Psalm 30
It feels like it’s all go here at St Marks! Last Friday at the school we had the end of term service and farewell for Liz Coster, who is moving to St Michael’s School to be their Principal. Liz will be missed at St Mark’s but is a great appointment for St Michael’s School.
Then on Saturday we had an amazing evening as together over a shared meal, even if I did eat far too much! Huge thank you to Barb and Robbie who made it happen!
Coming up we have a Movie Night, A Quiet Day, Alpha begins and a Church cleaning bee! For more details on all this and more please read to the end of your pew sheet.
This time of year can be especially tough for many people. Please continue to support the “food and other items” collection for the Christchurch City Mission by putting your offering in the basket that is in the entrance to the church.
Recently the lectionary has had a number of daily readings from Job. Consequently Psalm 30 has been interesting to reflect on. It’s a psalm in which nothing is hidden from God, and God is found in the midst of the distress as well as in the deliverance from it. It could be that the writer has endured sickness and has now recovered. Whatever the situation that lies behind the psalm, their response is to give thanks. It is clear that the psalmist has a very intimate relationship with God and the key theme is that of praise which is how the psalm begins and ends.
God Bless you
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