St Andrews Whitmore Reans

13/06/2024

Sorting through "stuff" and found this which I'd made a note of in 2019. Sadly I didn't make a note of the source.

"Don't worry about hell. It is a Zoroastrian myth imported into Judaism after contact with the Persians, shortly after the exile. Before that the Jews did not have a belief in hell, they instead had sheol. If you read good translations of the Bible you will see sheol in the Old Testament, and nothing else really, except maybe in Daniel, which was written quite late (around 160 BCE). Sheol is a dark shadowy place that everybody goes to after death, and there is no sense in which it is a judgement or punishment. The Christians continued with hell because they started out as a Jewish sect. In the middle ages the Christian church developed hell into an elaborate eternal torture chamber in order to frighten the faithful into obedience."

08/06/2024

04/06/2024

Our Vicar retires on 13th June. There may not be many posts on this FB page during the upcoming vacancy. If you need to contact us please contact our Churchwarden, Christine Hammonds, by texting her on 07816-960955. Thank you.

01/06/2024

Join us tomorrow at 10am. It's Revd.Charles' final service before he retires later this month.
We look forward to welcoming you.

25/05/2024

Join us tomorrow as we celebrate Trinity Sunday at our 10am Parish Holy Communion service, it is also the penultimate Sunday service of our vicar, Revd. Charles, who retires next month.
Do join us, and stay for free refreshments after the service.
We look forward to welcoming you.

18/05/2024

Join us tomorrow at 10am as we celebrate Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit, promised by Jesus to his followers, came in power on the people enabling them to overcome barriers of language, nationality and social status. The Spirit helped his followers then, and helps us now,to realise that each and every one of us is totally loved by our creator God and to live our lives as God intends, and be the best possible versions of ourselves that we can be!
We look forward to welcoming you!

11/05/2024

Join us tomorrow at 10am for our Parish Holy Communion service. Our APCM is taking place in the service to elect 2 churchwardens and also the church council members for the coming year. Hear about what happened in 2023, and about what the future might hold as we move into vacancy when our vicar, Revd. Charles, retires next month.
Do join us to have your say in the life of your parish church.

09/05/2024

The church is looking beautiful this evening with the sun streaming through the lights over the sanctuary and through the John Piper window.
Do join us at 7pm for a quiet, reflective Ascension Day eucharist service and find some peace in the busyness of life.

07/05/2024

Speaks for itself...