This morning we came together for our 10 am Eucharist on a beautiful sunny spring morning. Father Stephen was the celebrant and in his sermon he spoke about the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. The original idea of the messiah as the Good Shepherd comes from the Old Testament, and was developed in the Gospels. In biblical times a shepherd would gather together his flock each evening and keep them in a safe place guarded from predators. Father Stephen told us that in the same way Jesus watches over us and guards from evil, and he comes for us, Christians, and for all who turn to him.
The choir sang 'Turn thy face from my sins' by Thomas Attwood as the anthem. There was coffee in the new rooms after the service.