Welcome to the Parish of Modbury and Golden Grove

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Coming Home

 

This Sunday we have the great joy of welcoming back to St Luke’s a group of men who were part of the Church of England Boys Society which began here in Modbury 50 years ago. For them, this is a homecoming: an opportunity to reconnect with a place, a community and people who were part of their lives when they were young.

 

Our readings invite us to think about what it means to come home to the Church. In Exodus, the people of Israel are travelling through the wilderness. They are thirsty, frightened and uncertain, and they ask a fundamental question: “Is the Lord among us or not?” Their circumstances have changed, but God's presence has not. The question is one that remains relevant for us as the Church changes and as our own lives change.

 

In Philippians, Paul reminds us that the Church is not simply a community gathered around memories or traditions. We are a people being formed into the likeness of Christ: learning humility, looking to the interests of others, serving rather than grasping, and developing whatPaul calls “the mind of Christ.”

 

And in Matthew's Gospel, Jesus tells the story of two sons who are invited to work in their father's vineyard. One initially says no but later changes his mind and goes. The other says yes but does not go. Jesus reminds us that what matters is not simply what we once said, or even what we say now, but how we respond to God's invitation.

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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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