Christ Church Somerset West

08/06/2026

𝗥𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Ruth 3-4

𝙍𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙤𝙖𝙯 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙧
𝟥 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳, “𝘔𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦[𝘢] 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳. 𝟤 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳. 𝟥 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘩, 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝟦 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰.”

𝟧 “𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺,” 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝟨 𝘚𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰.

𝟩 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘦. 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺, 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝟪 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯; 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵!

𝟫 “𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶?” 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥.

“𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩,” 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥. “𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯-𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳[𝘣] 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺.”

𝟣𝟢 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳,” 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥. “𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳: 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳. 𝟣𝟣 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘥. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘴𝘬. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝟣𝟤 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯-𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐. 𝟣𝟥 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯-𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳, 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥; 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵. 𝘓𝘪𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.”

𝟣𝟦 𝘚𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘕𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳.”

𝟣𝟧 𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘸𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵.” 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰, 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦[𝘤] 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯.

𝟣𝟨 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥, “𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘰, 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳?”

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝟣𝟩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥, “𝘏𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘺, 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, ‘𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺-𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥.’”

𝟣𝟪 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵, 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺.”

𝘽𝙤𝙖𝙯 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙍𝙪𝙩𝙝
𝟦 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯-𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳[𝘢] 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.” 𝘚𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.

𝟤 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘚𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦,” 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘰. 𝟥 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯-𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳, “𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘔𝘰𝘢𝘣, 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘬. 𝟦 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦. 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘵, 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶[𝘣] 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵, 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦.”

“𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘵,” 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥.

𝟧 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦[𝘤] 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘸, 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺.”

𝟨 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯-𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵.”

𝟩 (𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭.)

𝟪 𝘚𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯-𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻, “𝘉𝘶𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.” 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘭.

𝟫 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, “𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘬, 𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘩𝘭𝘰𝘯. 𝟣𝟢 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘔𝘢𝘩𝘭𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴!”

𝟣𝟣 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭. 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝟣𝟤 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘻, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩.”

𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪 𝘎𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘚𝘰𝘯
𝟣𝟥 𝘚𝘰 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝟣𝟦 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪: “𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯-𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳. 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭! 𝟣𝟧 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘦. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩.”

𝟣𝟨 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝟣𝟩 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯!” 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘖𝘣𝘦𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥.

05/06/2026

⛪ 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆. 🙌

🙏 8.30am & 10.30am
Ruth in Three Words: Redemption (Ruth 3-4)
Rev. Matthew Courtney

𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗖𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿
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🙏 6.30pm
Question Mark: The Storm (Mark 4:35-41)
Rev. Gavin Millard

🙏 11.30am (Kilberry at Helderberg Retirement Village)
Question Mark: The Storm (Mark 4:35-41)
Rev. Gavin Millard

02/06/2026

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01/06/2026

𝗥𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀: 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀

𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥
𝟤 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥’𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘬, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻.

𝟤 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪, “𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳.”

𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳, “𝘎𝘰 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳.” 𝟥 𝘚𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘈𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘬.

𝟦 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶!”

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶!” 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥.

𝟧 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, “𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰?”

𝟨 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥, “𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘔𝘰𝘢𝘣 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪. 𝟩 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, ‘𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴.’ 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳.”

𝟪 𝘚𝘰 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩, “𝘔𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦. 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦. 𝟫 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘺, 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘫𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥.”

𝟣𝟢 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮, “𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘦—𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘳?”

𝟣𝟣 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥, “𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘴𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥—𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝟣𝟤 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭, 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘨𝘦.”

𝟣𝟥 “𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘥,” 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥. “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵—𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴.”

𝟣𝟦 𝘈𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳, “𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳.”

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝟣𝟧 𝘈𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯, 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘯, “𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝟣𝟨 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳.”

𝟣𝟩 𝘚𝘰 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘩.[𝘢] 𝟣𝟪 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩.

𝟣𝟫 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳, “𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺? 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬? 𝘉𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶!”

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻,” 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥.

𝟤𝟢 “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮!” 𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸. “𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥.” 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥, “𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦; 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯-𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴.[𝘣]”

𝟤𝟣 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, “𝘏𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, ‘𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯.’”

𝟤𝟤 𝘕𝘢𝘰𝘮𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸, “𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦’𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥.”

𝟤𝟥 𝘚𝘰 𝘙𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘻 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳-𝘪𝘯-𝘭𝘢𝘸. ~ Ruth 2

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𝟣𝟥 “𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵. 𝟣𝟦 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵.

𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘴
𝟣𝟧 “𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘱’𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝟣𝟨 𝘉𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘋𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴? 𝟣𝟩 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵. 𝟣𝟪 𝘈 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵. 𝟣𝟫 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦. 𝟤𝟢 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘴, 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴
𝟤𝟣 “𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, ‘𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥,’ 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯. 𝟤𝟤 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺, ‘𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴?’ 𝟤𝟥 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘺, ‘𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘦, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘳𝘴!’

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴
𝟤𝟦 “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬. 𝟤𝟧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦; 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬. 𝟤𝟨 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝟤𝟩 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘩.” ~ Matthew 7:13-27

11/05/2026

𝗧𝗵𝘆 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲: 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿!

𝘼𝙨𝙠, 𝙎𝙚𝙚𝙠, 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙠
𝟩 “𝘈𝘴𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶; 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥; 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝟪 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴; 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥.

𝟫 “𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦? 𝟣𝟢 𝘖𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦? 𝟣𝟣 𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘮! ~ Matthew 7:7-11

06/05/2026

🌸 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘!! 💐

All women of Christ Church are warmly invited to our Term-2 BLOOM get-together.
Save the date, and come along for a relaxed morning to connect and enjoy fellowship with other women of our church over coffee and eats. We will also hear from Trusia Burgers about God's amazing grace in her life.

Date: 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟭𝟲 𝗠𝗮𝘆
Time: 09.00 for 09.30 (until about 11.30)
Venue: Meggan Liebenberg's home
RSVP: via the link on our WhatsApp Group, or Mailer.

01/05/2026

⛪ 𝗪𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 🙌

🙏 8.30am & 10.30am
Chosen and Transformed by the Gospel (1 Thessalonians 1:1-5)
Bishop Peter Makapela (REACH Area Bishop - Western Cape)

🙏 6.30pm
Be Strong and Very Courageous (Joshua 1:1-9)
Rev. Renier du Plessis (Minister at Christ Church Waterkloof)

🙏 11.30am (Kilberry at Helderberg Retirement Village)
The Messenger of the Covenant (Malachi 2:17-3:5)
Alan Beckman