This Week's Word From Our Vicar Richard Poole

It would be good to make every effort to come, and after Archdeacon Roger’s talk last week why not bring along a friend, a neighbour, a work colleague, or family member and simply say to them “Come and see”. This service is open to all, and we hope parents and children from the school will come, along with our friends from the across the Southgate Parish.

The service follows the outline of our original Dedication Service back in 1969 and will be an opportunity for you to be part of history in its making. Please do make every effort to be there if you can. For those with small children we will aim to set up the crèche room with some toys and you will be able to watch the service on the relay monitor.

‘So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of Elul, in fifty-two days. When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.’ (Nehemiah 6:15-16)

Although the building of the new St Andrew’s has taken longer than 52 days and we don't have enemies like Nehemiah had in opposing the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem; we do hope that people will realise that this new Church has been completed by the hand of God. For we know that humanly speaking this is an impossible task, but all things are and have been made possible with God.