Methodist Church
Chapel Lane, Rolleston-on-Dove

The schoolroom is extensively used by village organisations, and can be booked for events like children's parties by contacting Jane Millward. Tel.813015.

Services during April

For details of services at the Methodist church during April please consult the notice board outside the church.

Chapel News

We were pleased to learn that a new minister will come in September to have charge of Rolleston Church, Anslow, Etwall and Stretton. We appreciate the work currently being done by Peter Howard and other ministers who offer their services at this time, as well as the extra workload on the Local Preachers but it will be better for everybody when an extra full time minister comes to the circuit.

There have been many enquiries about another Holiday Club, following the success of the previous two, and we are pleased to say that plans are afoot for one in the summer holiday from school. Publicity will be around as soon as dates etc. are available, so watch out if you are interested.

Pause for Thought

Some people find the stories of Easter Sunday hard to believe, despite the arguments that attempt to justify them. Yet a few weeks ago, I heard on the radio that a random sample of three thousand people had shown fifty-five percent believing that Jesus is alive, believing in some kind of resurrection. These were not particularly Christians, or people of any particular beliefs. Let's think about faith for a few moments.

Faith and reason are often considered to be in opposition, but this isn't true. We are expected to use our minds to think things out, as far as we can, and when reason has taken us as far as we can go, then we step on in faith. Our experience gives us good cause for faith, as we know the people or things we can trust, and build on them. What is more, our faith is a spur to action. Believing, we make the unreasonable happen. The Bible says we could move mountains into the depths of the sea, a wonderful picture.

I don't think my faith is great enough for that, but I do think my faith can help me to level the mountains of the misfortunes that come my way in life, till I can tackle them. I do think the times when life's hopes seem to end, can be turned by faith into new life, new vigour. I do think that weakness and frailty can be used to serve others with faith.

And faith helps us to accept that there are mysteries in creation that we do not understand and probably never will. The gospels tell us that our creator is not dead, but is very much alive and with us every day. Because of that we can face our future with confidence and serenity.

Joyce Lockley

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