AT YOUR SERVICE - 7 JUNE 2020

At Your Service

Sunday, 7 June 2020 - 30 minutes

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 talks! She's also wonders if you are a Tuesday person?
Vice President Professor Clive Marsh shares the leadership role with Barbara - this morning he's talking about the Bible, and leave us with a question - given that the Bible is actually a collection of 66 separate books - if they were all about to be swept out to sea, which 4 would you rescue - and why?
The horrific death of George Floyd has dominated the news in recent days - Reverend Barbara reads the statement she issued - with the agreement of Clive Marsh - in her capacity as leader of the Methodist Church, in which she apologises for the dreadful realities of racism today, which we must pledge to change.
If you want to know more about the actions the Methodist Church in Britain is already taking to abolish all forms of racism, visit their website at methodist.org.uk
The Methodist Church are also members of the Joint Public Issues Team, which includes the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the United Reformed Church and the Church of Scotland - working together for peace and justice. You can find them on line too - jointpublicissues.org.uk
And we've a great music mix - including two requested hymns - the much-loved Manx Fishermen's Evening Hymn (sung by Musicale and the Regal Singers, accompanied by the Manx Youth Band) and 'Courage, Brother, do not stumble' which was written in 1857 but - over 160 years later - the words are just as appropriate for the challenges of today. The melody was written by Arthur S Sullivan (of Gilbert and Sullivan fame)
Clive Marsh enjoys looking for the spiritual element in all music - and his choice is 'I Want to Walk with Jesus' by great blues musician Eric Bibb
Your hymn requests are always welcome - email me, please - judithley@manxradio.com - I'll add your choices to my list, and play them in forthcoming programmes.
THANK YOU for your interest in this podcast - we'll be AT YOUR SERVICE again next week!

AT YOUR SERVICE - 7 JUNE 2020

At Your Service

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