Hazelwell Morning Worship 10.00am
led by Val & Andy Harris
Please Pray For
- Residents of Sycamore Terrace & Grove Road
- Pray for all victims of the knife attack in Southport on Monday and their families
- Pray also for all competing in the Olympic games
Parish Update
The Thursday morning meet-up meetings will start again in September.
Look out for details of a quiz (in aid of tear fund ) to be held in November
Date for your Diary 20th / 21st September We are making plans for a joint Hazelwell / St Bede’s church (non-residential) weekend to be held at Lickey Church. More details to follow, so reserve the date in your diary
We recently had lunch at Thurman’s in German Village in Columbus. They are known for their specialty hamburgers. I ordered a bacon cheeseburger. When our
waiter brought our meals to us I couldn’t believe how huge the burger was. It must have stood five inches high on my plate. The waiter said it had ¾ pound of hamburger in it. It tasted wonderful and although we had to wait about 30 minutes it was worth the wait.
That sandwich was the same as three Quarter Pounders at MacDonalds’. My stomach was so full I could barely walk and I couldn’t eat for two days. But eventually I became hungry again and by Sunday evening I was ready for a chicken dinner. We can’t live without food and we Americans really enjoy a quality meal. However, whether we dine at a four-star restaurant or some fast food place, we eventually get hungry again because we are never satisfied.
We need to eat to survive, but here in John, Jesus, is telling the people by the Sea of Galilee something quite different.
He was saying that food may fill their stomachs but it will never fill their souls. He had just fed 5,000 folks with five loaves of bread and two fish. However, they were still hungry and followed after him. Jesus had satisfied their hunger for food but now he tells them what they really need is food for their souls.
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” What does Jesus mean by bread of life? How can he satisfy our hunger and our thirst?