| Dear Friends, Well. what do I write about as we come into the month of June? People are going on holidays, students are finishing exams and beginning to go home for their breaks from university and college. Others are finishing school for the long school holidays, while others are finishing school altogether, having fun during the holidays and then preparing to go to college or work. We pray everyone, whatever they are doing, will be happy. For the church it is Pentecost. Pentecost is a Christian holiday which takes place on the 49th/50th day after Easter Day. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles of Jesus while they were in Jerusalem celebrating the Feast of Weeks, as described in the Acts of the Apostles. It’s the moment his loving Church began, and it’s the beginning of a new, peaceful world. Happy Pentecost! The Southern Fellowship of United Reformed Churches celebrated their first anniversary of the joining together of the six URC churches – Avenue St Andrews, Bitterne, Bitterne Park, Braishfield, Isaac Watts and Romsey. We had a service in our church with the Moderator Rev Michael Hopkins preaching the sermon, followed by tea and cakes. A good time of fellowship was shared by friends and members of the united churches. So then, my dear brothers, stand firm and stead. Keep busy always in your work for the Lord, since you know nothing you do in the Lord’s service is ever useless’ |