Myton Musings

    A very loud and noisy video for the children! GOD IS BIGGER!

A resource that is full of great ways to explore the Easter story with children over a whole weekend! Starting with a 'Meal with Jesus' on Good Friday, it then takes you on a 'Walk with Jesus' on the Saturday before focusing on celebrating that he is alive on Easter Day. Download the Pdf or see images below

Roger Hitchings spoke on Dementia at one of the last Equip sessions we held before lockdown began. In this article he reflects on the impact that the past year has had on those who are carers or work in the social care field and how we as a church can look out for them. Read article 

It feels like yesterday we were doing Christmas in our house. Last year we so enjoyed getting ready for it, celebrating Advent, probably the proper way for the first time. Lockdown has its uses J ! As Lent came round we asked ourselves why we give more importance to Advent and not to Lent. Surely both are as important! Both are amazing news for humanity. So we decided to do Advent the ‘right’ way this year. Of course, with a one and four year old, it might look a lot different to how others celebrate it, but we found ways to involve everyone in our family and to make it meaningful. In December, like others in the church, we made use of our front window to make a giant nativity scene. Let’s just say that if anyone had any doubts we were Christians, they now knew better! The kids so enjoyed making it and adding to it as Advent progressed (although Clara was not too sure she liked her baby doll in the window!). But most of all we loved seeing people stop to look at the scene and read

Watch again our recent housegroup session on 'Staying Salty' If you want to think further about the themes raised why not take a look at the book that is mentioned. 'Stay Salt' by Rebecca Manley Pippert

Whilst some will anticipate celebrating Mother's Day (Sunday 14th) with great joy, others will step into the day in the shadow of a loss and grief that is often hidden or silent.  Andrew Peterson and his wife experienced a traumatic miscarriage in the early years of their marriage, here he reads a liturgy for those who have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth. This is taken from 'Every Moment Holy Vol 2' by Douglas McKelvey.  The full script can be downloaded   A liturgy for those who have suffered miscarriage of stillbirth Leader: O Christ Who Gathered Children in Your Arms, You know our ache. You know this void no human words can fill. You understand this grief for our little one, lost while in the womb. You were witness to our rising joy. You saw our crumbling hope. Now you behold our sinking sorrow. People: Christ, be merciful, for we are frail. And in our frailty we have suffered such loss. Heavenly Father, see what room our love had already carved