JUST TO SAY

We released our first digital version of the magazine last month and received some kind words on social media. Actor and Moseleyite Alexandria Carr (recently seen on stage in Pressure at The Crescent Theatre) posted the following praise on Instagram: “I just had a look at the mag on the app, it's ace, super easy to use! Loads of great articles inside too x”. Alex has been posting some fantastically fun Lockdown News videos on YouTube. Thanks, Alex!

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They’d locked the doors: they were isolating themselves and were scared and fearful for their lives. No – not 2020 but probably AD29. This ‘band of brothers and sisters’ had seen their leader killed in the most horrible fashion man could then invent. Would they be next? When they’d last seen him, he’d told them to wait … but for what? Then it happened …

THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH

They were totally changed by a supernatural event – the Church was born as the Holy Spirit came and empowered them to boldly go out. They underwent a total change. About 4000 men and who knows how many women became ‘Followers of Christ, or the Way’ that day (The term Christian wasn’t used until years later). Why? We presume what they heard and saw: they could check if the tomb of Jesus was empty or not and decide if he was really the Messiah, having seen his ‘miracles’ and wise teachings. These photos show where it all began, and the variety of ‘Church’ today from the fastest growing Church in the World – Home Churches An underground Home Church in Iran

in Iran where you have to be prepared to lose property, be thrown into jail and even be martyred for your faith - to the Anglican Gas Street Church off Broad St! The last Sunday in May (which in the West we call Whitsun) is one of the most important days for Christians, alongside Christmas and Easter – Pentecost! But it’s not often talked about and there’s no commercial celebration like presents, Easter Eggs or Easter Bunnies!! I believe things like this are worth exploring further. The Upper Room in Jerusalem where it all began

David Isgrove