Beauty from ashes...

My daughter and I had planned to make mashed potatoes for dinner one evening. Unfortunately we poured in too much milk, and the result was a sorry pot of runny mash.🫤

Wondering whether or not we’d have to throw it out, she came up with the idea of making it into soup. This sounded a good way of salvaging our efforts, so the following day we made some chicken and vegetable stock to add in. What a difference!! The runny offering we had shaken our heads over turned out to be the ideal base for a delicious and hearty soup!😋

Later that day, as I marvelled at how the ruined mash had morphed into a tasty meal, I thought about how we sometimes have situations where we expect a certain outcome, and for one reason or another things veer off course. We can wallow in disappointment over wasted resources, time or energy, or we can choose to “praise Him anyway”.🙌

At times like these we can encourage ourselves in the sure promises that God is more than able to turn things around. His word says that He will bring beauty from ashes, make all things work together for our good (Rom 8:28), and exchange our spirit of despair into a garment of praise!! 😇

Verse of the month..Isaiah 61:3

..to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
the oil of joy instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair…

Upcoming speakers:

👉 Sunday July 5th Johnny Payne (Morning service only)
👉 Sunday July 12th – Junior Church Anniversary (Morning service only)
👉 Sunday July 19th Maria Madlener (Morning service only)
👉 Sunday July 26th Wycliffe (Morning service only)

God bless you and we look forward to seeing you then.

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Located on McDermott road, we are 5-10 minutes walk from Peckham Rye Train Station, or 10 mins walk from the Nigel Road bus stop on Peckham Rye ( Buses 343, 12 etc).

Our Sunday mornings begin with a warm welcome from our greeters and our service begins at 11am with an invitation to join in thanksgiving and praise to God.

The church is made up of people from all walks of life who have a common belief in Jesus and His love for each one of us. We love to see new people and we really hope that you will feel right at home.

You may be interested to know that Christ Church McDermott was the site of the first Religious Radio Broadcast to a UK Church (watch re-enactment here), and has featured on Songs of Praise on 1/9/24. You can view clips of that show on twitter or facebook.

Our worship is a comfortable mix of contemporary songs as well as familiar well loved hymns, and we encourage young and old to join together in song.

We look forward to a time of refreshing and encouragement as we put time aside to spend with God and with each other.

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