Thinking Space Thinking SPACE Hello, This year is going so fast and we are now in the Spring Equinox - “Here comes the sun and I say, ‘It’s all right’” - The Beatles. So what is the spiritual meaning of the Spring Equinox, if you google Spring Equinox you will find numerous definitions. This I thought was most appropriate at the present time for SPACE: Spring Equinox is a celebration of new life, new beginning and a return to balance. It is our natural inclination to resist change, but it is through change that real growth occurs. We have all prayed for a new spiritual leader for SPACE and they have been answered at last. SPACE needs to celebrate the start of a new life, new beginning and a return to a balance by welcoming Samantha and Peter into our Church Family. We need to remember and be open to changes that may occur within our churches, but Samantha and Peter are also going to make changes to their lives by becoming members of our Church Family and they will need our support. Through the changes that may occur SPACE hopefully will grow again. Let us pray… A Spring Prayer by Rev Mark Bekkedhal. Dear God Spring is a metaphor for change. Some changes we eagerly await, and some we abhor. Some changes we plan and others arrive uninvited. To all these changes we ask the Gift of your perspective beckoning us to expectation, hope and rebirth. May the sunlight and rain be reminders that You are at work renewing the earth. As God of renewal You are ever at work in our lives too. Open our eyes and lives to the needed changes in our lives, let spring awaken us to a new life and perspective for we pray in Jesus’ name, Amen. Happy Spring Equinox Love from Janet and all at Norristhorpe URC