The Letter from the Staff Team

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The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed… though it is the smallest of all your seeds, when it grows it becomes the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches.

So says Jesus in Matthew 13; that was the theme at stmixkids.com last month; Church Mice have also been planting seeds; and the church was full of colour when we held our Plant Sale.

We’re planting seeds of another kind this month—which we pray will grow into a “tree” where many can perch, and will indeed be a picture of God’s Kingdom. We are currently arranging to take a lease on a property in New Braiswick Park, and advertising for a Christian Community Development Worker, so that by putting down roots there we can help lay the foundations of a vibrant community.

There’s also Myland Parish Halls, of course, where work has now started, though much of the growth in the early weeks of the project will be below the surface, as we lay foundations of a more concrete sort!

What was in Jesus’ mind, as he compared the kingdom of God to a seed? We are surely amazed at the power of God in nature, transforming the smallest into the greatest; the humblest into the majestic; the apparently dormant into the spectacularly productive. God did that to the small, dormant, humble early Church; he achieves it with us as individuals and as His Church here in Myland; and these truths encourage us to know His power to achieve great things from humble beginnings on New Braiswick Park, too..

So as we thank Jesus for His encouraging word, please continue to pray that God will guide, encourage, protect, strengthen and bless all the work we do together for Him. Pray also that He will feed us and sustain us spiritually so that our growth is fruitful and beautiful. And let’s look for signs of growth, as we rejoice in the promise of God’s coming glorious Kingdom.

Yours in the love of Jesus,

Ray, John, Colin, Esther