Long-time Church family member Jeanne Callow passed away in February aged 92. Details of her funeral are below:
Her coffin will be received into St Michael’s Church on Wednesday 15 March at 4.30pm and there will be a very short service as the coffin is received. All welcome.
The funeral service is at Westerleigh Crematorium (Waterside Chapel) on Thursday 16 March 10:15am. Family flowers only. The service will be followed by a reception at Westerleigh.
All are welcome to one or both services, but please let us know if you are coming to Westerleigh – email admin@stmichaelsbristol.org or call the church office.
Alternatively the service is being live streamed – details below:
Please go towatch.obitus.com and enter the username and password exactly as below:
We are so excited to be going to Spree South West this year! Spree SW is an amazing youth festival run in partnership by South West Youth Ministries and Urban Saints. The festival has a huge range of activities on offer as well as different teaching streams aimed at young people across all stages of faith. This will be a fantastic time to grow closer to God, each other and have amazing fun!
This Lent we are all invited to explore how we can live well with the mess of everyday life.
Dust and Glory encourages us to take a fresh look at the frustrations and failings that every day brings and, rather than pretending we can always avoid them, seek to learn from them and grow closer to God through them.
The Archbishops’ Lent Book and Course
Dust and Glory: A Lent journey of faith, failure and forgiveness is the Church of England’s Lent theme for 2023. This year’s resources are informed and inspired by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s 2023 Lent Book, Failure: What Jesus said about sin, mistakes and messing stuff up by Bishop Emma Ineson, who has also co-written the daily reflections booklet for adults
At St Michael’s we are recommending this book for Lent which is available from all good booksellers.
Daily reflections – booklets, app, audio
The weekly themes of the Archbishop’s Lent Book are also explored in daily reflections from the Church of England.
Dust and Glory: A Lent Journey of faith, failure and forgiveness offers a daily Bible reading, a short reflection and a practical challenge, as well as a prayer linked to the week’s theme. Co-written by Bishop Emma Ineson and Abbie Martin, the booklet is designed to be used either in parallel with the Lent Book or independently. The booklet is available to order now from Church House Publishing
An update to the Church of England app for iOS and Android – including daily audio – will be available in mid-February. Anyone who has the Church of England’s #FollowTheStar app installed will automatically get the Lent update. The reflections will also be available via email and also via the Church of England’s smart speaker apps – as well as on the free Daily Hope phone line (0800 804 8044).
