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Easter

Had a great Easter morning service at which we baptised Esperanca who was photographed as Mary at Christmas.  This was followed by a party hosted by her family, Angolan Style!

Samaritan young People

A Group of young people for St Stephen’s went out into the community as part of our church service on Sunday morning. They went to ask people in the street what they thought the church’s role in the community should be. As they tried to approach people they started to become disappointed as people ignored them. The same group of young people have talked in the past about how people cross the street to the other side when they see them coming. They think it is because they are young, some of them think it is because they are black, and because of the way they dress.

These young people in many ways of Samaritans – rejected without consideration and yet on many occasions they would respond like the Good Samaritan that Jesus spoke of.

How can they have respect for adults in the community when they try positive initiatives and are ignored and insulted. This injustice angers me.

crazy colours!

cheers to billy for these links, I’m a big fan of visual art and enjoyed having my senses screamed at by the colours and movement at both these sites.

Great optical illusions here don’t try to be in control!
make your own Kaleidoscope here - jolly good fun

Easter card

Every Christmas and Easter St Stephen's delivers a card to every household in the parish. The card advertises the times of our services, but also offers an opportunity to get people thinking about an aspect of these significant stories. This is the front of the card I have designed for this Easter which has gone off the the printers today, the back reads

jesus on trial
despised? rejected? betrayed? let down? traumatised? friendless? innocent? son of god?