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Welcome to Horley Methodist Church |
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Five minutes from London Gatwick Airport Minister: Rev Christine Keyte
The church is more than just a building; it is a living
community that has many members with a diversity of gifts. This web page is very
much a part of that. As you view these pages you will find a range of different
activities and people. Here at Horley Methodist Church, we desire and strive
together to better live out what it means to be a Christian in today's world.
Our focus and hopes as a church are directly related to the experiences we have
had as we walk together as a congregation. Friendships are a big part of who we
are. Our sense of responsibility to our wider community is challenging us to
service through our church development program.
As we as a congregation grapple with what it really means to
go "into all the world and preach the good news to all creation – Mark 16:15 NIV”,
we are striving to use our different gifts and to work together to make a
difference in Christ. As a visitor to this webpage, my prayer is that you will
give Him all the glory!
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Written by Rev Christine Keyte
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Friday, 27 June 2008 04:42 |
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Lectio Divina is a very ancient practice of spiritual reading.
It is a profound way of experiencing God’s revelation through the Scriptures and
it is about learning to listen deeply to the text. The practice of Lectio Divina
as a way of praying the Scriptures has come to us through the Benedictine
tradition.
St Benedict writes in his rule:
“The Gospel should be our guide in following the way of Christ
to prepare ourselves for his presence in the kingdom to which he has called
us....”
It has been a very real part of Christian pilgrimage for many
centuries and being rediscovered in the present day by many individuals and
groups.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 27 June 2008 04:54 )
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Nehemiah 9:5b (09-05-08)
""Stand up and praise the LORD your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise." " Thoughts on Today's Verse..."Stand up and shout it if you love my Jesus..." That's a song our children love to sing! But what happens to that youthful exuberance and joy at worshiping the Lord? God doesn't want us to lose it. Read through the Bible and highlight all the physical acts used to reverence and praise our awesome and eternal God. In a world which regularly uses God's name in vain, isn't it time we stood up and praised him -- not only in church (our private worship) and in our daily devotionals (our personal worship), but also in our lives every day (our public worship)?! My Prayer...Heavenly Father, I find it incomprehensible that an eternal and almighty God would choose to listen to my prayers. Yet I know you do hear them and respond to them. Thank you! Please receive my praise in my worship, whether I offer it in private with other Christians, in my daily personal worship or in my public worship as I live as an example before my coworkers. You alone are God and worthy of all praise, please receive the praise I seek to offer you in my life as well as through my words. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen. 
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