Ally W leads Morning and Evening prayer this week. Morning Prayer – Ally W considers a passage from John chapter 15, verses 18 to the end. This scripture describes Jesus’ explanation to his disciples – that following his teaching sets them apart from those they live amongst and that they risk being hated and ostracised in the way that Jesus was; ‘If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world—therefore the world hates you.'”