LICC's Christmas/ Advent e-mails are always a treat, and this year's is no exception.
divine presence
When did God become fully human?
When an egg was fertilised?
When cells divided?
When Mary felt her first kick?
When Jesus took his first breath?
When did God become fully human?
When he chose to resist temptation?
When he entered the kingdom as a child?
When he fought, by not fighting back?
When he hung with us; for us?
Here is a gift of true worth: divine presence. Amid the white noise of a world surfing the airwaves; amid the narrow casts, broadcasts and podcasts; caught in the radio signals, mobile downloads and webcasts; up with the static and the crackle of interference… one simple signal still pulses from ages past, like a heartbeat:
Are you receiving me?
Are you receiving me?
Are you receiving me?
Happy Christmas from all of us at LICC.
Brian Draper
Join Sanctus1 for Midnight Mass...
Sanctus1 invite you to:
‘Midnight’
An journey into Christmas.
A fusing together of the ancient and modern at this time of celebration.
Saturday 24th December, 11:30 p.m.
Sacred Trinity, Salford.
Christmas message...?
Check out the trailer for the new superman movie:
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Happy Christmas!
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Happy Christmas!
Farm-o-meter update
Look how well we're doing! And there's more to come at the Christmas party this Saturday, next Tuesday's shared service, and Christmas Eve Midnight service!
Surprise, surprise Polly Toynbee doesn't like Narnia
Have a read of this. And here's a taster...
"Of all the elements of Christianity, the most repugnant is the notion of the Christ who took our sins upon himself and sacrificed his body in agony to save our souls. Did we ask him to? Poor child Edmund, to blame for everything, must bear the full weight of a guilt only Christians know how to inflict, with a twisted knife to the heart. Every one of those thorns, the nuns used to tell my mother, is hammered into Jesus's holy head every day that you don't eat your greens or say your prayers when you are told. So the resurrected Aslan gives Edmund a long, life-changing talking-to high up on the rocks out of our earshot. When the poor boy comes back down with the sacred lion's breath upon him he is transformed unrecognisably into a Stepford brother, well and truly purged....
"Of all the elements of Christianity, the most repugnant is the notion of the Christ who took our sins upon himself and sacrificed his body in agony to save our souls. Did we ask him to? Poor child Edmund, to blame for everything, must bear the full weight of a guilt only Christians know how to inflict, with a twisted knife to the heart. Every one of those thorns, the nuns used to tell my mother, is hammered into Jesus's holy head every day that you don't eat your greens or say your prayers when you are told. So the resurrected Aslan gives Edmund a long, life-changing talking-to high up on the rocks out of our earshot. When the poor boy comes back down with the sacred lion's breath upon him he is transformed unrecognisably into a Stepford brother, well and truly purged....
Sanctus2nds:14 days to go...
Sanctus2nds is an intergenerational service that Sanctus1 run every 2nd Sunday, this Sunday it's in Sacred Trinity and is called '14 days to go...'and will be an exploration into advent.
The service starts at 4pm and all people are welcome.
Sanctus2nds will also feature an under 5's play space.
Must I paint you a picture...
...of how happy Sara and I are now that my birthday sends Amazon parcel has arrived in the office?
It contains, amongst other things (Sweet Hereafter DVD, Crash DVD, The Time Traveller's Wife, The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds CD), Billy Bragg's "Must I paint you a picture?" collection CD.
Like pigs in the proverbial in our office now...
It contains, amongst other things (Sweet Hereafter DVD, Crash DVD, The Time Traveller's Wife, The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds CD), Billy Bragg's "Must I paint you a picture?" collection CD.
Like pigs in the proverbial in our office now...
Farm-ometer - what for how much?
As promised a list of what you can buy for how much...
Sanctus1 Farm-ometer
No Item £per item
2 Ox 105
10 Cow 72
4 Goat 62.5
5 Bee hive 40
8 Rabbits 12.5
3 Sheep 12
35 Fruit Trees x 20 6
48 Chickens x 6 5
7 Days Training 5
Oh and there'll be no lovely photo this week till next Monday because tonight we're all out at Cord
Sanctus1 Farm-ometer
No Item £per item
2 Ox 105
10 Cow 72
4 Goat 62.5
5 Bee hive 40
8 Rabbits 12.5
3 Sheep 12
35 Fruit Trees x 20 6
48 Chickens x 6 5
7 Days Training 5
Oh and there'll be no lovely photo this week till next Monday because tonight we're all out at Cord
II - This Wednesday
This Wednesday night (7th December) it is II. II is a night of electronica and creative media that Sanctus1 promotes and hosts in Cord in the Northern quarter. Starts at 8pm and finished at 11, entry is free.
Come along and bring your friends.
Come along and bring your friends.
I've started a blog...
I've started my own blog...don't worry I'll still post on this one! But need my own thinking space too...
Farm-ometer update
So here's the update on where the farm is at this week. We've added:2 beehives
some trees
3 rabbits
and 1 day of training.
Check back here next week for another update!
The end of an era
Dear City Life reader
It is with deep regret that we announce that City Life magazine is to close.
City Life began publishing in December 1983 and has been bringing you all your essential Manchester listings since then. We are grateful to all our loyal readers for their support over the years.
The magazine will be published for the final time on 7th December 2005.
Thanks you once again for being a loyal City Life reader.
Kind Regards
CITY LIFE STAFF
It is with deep regret that we announce that City Life magazine is to close.
City Life began publishing in December 1983 and has been bringing you all your essential Manchester listings since then. We are grateful to all our loyal readers for their support over the years.
The magazine will be published for the final time on 7th December 2005.
Thanks you once again for being a loyal City Life reader.
Kind Regards
CITY LIFE STAFF
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