Cytun Service
Caergwrle Methodist Church
Sunday 22nd January 2012
6.00pm
Preacher Rev Chris Pritchard
Change is at the heart of our Christian faith. Saint Paul said that anyone who is in Christ is a new creation, and we are called to live as children in the light.
The theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2012 comes to us from the churches in Poland, who have reflected upon their own experience as a nation, and in particular how, as a nation, they have been changed and transformed by the many upheavals of their history, and sustained by their faith.
Change is also at the heart of the ecumenical movement. When we pray for the unity of the church we are praying that the churches that we know and which are so familiar to us will change as they conform more closely to Christ. This is an exciting vision, but also a challenging one. Furthermore, when we pray for this transforming unity we are also praying for change in the world.
As we pray for and strive towards the full visible unity of the church we –
and the traditions to which we belong –
will be changed, transformed and conformed to the likeness of Christ.”
