Goldthorpe food and fellowship

A celebration wouldn’t be a celebration at Goldthorpe without food! At the end of the meeting, we all enjoyed sharing fellowship over food: It had been a long and tiring day, but one suffused with gratitude and laughter: Eileen (affectionately known as...

Music and worship

Garry spoke last night about the role of music in worship. Worship is, of course, about far more than music: it is the giving of our whole lives to God, as Rom 12:1 makes clear. Nonetheless, singing and music have always played an important part in the worship of God,...

Evening celebration

Last night was the Big Birthday Bash celebration, bringing together Christians from local churches and former members of the church in a night of thanksgiving for God’s faithfulness. Before the meeting, a reminder of why we were there – 50 years! Getting...

What else?

What else was going on during our Open Day? Well, as usual, we had stalwart help in the kitchen, serving refreshments: People enjoyed the usual coffee morning, with cake and fruit as additional treats! The Sunday School children had prepared favour boxes to give to...

Other craft activities

Other craft activities included colouring in names of God to make place mats: We also had face-painting: Interestingly, not all the craft-building led to towers! We also had butterflies: … and spaceships: … and a nod to the World Cup: In everything,...