Making New Discoveries

On Friday I went with a group of friends to see the new Star Trek film, ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’.We are lifelong aficionados of Star Trek and were introducing two of our friends to the joys of this science-fiction series. In order to do this, we have been...

The real deal

Back in November 2010 we had a family service on value and worth during which Stephen did a game called ‘Burgin’s Real Deal’, based on a popular TV programme. Prior to that, just after moving into the building on Market Street, I wrote about...

Sanctuary

Stephen spoke on the subject of sanctuary last night. Sanctuary is ‘a place of refuge from pursuit, persecution or other danger’ and is also thought of as ‘a holy place, a temple.’ The roots of the word are from the Latin ‘sanctus’,...

Sound Advice

Kevin spoke this morning from 1 Chronicles 28:1-12 and 20 on the sound advice given to his son, Solomon, by King David as he drew towards the end of his earthly life. He had wanted to build a temple for God but had been told through the prophet Nathan that this was...

How do you learn?

This week I received training in different learning styles. The three main learning styles identified are:1. visual (where the primary method of learning is through seeing and reading)2. auditory (where the primary method of learning is through listening and...