as people of a hope that is as real, as embodied, and as transformative as the resurrection itself.

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Usual weekly services and activities:

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Sunday:        Holy Communion 8.00 am

                       Holy Communion 10am

Monday:       Bible Study 10.00 am 

Tuesday:       Holy Communion 8.30 am

                        Community Garden 9.30 am

                        Christian meditation 9;30-10am alternate Tuesday from

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Wednesday: Bible Study 10.00 am

                        Fortnightly Foodbank   10.00 am

Thursday:      Holy Communion 10.00 am

Friday:            Community Garden 9.30 am

                        

 

1st Tuesday of the month Community Garden BBQ 11.30 am

1st and 3rd Sunday of the month Bari Service 11.30 am

2nd Thursday of the month Men's Group 7.30 pm

1st Friday of the month "Come as You Are" - Women's Fellowship 10-12 ​

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