Minister's Letter June 2025
Revd John Henry
Tickhill Methodist Church
Article June 2025
June 2025
A seasonal contribution again, this time not March winds or April showers, but the summertime.
“Summertime, and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high” … so sang Ella Fitzgerald.
There are two things mistaken with that song, particularly if we generalise from it!
First, even though summertime comes, living is not always easy. As a Christian minister and Pastor, I know all too well that sometimes the weather (the summer) doesn't make a scrap of difference. Struggle still happens even in the sunniest of periods.
The second thing is that the song says is that the fish are jumping… inferring that the fishing will be good, again not true always true, if we generalise, not always my experience as an angler!
However, it is the case that many of us look forward to the warmer days and the longer evenings etc. and without question I think all of us feel a bit better with the sun on our back; even if we are going through the struggle perhaps the sunshine makes it a little easier
to bear!
There is another dimension that as a Christian minister I would like to turn to.
I often think that God shines into the darkest of places.
Allow me to offer some words from the Bible, I have slightly adapted the words of a modern version called The Message:
Even when the way goes through
the darkest Valley,
I’m not afraid
when you walk at my side.
Your trusty shepherd’s crook
makes me feel secure
Every Blessing,
Revd John.
Superintendent of Doncaster Methodist Circuit, Minister of Tickhill Methodist Church.
- Tickhill Methodist Church
- Northgate
- Tickhill
- South Yorkshire
- DN11 9HY