It was wonderful to journey through Holy Week together and participate in the joyful celebrations of Christ's resurrection last weekend at both St Andrew's Church and Church on the Corner.

I wonder where you have experienced the risen Jesus this week? Perhaps noticing the bountiful tree-blossom during the beautiful spring weather, or in children's play and laughter in this school holiday week, or through the awe-inspiring pictures of earth and moon from the Artemis II spacecraft, or as relief at the last-minute cease-fire agreement, however tenuous, in the Middle-East.

As we continue to travel through the season of Easter, until Pentecost on 24 May, can I encourage you to keep open to encounters with our Living Lord, who may surprise us with his presence, as he did those first women and men who met him before his ascension. And let us keep earnestly praying for lasting peace across God's world.