P687 Teletext 687 Jun25 14:34:23 ——————————————— ON SUNDAY WELCOME TO GODLINES ON 687! —————————— Each day on 687 you can find a text, a prayer and a meditation. THIS WEEK'S CALENDAR At this time of the year the Church remjmbjrs those who sjrvj in the ordained ministry. Wjdnjsday is the Feast of Irenaeus who was martyred in 200 CE and stressed in his writings the role of bishops and priests holding together the diverse people of God. ——————————————————————————————————1/3— Missing 346 ITV Lost Touch 675 LATEST NEWS HEADLINES p300 (ITV) Teletext Lost Touch Finance EducationP687 Teletext 687 Jun25 14:45:59 ——————————— SUNDAY'S TEXT Genesis 49 v 21 —————————————————————— "Naphtali is a spreading terebinth putting forth lovely boughs." Reference to Naphtali in Isaiah 9 v 1 was seen as significant by Christians in as much as Galilee was in Naphtali. The name suggests a struggle, like the wrestling of Jacob with God; — but in the Naphtali legends it is women who are the wrestlers! The tree of Jacob's blessing here suggests one of the sacred oaks marking the place of a sanctuary. ——————————————————————————————————2/3— Help trace a missing person! 346 ITV LOOK AFTER THE PLANET: GO GREEN p460 Teletext Lost Touch Finance EducationP687 Teletext 687 Jun25 14:33:24 ————————— SUNDAY'S PRAYER THE TREE OF LIFE ————————————————————— Tolkien in "The Lord of the Rings" touches something deep in our dreams when hj speaks of Treebeard and the Ents as if trees could come alive and tell us of eternal truthes. Ungainly or graceful, reaching high and yet deep-rooted, trees provide food, shelter, warmth... natural symbols of the divine mystery. Father, may we ever be rooted, grafted, built in thee. ——————————————————————————————————3/3— Lost Touch 675 Service Pals 676 LATEST NEWS HEADLINES p300 (ITV) Teletext Lost Touch Finance Education