Hazelwell Weekly Contact 1st February 2026
31 Jan 2026 • Weekly Notices
Hazelwell Weekly Contact 1st February 2026
4th Sunday of Epiphany
Hazelwell Morning Worship
. Led by Val Harris, Preacher Rev. Andy Harris
Please remember in your prayers
Residents of County Close and Kennedy Grove.
Please pray for Val and Andy as they prepare for the service this week.
All who will visit hospitals this week for consultation or treatment
Forward Planning Remember to mark February 22nd in your diary when we plan to meet as a parish for lunch and discussion of how we should move forward as a church. Ahead of this please pray for our discussions and contact Matt if you feel there is something which could add to our deliberations.
Alpha Course Is there more to life than this?
Are you (or anyone you know) seeking to know more about Christianity? If so why not join our Alpha Course which meets in the Hub every Tuesday at 7pm
For more information or to express interest speak to Matt
or e-mail: hazelwellchurchbrum@ gmail.com
A Reflection on John 2:1–11
The Wedding at Cana
John places Jesus’ first sign not in the Temple or the marketplace, but at a wedding. It’s an ordinary, joyful human celebration—and it’s precisely there that God’s glory is revealed. This alone tells us something important: God is not distant from daily life. He meets us in moments of relationship, joy, embarrassment, and need.
The crisis at Cana is quietly human: they have no wine. No thunder, no drama—just a problem that would bring shame to the hosts and drain the joy from the feast. Mary notices. She doesn’t tell Jesus what to do; she simply names the need and trusts him with it. Her words to the servants — “Do whatever he tells you”—become a timeless invitation for all disciples.
Jesus’ response seems hesitant at first: “My hour has not yet come.” Yet he acts anyway. Grace often does. The servants fill the jars to the brim, even though it makes little sense. Obedience comes before understanding. And it is in that faithful, quiet cooperation that transformation happens.
The water becomes wine—not just wine, but the finest wine. God doesn’t merely fix the problem; he overwhelms it with generosity. What was plain becomes rich. What was empty becomes abundant. This is the pattern of grace: God takes what is ordinary, offered in trust, and turns it into something new.
In our own lives, we may recognise moments when the “wine runs out”—when joy feels thin, resources are stretched, or hope falters. Cana reminds us that no situation is too ordinary or too late for Christ’s transforming presence. All that is asked of us is what Mary asked of the servants: to listen, to trust, and to do whatever he tells us.
And when we do, we may discover that God has been quietly preparing something far better than we expected.