Hazelwell Weekly Contact August 24th 2025
22 Aug 2025 • Weekly Notices
10th Sunday after Trinity
10.00am Hazelwell Communion,
led by Rev’d. Matt Churchouse
Please remember in your prayers:-
Residents of Dawberry Road and Waldrons Moor.
Give thanks for all medical staff and others working in hospitals
Prayer for Mission from Matt
We thank you that you have brought us to know Jesus Christ and so to be part of his New Testament people. Your word calls us to be and to make disciples of Jesus and so we ask that you'd fill us with your Holy Spirit that we might share Christ gladly with others. Give us opportunities in our daily lives to speak for him with those we engage and interact with, speaking warmly, winsomely, boldly in a way that models his life and character. We pray that as we do so, and through the work of your Spirit and prayer, you would draw more people here to Hazelwell Church, giving us the privilege of discipling them, and may they too, in time, come to know Jesus and so become disciples – his followers – too. In Jesus' name we pray,
Parish Update
This week’s service will be at Hazelwell as normal – the following Sunday - 31st August there will be a joint service at St Bede’s at 11.00am and hence No Service At Hazelwell
Reflection on Luke 13:10-17
(Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath)
Luke 13:10–17 tells the story of Jesus healing a woman who had been crippled for eighteen years. She was bent over and unable to straighten herself, and Jesus healed her on the Sabbath. His actions drew criticism from the synagogue leader, who believed healing should not be done on the Sabbath. Jesus pointed out the hypocrisy of caring for animals on the Sabbath while denying compassion to a suffering person.
Jesus argued that human need should take precedence over rigid interpretations of religious law. He reminds us that the Sabbath is meant for good—not just for rest, but for restoration.
Jesus not only heals the woman physically but also restores her dignity. She had been bent and probably marginalized for many years. His words and touch affirm her worth as He calls her a “daughter of Abraham”— powerfully asserting her value in the eyes of God.
The woman’s condition might be seen as the spiritual and emotional burdens which people carry. Jesus's healing is a sign of His power to free us from anything that holds us captive—whether it's sin, shame, illness, or social rejection.
Question
How often do we cling to rules at the expense of compassion?
Who are the "bent-over" individuals in our community who need healing and dignity restored?