✝️ St Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church Weekly Newsletter – 30 August 2024

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

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1.Weekly Spiritual Message

Spiritual message of the week by Fr Elijah

 

In the morning prayer of the Agpia the church sets before us a reminder of how we should conduct ourselves each day:

 

“I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”

Ephesians 4:1-3 NKJV

 

How can I practically do this?

 

1. I can be lowly today by carefully considering the opinion of others: “Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.”

Philippians 2:3 NKJV

2. I can be gentle today by ensuring my manner of speech is soft in tone, content and volume: A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 15:1 NKJV

3. I can be long suffering with others today  when I remember how much the  Lord is long suffering with me: “The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.”

II Peter 3:9 NKJV

4. I can bear with others in love today  when I recognise the good in them that God has made: ““I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.”

Psalms 139:14 NKJV

5. I can live in peace today  when I faithfully do my part to pursue peace:

“If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men.” Romans 12:18 NKJV

 

Let us walk according to the calling with which we were called today.

 

 

2. St Mark Church Gala Dinner

St Marks Church is having its first ever Gala Dinner. Tickets are now on sale via the QR code, at the bookshop or via this link https://shoutforgood.com/event-ticketings/StMark-Gala24

 

This is an event not to be missed.