The Power of Prayer

Mark spoke about prayer and fasting tonight, in preparation for the month of prayer and fasting starting in January. Prayer is the spiritual battlefield which determines whether what we do in the physical realm is successful or not. Prayer involves pouring out our...

God’s Hand in our Life

Stephen spoke this morning on God’s hand in our life. Using a picture of a seedling being held in someone’s hand, he spoke about understanding that God is active in our lives and is there to guide us and direct us. Christianity is not like a Scouts’...

Reckless extravagance

Today I’ve been meditating on Mark 14:1-11, the account of the anointing of Jesus by a woman at the house of Simon the leper at Bethany, an account which Jesus tells us will be recounted wherever the gospel is preached. Whenever I read this account, I am...

Next services

There will be no midweek meeting this week, so the next service at church will be on Sunday 30th December at the usual times of 10.30 a.m. and 6 p.m.Don’t forget the New Year’s Day party, starting at 4 p.m. As Mark commented, “this is where the real...

Christmas music

Lest you think that in my descriptions of the carol service so far there has been no mention of carols, we did also sing carols! Following the community carol service on Friday, we had to move all the musical equipment (drums, keyboard, amplifiers, pedal boards,...