Peace on Earth… but how?
Posted on 11 December 2010The Gospel-writer Luke tells us that on the night Jesus was born in Bethlehem, angels appeared to shepherds telling them of the birth and singing, ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favours!’
We all like a peaceful life, don’t we? But what is peace? Well, the full meaning of the word for peace, Shalom, means everything that goes to make up a person’s well-being. It is much more than mere peace and quiet.
Jesus said ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God’. But how can this be achieved in our world today?
Clearly, peace is something that is not just going to happen. We all have to work at it, to be ‘peacemakers’, whether it is across the living room, across the garden fence, across the street, the community or the world. And until the world is a fairer, more just world where people care for the needs of others, peace is not going to become a reality.
Peace is what God wants for our world; it is up to each of us, with God’s help, to make that happen.
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Thursday 16 December: 6.00pm Kings Kids Nativity Play.
Saturday 18 December: 7.30pm Christmas Concert - Newmount Brass & Rolls Royce Ladies Choir. Tickets £5, 701027.
Sunday 19 December: 10.30am All Age Carols led by the Access All Areas Team.
Sunday 19 December: 6.30pm Traditional Carol Service by Candle Light led by Rev Lindsay Kemp.
Christmas Eve: 11.00pm Midnight Communion led by Rev Lindsay Kemp.
Christmas Day: 10.30am Family Celebration led by Rev Lindsay Kemp.
Sunday 26 December: 10.30am Morning Worship led by Mrs Caroline Dobinson.