Today is Tuesday the 9th of April in the second week of Easter tide. were still for all home.

You met us us in your house, met us in your son,

The Choir of Royal Holloway sings, One in Christ. without, will then we will still come off? You may as ever as such as such as a result, let us see no sound.

Let us see the world. and Lorde us all. Our soul. Time, Let your life. And it is there's never to be. And all the way. one common

the findings of glory.

I'm not here. Tylg, Tymh, Tymnus to him. Sylvov.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Today's reading is from the Acts of the Apostles.

Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul.

And no one claimed private ownership of any possessions.

But everything they owned was held in common.

With great power the apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus,

and great grace was upon them all.

There was not a needy person among them, for as many as owned lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold.

They laid it at the Apostles' feet and it was distributed to each as any had need.

There was a Levite, a native of Cyprus, Joseph, to whom the Apostles gave the name Barnabas, which means son of encouragement.

He sold a field that belonged to him, then the money and laid it at the

Apostles' feet. You're going to be here. In writing this passage in the acts of the Apostles, St Luke offers what is perhaps a rather idealised picture of the earliest Christian communities.

What do you first notice about it? it. Oh, Oh, How do you think that you would respond to an invitation to join such a group? Oh, Oh, Oh, Where do you see anything like this happening in the church or among Christians that you know today. Oh, Oh, As you hear this community described again, is there anything that it has to say about

your own way of living in response to the Gospel message.

Now the whole group of those who believed were of one heart and soul.

And no one claimed private ownership of any possessions.

But everything they owned was held in common.

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