St Nic’s Weekly Update – 10th May

I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but when it’s my turn to write the musings for the weekly notice sheet, you never quite know what you’re going to get! It’s not that I don’t give it much thought, I really do, and often I’ll sit down with a definite fully fleshed out plan, and then the words go in a completely different direction. Unfortunately, today isn’t that day. I have no plan.

So I was up early this morning, listened to the dawn chorus (paying particular attention to the robins, as we have had a nest in the garage and the babies left yesterday, all is well so far, phew!), watched the alpha video for Sunday’s service (again), and then bothered Faye who was busy and didn’t need me in her ear, but made time for me anyway.

I suggested that what I should do is write something related to what we’ll be covering at Café Church (Nigel always links his message), Faye laughed (she has a point, I haven’t got my head around Sunday)

So here I am, sat in the Church office, listening to the sounds of Mums and Babes, with Katie patiently waiting for me so she can send out the email, knowing that I still need to forward Sunday’s plan to Richard so he can build the service, with nothing, I can’t hear God.

To be honest, I’m not surprised. Following a recent bereavement, our house has been filled with very loud emotions, and the loss of someone close to you has ripples in places you didn’t appreciate would reach – we’re currently negotiating the logistics of moving a very old fish from a large (dirty) tank to our house – which is actually taking up far more time and brain power than I would ever have imagined – all while supporting family and continuing with daily life. Sometimes life is just too busy and too loud.

So while I’m sitting here, in a panic about what to write and what’s going to happen on Sunday, I’ve looked up, and on Faye’s screen is a webpage, something about Intergenerational worship (now doesn’t that sound like fun!), and there is written a simple structure.

Gather . Listen . Respond . Celebrate . Go Out

That’s it

How simple it that, why do we (I) insist on overthinking, overcomplicating everything.

I just needed to stop, open my heart, and God was there, with a plan.

Yet again, I return to the words shared by Lyndall, Jesus says ‘I’ve got you’

Amen

Jenny

Churchwarden