We do hope you will be able to attend Valley Worship at 10am this Sunday (24 November) at St Swithun’s, Martyr Worthy. Whilst we enjoy the service the children will be entertained in the Ark at the Village Hall so please do feel free to drop them there beforehand, where they will be made very welcome.
Last month we mentioned that, during our Valley Worship services over the next few months, Nicky and John Barber will be speaking on 1 Peter, they will be taking six themes out of the book and delving into them. Because we will not be going through the book week by week, it would be really helpful if those coming read the whole book before we start as it is quite short – only 5 chapters. You can read it from this link, and if you weren’t able to join us last month you can listen to Nicky’s talk from last month here.
If you haven’t got the time to read the full text, John will be speaking on the following verses this Sunday:
1 Peter 1, vv 3-9
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honour when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.