Welcome to 2024 - a year of discovery in Digswell Parish with Jeremiah, Matthew, the Transfiguration and the Beatitudes .
Please find attached a summary of our proposed Lent Course, bible study sessions, two study days and next year's Advent book.
Throughout the Year
Jeremiah the Prophet: Bible Study sequence During 2024 we will focus on the book of Jeremiah.
The set book for our bible study will be:Jeremiah for Everyone by John Goldingay SPCK 2015
The Bible Studies will be at 7.30pm via Zoom on the following dates:
Monday 15 January; Tuesday 16 April; Tuesday 14 May; Tuesday 18 June; Tuesday 16 July; Monday 9 September; Monday 7 October; Monday 4 November
Lent 2024
Lent Programme 2024
Transfiguration: 50 Pilgrim Steps Rob Marshall Canterbury Press 2023
Study Groups will be at 7.30pm via Zoom on the following dates:Tues 20 & 27 February and March 5, 12, 19.
And in person at Coffee Pot at 10.30am on Fridays 23 Feb and 1, 8, 15, 22 March.
Sunday talks will feature the themes at our 9.30am Parish Eucharist at St John’s each week.
Tuesday talks at our 10am Parish Eucharist at Christ the King Hub every week will do the same.
Spring 2024
Parish Study Day, St John’s Church, 11am-3pm
Thursday 25 April - POSTPONED UNTIL JULY
The Beatitudes
The verses from Jesus’ sermon on the mount have provided Christians with food for thought ever since they were spoken.
During this day together we will look at each of them and explore how they speak to us as pilgrims today
Autumn 2024
Parish Study Day, St John’s Church, 11am-3pm
Thursday 12 September
Meeting God in Matthew by Elaine Storkey SPCK 2022
Based on the book with the same title.
We meet God in different ways through this unique Gospel and we look forward what the day provides for us.
Advent Study Book Programme & Theme
Waiting on the Word by Malcolm Guite Hymns Ancient & Modern 2015
Poems to reflect on during Advent are provided as we prepare again to welcome Jesus at Christmastime.
See attachment for printable details