Hands

On Sunday, we had our ‘family service’, usually held on the first Sunday of the month. The format of this meeting is even more relaxed than usual and we usually have a series of games and quizzes as well as worship and the Word.The theme this month was...

Drawing near to God

“Come near to God and he will come near to you.” (James 4:8)Life is full of distractions and busyness, all of which conspire to stop us coming near to God. It’s so much easier to fill our days with activity than it is to take the time out to stop and...

Child-like faith

‘At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children,...

We’re all going on a summer holiday…

Well, not quite, but it certainly is that time of year in England and Stephen’s sermon on Sunday definitely reflected his upcoming holiday to Cornwall!He had plenty of visual aids (but I’d forgotten my camera, alas!) to help us think about holiday...

Variety

We enjoyed a couple of days visiting local places with a friend and I was once more struck by the variety of God’s creation.We live in an industrial area, famous once for coal mining, but Wentworth Castle Gardens are situated just a few minutes from Barnsley....