Foundation News
We're eating pancakes on Sunday, next week we're talking lent, and there's some juicy notices for you.
Pancakes & Encounters
THIS SUNDAY 7PM
It’s Pancake day next week, where we eat pancakes in preparation for the upcoming time in the desert…
We’ll be stuffing our faces with sweetness, but also hopefully consuming spiritual richness (go with it) in the form of conversation and discussion about our encounters with the divine. Have you experienced God, ever? Would you like to? Let’s get into it.
LENT: Learning, Engaging, Negotiating, Transforming
NEXT SUNDAY, 7PM
David will be leading this session reflecting on and exploring together Lent as a 40 day journey; so much more than not eating chocolate!
Coming up
1st April: Liz on contemplation and action
8th April: Paul on Queer theology
15th April: Phil with a Mothering Sunday eucharist
22nd April: One Equal Music Choral Scholars leading us in song!
‘The Bright Field’: a silent retreat
March 20th - 22nd at Llangasty Retreat House
Join lovely Phillip Dixon leading a silent retreat at the stunning Llangasty Retreat house, centering the poetry of R.S Thomas. Expect themes of searching, waiting, questioning our purpose, and how we relate to God.
Running from Friday evening March 20th to Sunday afternoon (22nd), costing £250 but with concession and comp tickets available - so please get in touch if cost is a barrier. All the info here.
Connections: call for submissions
Want to be part of a one off journal of eco-inspiration? Submit your finest writing, poetry, reflections, photos, art or honestly anything responding to this beautiful world and it’s need to be admired and protected. Read more here and send submissions to cathfeeny@gmail.com during Feb.
Are you looking for housing?
Just going to leave this here: a form for expressing interest in being part of a possible Foundation Community House.
Love always wins
content warning: light mention of death
Have you seen Ruth & Boaz on Netflix? It’s an honest, upstanding banger of a Christian movie. It’s very classic gospel Christianity, super cheesy, but also sweet and moving.
I won’t spoil it but one of the characters talks about hate and she says, hate never wins over love. It’s her concluding statement of the film. Which is interesting, because right at the start, two people she loves deeply are killed in a hateful act.
Love doesn’t magically bring them back. They’re still dead. And yet, she says, love wins.
It got me thinking about what we mean by ‘wins’? How does it win? I don’t know about you, but it feels like hatred kinda has the upper hand in the world right now. And yet I deeply believe that love always wins out.
Maybe it’s in the way that no matter how horrifying things get, kindness can still abound. That those who are hurt can be loved and consoled. That those who act lovingly can know they are doing what is right, even if they don’t get justice. That eventually, when all of this comes out in the wash of history, love will end up on top - like someone who’s at the back for the whole race, and just pips everyone at the post in the last minute.
What does love winning look like to you? Does it mean getting the best outcome? Being in control? Taking people along with you? Doing your best even if it doesn’t work?
There’s no right answer, but I think it’s a good thing to figure out about yourself. See you on Sunday!
Love,
Andy