St John & St Mark Church Bury

To know, grow and show the love of God

I love you

I love you

‘I love you no matter what you do, but do you have to do so much of it?’ In our Gospel from John we have the commandment to love each other.

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May 2024 magazine

May 2024 magazine

Our May 2024 magazine includes updates from our many groups and a piece on the Kingdom Season. This runs from Ascension through to Pentecost.

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May 2024 Bible readings

May 2024 Bible readings

The Bible readings for May 2024 include Jesus telling us to love, his prayer for our safekeeping and then the coming of the Holy Spirit.

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Abide with me

Abide with me

This is vision of a future where God embraces the eunuch and the foreigner and gives them a place within his house – a place to abide.

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God is a comma

God is a comma

One of the little angels at my home church in Bury came up with these questions for her Sunday School…

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God’s Amen

God’s Amen

As one preacher puts it, the resurrection ‘is the testimony of God about Jesus Christ…it’s God’s Amen to the life of his Son Jesus Christ.’

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April 2024 magazine

April 2024 magazine

The April 2024 magazine is now available. Inside you’ll find a letter from our soon-to-be Vicar, Harvie Nicol, and a report on an Iftar meal.

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Bible readings for April 2024

Bible readings for April 2024

The Bible readings for April 2024 include passages about Jesus, both before and after the resurrection, plus the early life of the church.

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Hope and Comfort

Hope and Comfort

Jeremiah has a reputation for being a miserable so-and-so. He isn’t often known for bringing for bringing hope and comfort.

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Happy Mothering Sunday!

Happy Mothering Sunday!

Happy Mothering Sunday. Take a look around. Each of us gathered here by Jesus to see and discover others who are, or will be, family with us.

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March 2024 magazine

March 2024 magazine

Our March 2024 magazine includes prayers and reflections for Easter as well as an advert for help from Christians against Poverty

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Bible readings for March 2024

Bible readings for March 2024

The Bible readings for March 2024 include the mothering of three women to the one baby, God forgiving us and the empty tomb on Easter Sunday.

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He Dazzles

He Dazzles

He dazzles in his white T-shirt with two mortals who are now residents of heaven. And a voice from heaven says: “This is my Son, the Beloved”

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February 2024 magazine

February 2024 magazine

‘Rather than give something up, could we do something more?’ So asks Margery in her letter in our February 2024…

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Simeon and Anna

Simeon and Anna

The encounter of Jesus with Simeon and Anna is one such moment. Our author is Luke, the master storyteller, and he’s setting his stall out.

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