Just down the road from the church where our previous vicar,
Simon Harvey, now serves in Islington, an atheist group has now set up a “Sunday
Assembly.” Superficially, it has much in common with the church, with singing,
a talk and even a time of quiet to replace prayers.
Our current vicar, Steve Bailey, had come across an account
of this “atheist church” and shared it with the members of the midweek
Communion Service. He pointed out how, even in Jesus time, there were those
that mimicked his ministry.
Our prayer must be that the members of this group not only
enjoy the trappings of the Christian Church, but actually come to discover
Jesus as their Lord. For us, we need to be sure that it is Jesus and not the trappings of the church, that we treasure.
