‘Earnestly praying’

At last night’s prayer meeting, we focussed on Acts 12:1-5 TNIV and in particular looked at the phrase ‘and the church was earnestly praying to God for him.’ It was a time of persecution for the church; James, the brother of John, had been killed by...

Synergy

I have been musing on the variety of comments written in the visitors’ book at church from last weekend and also in cards sent to us. Many people have commented on the ‘great atmosphere’ and ‘friendly church’, quoting Psalm 133:1...

All change?

Some of you may be noticing a whole raft of changes around here at the moment. First of all, the new notice board at church… then new leaders appointed… now a new website and new look blog to deal with. You may well be feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all....

God of the new

Garry preached at the family service, talking about new and old. Sometimes it’s really good to get new things (think of Christmas presents, new technology and the smell of a new car) and most people enjoy getting new gadgets, but some people hate change and find...

New and old…

Tonight was the first family service of 2014, looking at the theme of old and new. Tony organised a Bible quiz on (fairly obscure) facts from the Old and New Testament! With willing helpers to decide whose hand went up first, we tackled twenty questions: To give a...