Alan Buckley, our Local Missional Leader

Message from our Missional Leader – Alan Buckley

Dear friends
I hope you have enjoyed your Easter. It was a busy but rewarding time
during Lent, as we were blessed by the refreshing Lent course that Rod
and Phil brought to us.
Easter is that special time in the year when we remember that all our
sins were laid upon Jesus, when He paid the ultimate price to redeem us
and open the way into a relationship with God. All our sins, whether by
action or the mind, past, present or yet to be committed, were nailed to
the cross, to be remembered no more.
The only thing God wants us to do is to acknowledge we are sinners,
and ask Jesus into our lives and to take control. It is so simple, so strange
and sad that many miss the way of becoming a Christian.
As Christians, we are called to follow Him, to walk the path of life in faith,
helping others who have no faith, ensuring justice is done for all people.
The path is often hard but we need to remind ourselves that following
Easter comes Pentecost and the coming of the Holy Spirit. The one that
Jesus promised He would send us, to comfort us when needed and also
to make Jesus alive in our lives and experience, to be able to cope with
life with its ups and downs that we all experience.
The frontispiece this month depicts a road. As we travel along the road
of life, let us remember we never walk alone but we have Jesus by our
side (and also in each other!) .
May God bless you all,
Alan Buckley, Lay Minister