General Chat

What lovely posts to read.
Dermot. Many thanks for that. Sydney Carter is well known to me, but did not know he was the author of "Lord of the Dance". He wrote the hymn "One more step along the world I go" and only died 8 years ago. Never met him, but one of my Christian friends and his late wife used to know him very well.

We chose "One more step" as a hymn last week (Palm Sunday) and my friend said "Oh, dear old Polly" - which apparently was his nickname. Lovely man

A very happy Easter to all :-)

Wishing you all a very Happy Easter.

Love, Sallie.x

It's so lovely to see other friends dropping in in such a pleasant way.



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Dermot, the tune for Lord of the Dance was on Classic fm last night as I was driving. I was singing along merrily......... :-D



Good service this morning.....and we were encouraged to be louder in our "He is risen indeed, Alleluia" 's. :-D Such is the British reserve that we tend to whisper it rather than proclaim it!!


Hope you all have a lovely, lovely day. <3 <3

Happy Easter to you all. <3

Tinged with a little sadness (on my part ) it would have been mum and dads 72nd WA today.

We had a lovely service today. And we do tend to belt out "he is risen indeed" Cynthia. No English reserve in the Welsh valleys:-)

Only a few there (about 20) which was disappointing. But three were missing because they couldn't get their lift. They are elderly and one of the stewards picks them up in his car. But someone had parked across his garage and he couldn't locate the person. So he had to walk to chapel and had the job of phoning the 3 elderly ladies to tell them why they couldn't be picked up. So disappointing for them - and for us.

Service ended at 3.30 and four of us were still chatting at 4.15. About predestination, of all things. Makes a change from chatting about the weather, which has been absolutely perfect today. Quite cold (about 6C) but bright sunshine all day :-D :-D

Think our 50 days of Eastertide may be very special this year. Said a little prayer for a friend who is having a major operation next week - feel sure she will be ok.

Dear Sandie......((hug)) xx

Thank you Cynthia ,

I always went with my dad on the Sat before Palm Sunday to lay flowers on family graves ( sometimes it was Sun morning thinking about it but usually the Sat ).

Strange !
Mum was the one who went to chapel ( 3 times on a Sunday as a youngster ) and sis more than I did , but dad and I always went to the cemetery to lay flowers ...
Not just at Christian times, birth dates, dates of of death..what ever.....
I think mum didn't like to go but always wanted flowers laid most time of the year, not just when peeps thought it had to be done,just when she wanted to.

Mum loved flowers, and I often visit parents grave to 'speak to them' and put on flowers.
She for some reason couldn't do that. !!

Sandie.x

bit late I realise, but Happy Easter to all - been busy cooking Sunday lunch for family, haven't cooked a large meal for so many for a long time - I love Easter - I was married on Easter Saturday 1959 - Easter was early that year and the weather was great - the weather has been stunning here today - had to have the conservatory doors open all afternoon

Ann X

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE



very late ....... but then I am 8 hours behind you all!!


AnnC ............... that must have brought back many happy memories xxxx



Sandie .......(((hugs)))

crikey, Sandie ....................


you just made me wonder how long my parents would have been married, were they still alive


85 years in August!!! :-0


Unfortunately, Mum died in 1961, at the early age of 58.

Happy and sad Sylvia - sadly Lawrence died just over ten years ago - life is not the same any more :-(

Hello Ann....it's never too late to wish anyone a Happy Easter, so thank you :-)

I don't think life can ever be the same again after a loved one dies. People have told me that they never forget, they simply have to try and adapt to life without that special someone. A very, very hard thing to face for so many. I think you may deserve a ((hug)) too.......... :-)


Sandie, I guess I must be like your mum in a way. I love flowers but I haven't been to my parent's resting place for years - they are thought of every day and that works for me. I do realise, however, that a lot of people get great comfort from visiting the graves of loved ones. :-)


My......it's been a long day. Goodnight everyone.... <3

God bless Ann, <3
It must be very hard to have your love of your life taken away from you, dare I say it's like like having your heart taken out.

(((Hugs ))) <3

I'm OK 99% of the time but music always does it for me - thanks all!! <3 <3

I hope AnnC won't mind me posting this

http://www.veengle.com/s/Pendyrus%20Male%20Voice%20Choir.html

Husband Lawrence sang with the famous Pendyrus Male Voice Choir. Could not find a pre-2000 video, but these will give an idea of how talented a singer he must have been. :-) :-)

thank you John - appreciated

These next few weeks continue to be central to Christian belief.

The sword plunged into the side of Jesus when he was lowered from the scaffold proved his death. As Doctor Lloyd Jones (a preacher and former Surgeon to the Queen Mother in 1930's) proved in his famous sermon "The Blood of Christ". The blood woud have been cool or cold to have separated in the way it did, hence his legs did not need to be broken to hasten death.

Now we have weeks of proof that death had been defeated. As Luke wrote in Acts "he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs"

What is amazing to me is that every proof that death has been defeated that happened in this period leading up to Pentecost and the Ascension back to heaven is witnessed by more than one person. It is legally sound at every point.

Jesus lives! Thy terrors now
Can, O death, no more appal us;
Jesus lives! By this we know
Thou, O grave, canst not enthral us;
Alleluia!

Amen!

Amen indeed!