Episodes
AT YOUR SERVICE goes out into the glorious Manx countryside his week, as we prepare to celebrate the Feast of St Maughold on 31 July.
We reflect on the life of this great Celtic saint and his place in our Island's Christian heritage, as we spend a little time in the keeills (remains of tiny chapels), in the nearby Cross House, and in Maughold Parish Church itself, in the company of Clare Faulds, Church Warden at Kirk Maughold.
Clare explains why these places are so important to her, and what she is planning for everyone to share in, around the feast day
Pioneer Minister Rev'd Alex Brow...
Do we hear God prompting us to do something in His name?
And if we do, how do we respond?
Everyone taking part in At Your Service this week has answered that call to serve God, in very different ways.
Over 4 million Mothers' Union members working in 84 different countries serve God by meeting the needs they find in their local communities - and during the Covid-19 pandemic those needs have ranged from providing food for people who are starving, to making face coverings and supporting low-income key workers separated from their families. Recently, Mothers' Union leaders put a special se...
On 29 June, the Christian church celebrates two great saints - Peter and Paul - who dedicated their life to serving God and serving God's people.
On today's programme, we reflect on these two very different men, and ask the question - what does it mean today - two thousand years later - to dedicate your whole life to the service of God, and of the community?
Reverend Marc Wolverson, who is an Anglican priest in Lancashire now, but for nearly 5 years was the Vicar of All Saints Church in Douglas, and Captain Dylan Nieuwoudt, leader of the Salvation Army on the Island, each share their ...
Peter Shimmin is a Reader in the Anglican Parish of the Northern Plain. He often finds that life with his faithful dog Jacko has strong parallels with the words of Jesus - today he reflects (with Jacko's help!) on the words of the much-loved 23rd Psalm - The Lord is my shepherd.
Bethan Cannell tells her own lockdown story that's brought her back to the Island and interrupted her voluntary work with Operation Mobilisation - the world's biggest floating Book Fair. If you'd like to know more about Bethan's work, take a look at the website www.om.org/en
And the Reverend Andrew Moughtin-...
On AT YOUR SERVICE today we've a bit of nostalgia for Father's Day, then Rev'd Alex Brown reflects on some verses from St Matthew's Gospel that are really appropriate, now that the Island has achieved local elimination of Covid-19, and we can now stop social distancing and move out of lockdown.
But Alex's specially-written reflection called "Whispers" asks some tough questions .....
What have we done with all the lessons we learned over the last three months?
Are we going back to our old way of life - or can we do so much better?
Rev'd Alex has an interesting music choice, too - How Grea...
It's all about relationships on AT YOUR SERVICE today - a couple of people share precious memories of family relationships, and TIM PRICE - who is a member of the Ministry Team at Ramsey Independent Methodist Church, shares some thoughts on the ultimate relationship - the one between God and each one of us.
And as we prepare to move out of lockdown, Father Denis Blackledge, a Jesuit priest in Liverpool, suggests that this would be a great time for us all to go viral! Louise Beckett reads his words.
And of course we have music - more of your hymn choices - this week from Mrs Jean Collis...
Reverend Dr Barbara Glasson, and Professor Clive Marsh are - respectively - President and Vice President of the Methodist Conference - joint leaders of the Methodist Church in England, Wales, Scotland, the Shetlands, the Channel Islands and - yes - the Isle of Man too!
They planned to be here on the Island this weekend, but as that's not possible, they've each recorded messages which are at the heart of today's programme.
President Barbara believes there's a great richness in sharing our stories, and listening carefully as others share theirs - working at her spinning wheel as she ta...
Today is PENTECOST SUNDAY - often called the Birthday of the Church.
It's the day we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles.
When Jesus went back to Heaven, he promised his closest friends that He would not desert them - that God the Father would send a 'helper'
On the first Feast of Pentecost, the power of the Holy Spirit came down on the Apostles in the form of a rushing wind and tongues of fire - transforming them from fearful men to fearless missionaries - ready to take Jesus' message to the ends of the earth - and so, the church of Jesus Christ on earth was born...
THY KINGDOM COME is a call to prayer, started in England just five years ago by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, which has now become a global movement. Each year, for ten days between Ascension Day (21 May) and Pentecost (31 May) there's a world-wide invitation for Christians everywhere to pray that more people will come to know Jesus, and experience His love and His power in their life.
Emma Buchan is the Project Director for Thy Kingdom Come, working for the Archbishop of Canterbury, with Chris Russell who is the Archbishop's advisor on Evangelism and Witness - she joins us to...
This week, Reverend Andy Fishburne (Methodist Minister in the west of the Island) finds that some words from St John's Gospel have a strong message for us today, as we take some more steps out of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Reverend Dawn Mather (leader of the United Reformed Church on the Island) draws on her extensive experience as a hospital chaplain, to share a story that shows how helpful it is to have the conversation we all dread - the one about end of life.
But when someone we love is seriously ill, and wants to talk about how they wish their death to be, we need to be willing to be '...
Had it not been for the Covid-19 pandemic, Services of Celebration and Commemoration would have been taking place around the Island, to mark the 75th Anniversary of the end of the war in Europe - VE Day - the 8th of May 1945.
So, using prayers, hymns and reflections which would have formed a major part of those services, and presented by people who would themselves have been taking part, AT YOUR SERVICE today pays tribute to the millions of men and women at home and abroad, who gave so much, so we can now know freedom.
The hymns today are the same ones used at the very first Service ...
Today's programme is presented by another group drawn from the Island's Christian churches, with Bible readings, prayers, reflections and music to lift us up, whilst we're locked down.
We're reflecting on Jesus as the Good Shepherd, with Bible reading and a brand new poem from Christian writer Malcolm Guite, written amidst the strangeness of Easter Day this year, and read for us by Anne Clarke.
Judy Cannan is looking at the 'new normal' and wondering if we see stumbling blocks around us - or could they be stepping stones?
Louise Whitelegg is preparing for Christian Aid week which ...
AT YOUR SERVICE this week explores the same story in three different ways -the story tells of one of the encounters Jesus has, after he has risen from the dead, with two of his followers.
Firstly we hear the story as told in the Gospel of St Luke, then we're invited to imagine that we are 'the unknown disciple' in the story and finally we hear from someone who IS 'the unknown disciple' - but this is no ordinary story, and the ending offers us two challenges that are difficult to ignore.
Rev'd Canon Margaret Burrow, the Very Rev'd Nigel Godfrey, Dean of the Cathedral in Peel, and Pi...
Hello! I'm Judith Ley, and once again I'm joined by members of the Island's Christian community to offer you a mix of music, Bible reading, reflection, prayer and stories with one aim - to lift us up whilst we're locked down! For the next 40 days we stay in the season of Easter, and our Bible readings tell what happened after Jesus rose from the dead. He met his disciples a number of times - always when they were least expecting it! Jesus talked with them, helping them to understand what had happened to him, and teaching them what to tell other people about him. Today, LOUISE BECKETT read...
At this very challenging time, when we cannot celebrate Easter in any of the familiar ways, maybe the powerful Christian message of hope, courage and triumph is what we need to hear. AT YOUR SERVICE is presented by members of the Island's Christian community - and in this special programme for Easter Sunday, Jane Glover reads from St Matthew's Gospel, Rev'd Alex Brown has a poem he's written specially for today, Rev Dawn Mather and Captain Dylan Nieuwout (of the United Reformed Church and the Salvation Army respectively) share some Easter thoughts, and we even travel to Rome - Canon Phili...
This is Palm Sunday - the first day of the week that the Christian Church calls Holy - a week that starts in triumph and ends in what appears to be tragedy. But is that the whole story? AT YOUR SERVICE explores the events of Holy Week through words and music, and Louise Whitelegg and Gareth Moore reflect on how those events are shaping their own life today. William King reads from the Bible, and Natalie Heaton leads a time of informal prayer for everything related to the coronavirus situation. And there's music too - including a rare opportunity to hear Gareth Moore sing!
AT YOUR SERVICE today features music from Wallingford Parish Church Choir (former winners of Classic FM Choir of the Year) and the Sydney Staff Songsters from Australia - one of the many excellent Salvation Army Choirs around the world. Retreat Leader and Prayer Guide Judy Cannan has a prayer for when we're just not sure what to pray about, and she realises that even though she lives boy herself, she is never really alone. Our Bible reading is the story of the raising of Lazarus from the dead - David Suchet reads the account in John's Gospel, and Reverend Alex Brown shares some thoughts o...