A new teaching programme for a group of rural churches in Bath and Wells has been put together to encourage parishioners to think about the significance of animals in the…
A new teaching programme for a group of rural churches in Bath and Wells has been put together to encourage parishioners to think about the significance of animals in the Bible, and what the stories about them can teach us in 2026.
Churches in Peasedown St John, Foxcote, Shoscombe and Wellow over the next year will look at the theme of ‘Ask the Animals: And they will teach you’. They aim to delve deep into the Bible to look at what guidance the scriptures have for us in the 21st century. Sunday sermons from January through to December will look at a different topic each month.
Revd Matthew Street, Rector Ten Lamps Group Ministry (The Saint J’s Group with Wellow), says, “Over the next year, we’ll be encouraging parishioners to think and learn about the animals in the Bible. We can discover how creatures, real and symbolic, reveal God’s character, human nature, and vital spiritual truths.”
Themes covered throughout 2026 will include:
The new teaching programme will run across 42 Sundays in 2026 at these services:
Recordings of each talk will also be available after each Sunday on the St J’s Group website – www.stjsgroup.church.
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