BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//St John's Mar Thoma Church - ECPv6.16.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for St John's Mar Thoma Church REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260626T080000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260628T170000 DTSTAMP:20260203T164840Z CREATED:20260203T164840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T164840Z UID:10000014-1782460800-1782666000@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:Diocesan Youth Conference DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/diocesan-youth-conference/ CATEGORIES:Diocesan Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260731 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260803 DTSTAMP:20260203T164918Z CREATED:20260203T164918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T164918Z UID:10000015-1785456000-1785715199@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:Diocesan Family Conference DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/diocesan-family-conference/ CATEGORIES:Diocesan Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260829 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260830 DTSTAMP:20260203T164946Z CREATED:20260203T164946Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T164946Z UID:10000016-1787961600-1788047999@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:Parish Picnic DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/parish-picnic/ CATEGORIES:Fellowship END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260906 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260907 DTSTAMP:20260203T165018Z CREATED:20260203T165018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T165018Z UID:10000017-1788652800-1788739199@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:Education Sunday DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/education-sunday/ CATEGORIES:Parish Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914 DTSTAMP:20260203T165054Z CREATED:20260203T165054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T165054Z UID:10000018-1789084800-1789343999@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:St Johns Youth Conference DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/st-johns-youth-conference/ CATEGORIES:Youth Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260203T165130Z CREATED:20260203T165130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T165130Z UID:10000019-1789862400-1789948799@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:Harvest Festival DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/harvest-festival/ CATEGORIES:Parish Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTSTAMP:20260203T165201Z CREATED:20260203T165201Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T165201Z UID:10000020-1790467200-1790553599@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:Diocesan Sunday DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/diocesan-sunday/ CATEGORIES:Diocesan Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261024 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261025 DTSTAMP:20260203T165234Z CREATED:20260203T165234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T165234Z UID:10000021-1792800000-1792886399@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:St John’s Cultural Programme DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/st-johns-cultural-programme/ CATEGORIES:Parish Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101 DTSTAMP:20260203T165309Z CREATED:20260203T165309Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T165309Z UID:10000022-1793404800-1793491199@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:London Centre Sunday School Meet DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/london-centre-sunday-school-meet/ CATEGORIES:Diocesan Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102 DTSTAMP:20260203T165343Z CREATED:20260203T165343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T165343Z UID:10000023-1793491200-1793577599@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:Kerala Day DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/kerala-day/ CATEGORIES:Parish Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102 DTSTAMP:20260203T165524Z CREATED:20260203T165524Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T165524Z UID:10000024-1793491200-1793577599@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:World Sunday School Day DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/world-sunday-school-day/ CATEGORIES:Parish Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102 DTSTAMP:20260203T165600Z CREATED:20260203T165600Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T165600Z UID:10000025-1793491200-1793577599@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:Sunday School Exam DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/sunday-school-exam/ CATEGORIES:Parish Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261207 DTSTAMP:20260203T165632Z CREATED:20260203T165632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T165632Z UID:10000026-1796515200-1796601599@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:Cake Sale DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/cake-sale/ CATEGORIES:Parish Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261213 DTSTAMP:20260203T165701Z CREATED:20260203T165701Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T165701Z UID:10000027-1797033600-1797119999@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:Carol Service DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/carol-service/ CATEGORIES:Parish Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261214 DTSTAMP:20260203T165731Z CREATED:20260203T165731Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T165731Z UID:10000028-1797120000-1797206399@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:Outreach Programme DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/outreach-programme/ CATEGORIES:Parish Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261225 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261226 DTSTAMP:20260203T165805Z CREATED:20260203T165805Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T165805Z UID:10000029-1798156800-1798243199@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:Christmas Day DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/christmas-day/ CATEGORIES:Parish Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261229 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101 DTSTAMP:20260203T165928Z CREATED:20260203T165928Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T165928Z UID:10000030-1798502400-1798761599@stjohnsmtc.org.uk SUMMARY:Thanksgiving & Watch Night Service DESCRIPTION:Lenten Lantern 2013 - Day 1\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Articles - St. John's MTC\, UK\n Lenten Lantern - 2013\, Day 1\n \n \n 📅\n March 02\, 2013\n \n \n ✝\n Lenten Reflection\n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n Change! To change!! \n John 2: 1-11\n \n\n \n \n \n \n The Starfish Story\n \n A man goes out on the beach and sees that it is covered with\n starfish washed up on the tide. A small boy is walking along\, and\n picking them up and throwing them back into the water.\n \n\n \n What are you doing\, son? the man asks. You see how many starfish\n there are. You'll never make a difference.\n \n\n \n The boy paused thoughtfully\, and picked up another starfish and\n threw it into the sea.\n \n\n \n It sure made a difference to that one\, he said.\n \n \n\n \n \n Gospel Reflection\n \n St. John the apostle signs his gospel with the acts of signs that\n Jesus' glory be manifested in them and everyone may believe in Him\n (v.11). For St. John the greatest miracle happened is the self\n emptying birth (Phil 2:6-8) of Jesus and all the miracles of Jesus\n are signs to reveal Him. The wedding at Cana becomes the locus of\n His first sign.\n \n\n \n The first sign at Cana recalls a comparison with the first\n temptation (Matt 4:2-4) that Jesus underwent at the desert. The\n tempter's first temptation was to find the solution for Jesus'\n hunger through employing the divine rights of sonship (v.3). The\n tempter tries to convince Jesus that the essential being of Son of\n God is attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights and\n it is the time to take 'a test run'. Often we get blind of our\n hunger\, but the hunger for 'bodily breads of individualism' did not\n blind Jesus to find the procession of 'eternal words of life for\n all' that hunger\, from the mouth of God (v.4). Whatever Jesus\n attained through the fast of forty days and forty nights was not to\n trade for 'bodily breads' with the 'eternal words of life'.\n \n \n\n \n \n \n 🍷\n The Wedding at Cana\n \n In a Hebrew wedding party the profuse flow of the best wine is a\n natural expectation of the invited. A minor lack of wine could\n bring an immense disgrace to the host family.\n \n \n\n \n 💧\n Power of Compassion\n \n Jesus who showed a blind eye to the hungers of individualism did\n not wait to manifest His glory in quenching the thirst of\n collective disgrace.\n \n \n\n \n ✨\n The Challenge\n \n Are we bestowed with a power to perform signs of might? Or are we\n bestowed with a spirit to perform signs of compassion?\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Jesus who prevented himself from signs of might could not wait to\n show the signs of compassion at the eventual disgrace of a family.\n The challenge before us today is this - Are we bestowed with a power\n to perform signs of might? Or are we bestowed with a spirit to\n perform signs of compassion? The Christ who did not change the stone\n to bread in the desert was moved with a loving compassion to change\n the waters of Cana into the best wine of the town. Jesus who did not\n change the stone to bread at the behest of His hunger allows himself\n to be the change at the necessity of others.\n \n \n\n \n \n One Song from the Songbook\n \n From paadamonnay (Lets sing together) published by CSS Books\,\n Thiruvalla\, Kerala (RP 1997)\, this song is particularly relevant in\n this context. The song\, vazhiyorukkan orungum koottare (Comrades\,\n ready to make the way) is written by K.J. Baby.\n \n\n \n visakumbol virunnorutkan apamundo koottare? (Comrades\, do you have\n bread to make the feast?)\n kalline appamakkan siddhiyundo koottare? (Comrades\, can you convert\n stone to bread?)\n mamsathe appamakkan sidhiyille koottare? (Comrades\, can't you\n convert flesh into bread?)\n \n\n \n The lyricist taunts the superfluous hypocrite 'spirituality of\n mighty works' and asks the fellow men and women to become the change\n they envision.\n \n \n\n \n \n Make a Difference\n \n My dear brothers and sisters God has endowed us with a spirit to\n believe and a loving heart to be moved with compassion. We are\n searching outside this temple of God for the mighty works of God\,\n which is not God expects of us. We can become positive changes that\n change the whole order like the leaven that leavens the whole dough\n (Luke 18: 20\, 21).\n \n\n \n Like the boy of the story in the beginning let us make a difference\n for at least a few during this season of lent and meditation.\n \n\n \n Even if a problem seems so vast as to be insoluble in its entirety\,\n it's still worthy to be mitigated. Prayer: God\, thank you for your\n signs in our lives. Make us signs in manifesting your glory.\n \n\n In Jesus' name\, Amen \n \n\n \n \n \n Back to Articles URL:https://stjohnsmtc.org.uk/eventz/thanksgiving-watch-night-service/ CATEGORIES:Parish Events END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR