Welcome to Clifford Methodist Church.  Based in a small chapel at the heart of Clifford, we're a group of worshipping Christians who meet at 10:30am every Sunday morning through the year.  We're a pretty friendly bunch and you're most welcome to come and join us.  There are various activities through the week - check the calendar for details.

Half-listening to a Radio 4 interview in relation to Bolton footballer Fabrice Muamba’s heart attack, I heard these startling words; “the power of prayer”.  The interviewee was trusting that God would answer the prayers of football fans across the country, and a miracle would happen.  Of course there are lots of Christian football fans, but still it was unusual to hear those words spoken with such passion on the radio as part of a news item.  At the time of writing this, Fabrice had spoken, and had communicated via his family that Bolton needed to get back to their game. Earlier his doctor had reported that Muamba  had in effect been dead for 78 minutes!
It’s a story of resurrection,  because even though, as yet, we do not know the outcome for him, we do know that he was encouraging the work to continue without him.

It’s a familiar story to us, for that was Jesus’ journey:  after much acclaim for his ministry, and his times of fellowship with his friends, Jesus took the path into great suffering, death; then resurrection! And only when he had reassured them, given  them hope for the future, told them to wait for the power of the Holy Spirit to come upon them,  did he leave his friends to carry on the work that he had begun.

This is the gift of Easter, a message of hope – that whatever happens in our lives, by trusting in God we will experience our own resurrection moments, for Jesus intends that we spread the message of God’s love for us.  May we all experience “the power of prayer” in our own lives and the renewing and transforming power of God’s love this Easter.

Happy Easter, Susan