Methodist Church
Chapel Lane, Rolleston-on-Dove

The schoolroom is extensively used by village organisations, and can be booked for events like children's parties by contacting Jane Millward. Tel.813015.

Services at Rolleston Methodist Church during March all at 10.30am

For further details of services at the Methodist church please consult the notice board outside the church.

Methodist News (Pause for Thought)

Just over a year ago, a plane took off from New York, struck a flock of Canada geese and landed in the middle of the Hudson river. Miraculously, all 155 people on board were saved.

Recently some of the survivors described their feelings in the press, a year on from the accident. Gratitude, naturally, with a changed attitude that puts ordinary worries in proportion. Some speak of now living for the moment, not taking tomorrow for granted, and a sense of having begun life anew. Some have become a better person, some have changed their job and now work for a charity. Some concentrate more on personal relationships, expressing their love more openly.

Many of us have had experiences that produce similar results in us. Perhaps we too have had a narrow escape, or survived an illness, or faced an event that changed our outlook on life. Gratitude cannot be measured.

And as we travel through Lent and Holy Week we become aware once more of the gift Jesus won for us, the gift of our new life, free from the shadow of sin.

We are filled with gratitude for being close to our heavenly Father, for daily health and strength, and the chance to build close, caring relationships with others. Determination to be a better person, living life to the full, comes to us and changes us.

"The tree of life became the tree of glory; where life was lost there life has been restored."

Joyce Lockley

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