The music was coordinated and set by Emily Boyd, our Praise & Worship leader for St Joseph’s. Philip Conner and an opening prayer from the Anglican Bishop of Lancaster, Rt Rev Bishop Jill Duff. We were supported by a local firm of sound engineers (Audioworks) who also represented St T’s Church! Promoted this time through Churches Together Lancaster, we took to the front of house after a short and beautiful impromptu prayer of unity in the sacristy. Our regular ‘Forever Amen’ praise & worship band swelled taking on more musicians from the Lancaster Univerity, New Life Church and more ‘free people’ (as one of the congregation leaders put it!) Free Methodists. Together we stayed for some time, breathing the same air for the entire evening, laughing, smiling, crying, honouring and worshiping our Lord Jesus Christ. Housed in those pews sat side by side were Catholics (from other churches in Lancaster and Morecambe- which in itself is a wonder!) Anglicans, Protestants, Methodists and other Christian brothers and sisters from at least 14 different churches! Not only did we have Christian diversity, we had a global mix of visitors too, from Peru, China, Singapore, as well as Dent and sunny exotic Barrow-in Furness! Together in a little Catholic Church in Lancaster, we stood, sat and prayed. Tonight, our packed church celebrated our annual ‘Song for Unity’ event, welcoming Christians from all over Lancaster and beyond. Something out there far off, something that feels so unattainable but actually it’s a little easier that we think to achieve. It’s easy to focus on the valleys that divide us instead of looking for unity which holds us as one family. After all our goals and purpose are the same, even if our methods can somewhat differ. Lisa Vallente-Osborne writes about a recent event that was run at St Joseph’s to mark the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity:Ĭhristian Unity- a pipe dream or something attainable? Sometimes we feel worlds apart from our fellow christian brothers and sisters, other times we are so close and so similar.
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