Birthday catch-up

Last week we had a birthday to celebrate: We also caught up with a birthday girl who was on holiday on the actual date of her birthday (there’s no escape!) Then we had two birthdays to anticipate in the week to come: We wish everybody a very happy...

The Adventures of Igor

Having told you about the gold postbox in Onchan (painted to celebrate Peter Kennaugh’s gold medal in the cycling pursuit BBC News of Peter Kennaugh), it’s time to update you on Igor’s adventures in the Isle of Man.Igor, you remember, is the...

Lessons from the Olympics

As the Olympics draw to a close, Garry looked at the lessons we can learn from these Games! Preaching from 2 Timothy 2:1-7, he looked at three lessons we can learn:(1) Suffering is inevitable in this life, but can teach us many things. Many Olympians testified to the...

The Pleasure of God

Back to Goldthorpe now, and Dave preached on Sunday night on ‘the pleasure of God’. The Westminster Catechism was compiled by an Assembly of Church Fathers from England and Scotland in 1648. It was intended to teach the basic beliefs of the Christian faith...

With us in everything

One thing I love about God is how He says the same things to us in different ways and it doesn’t matter where we go, we can never outrun His messages! Last week we had the pleasure of being away on holiday on the Isle of Man, a truly wonderful place. As is our...