\nFrom the Rector
9 April 2020 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dear Friends,
It\n is with sadness that I must tell you of the death of Bob Fidler a \nlong-time member of the church, and faithful member of the choir until \nrestricted by his immobility. Also of Gordon Etheridge, a more recent \nmember who has been sharing with us on Second Wednesdays over the last \nsix months. We pray for their family and friends, especially as they \nwill be unable to hold a funeral service in church. Both will have \nservices at the Crematorium with immediate family only, followed by \ninterment of ashes in the churchyard. We have been following the Way of\n the Cross this week in a manner which has had a special resonance for \nus as we have come to share in a very particular way in the isolation \nand loneliness which Jesus experienced in the Garden of Gethsemane. As \nwe continue individually or in our families managing in our own way how \nto cope with self-isolation in the home or social distancing outside, we\n are drawing on deep emotional and spiritual reserves within us.
As\n we discover these inner resources we need to replenish them in this \ngift of time we have, through creative ways of reaching beyond the \nrestraints imposed on many of us in our own homes. For some this may be\n through more extended time of contemplative and reflective prayer and \nfocussed reading of the Bible or biographies of Christians who may \nstimulate and encourage us. We can all prepare and look ahead to that \ntime in the coming months when we can return to some normal interaction \nin our lives. As we celebrate Christ\u2019s resurrection this weekend, I hope\n we can say, with the couple who walked alongside him on the Emmaus \nRoad, \u201cWere not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us \non the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?” <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However\n lonely or confined we may feel, we are not alone, and we can know Jesus\n is walking alongside us today as his did with those disciples then. \nWhat will our response be as Christians to our family and friends who \nmay have found this a really difficult time? Can we share with them our \n faith that Jesus did not remain lying in an ancient tomb, but has been \nraised from death and is alive? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alleluia, Christ is Risen!<\/strong> I look forward to you being able to ZOOM to share in worship and prayer on this Easter Day at 10:30 a.m<\/strong>.<\/a>\n I shall lead a service of the word followed by sharing bread together \n in the form of our “Home Communion” service. If you wish, you may like \n to have a small piece of bread alongside you as you participate in \nfellowship, taking breaking and eating the bread in communion with our \nbrothers and sisters in Christ. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the Rector 9 April 2020 Dear Friends, It is with sadness that I must tell you of the death of Bob Fidler a long-time member of the church, and faithful member of the choir until restricted by his immobility. Also of Gordon Etheridge, a more recent member who has been sharing with us on Second Wednesdays over the last six months.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[310,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid","category-news","ctfw-no-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18490,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18488\/revisions\/18490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ducklingtonchurch.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
He is risen indeed, Alleluia!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Access to the service is by this link – https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/4905689876?pwd=eWtJeUlmcS9SdU42Zi9tZGpUdGhUdz09<\/a> For those who will dial in, you may use any if these numbers:
0131 460 1196; 0203 051 2874; 0203 481 5237; 0203 481 5240
Meeting ID: 490 568 9876;
I\n hope you have received a phone call from one of the Core Team to see \nthat all is well with you. If you have not yet, please let Gill Long<\/a>\n know and she will arrange this for you. I apologise if one or two \nhave slipped through our pastoral net. If you would like to talk about \nany particular concerns at this time, please do contact me by phone and\n email.
With my prayers for your good health and safe-keeping,
Paul. —
Rev’d Paul N Boddam-Whetham
Rector,
St. Bartholomew’s
Ducklington
01993 776625\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n