This Sunday, 22nd February, at 11am in All Saints’ Church, Wootton Courtenay, we will be using one of the Iona Community’s liturgies for Holy Communion. This includes space for quiet contemplation enhanced by music.
The Iona Community was founded in Glasgow in 1938 by the Revd George MacLeod. A veteran of the First World War, MacLeod was also a visionary and a social reformer who believed that Christian faith should be the motivation for action. Based on this conviction, he initiated the rebuilding of the accommodation of the abbey on the island of Iona and it became the home of trainee ministers and unemployed labourers from Glasgow. There they lived, worked and worshipped side by side as a faith community.
Now, the Iona Community is known throughout the world as a community that is dedicated to prayer in action. Those living in the Community live a life inspired by the Benedictines and the Columban Celtic tradition. (St Columbus was an Irish saint who is credited with the conversion of the Scottish to Christianity in the 6th Century). To this day, the Community’s team of resource workers continue to renew and reshape the worship of local congregations and church networks throughout the world.
Everyone is welcome to join us for this peaceful and contemplative service.
Refreshments after the service.
Amanda
Wootton Courtenay 