Saints or sinners?

Tonight we concluded our studies in 1 John 1, looking in particular at the three ‘if we claim’ statements in verses 6, 8 and 10. What we say or claim about our lives in God and about God is incredibly important, and if there is dissonance between what we...

Carol service update

As you know, our community carol service is on Sunday 22nd December, starting at 6 p.m. As well as singing traditional carols, we will also be having some not-so-traditional games and competitions, for we believe that coming together as church is fun and we want to...

I am calling you!

When pupils study languages, there are four ‘assessment objectives’ that are tested, largely because there are four main ways in which we absorb and use language: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Jesus is called ‘the Word’ (John 1:1...

Immanuel

One of the key prophecies we remember at Christmas-time is found in Isaiah 7:14 TNIV: ‘Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.’ This is quoted in the birth narratives in...

Hark the herald angels

It never fails to irritate me that so many Christmas songs have banal lyrics and very little to do with the real meaning of Christmas. (I know, I know, bah humbug and all that, but actually, it’s because I love Christmas so much that I get so irritated by the...