God with us

Today’s song again looks at the theme of ‘Emmanuel’, God with us. ‘For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.’ (2 Cor 8:9)...

Joy To The World

Today’s song is a very familiar and much-loved carol: ‘Joy To The World’. This is a typically Rend Collective quirky video, with Christmas jumpers and props galore! The truth, however, that Jesus is our joy is one we need to keep with us at all...

Are you a snowman?!

The Disney hit film ‘Frozen’ features the song ‘Do you want to build a snowman?’ Mark looked at the subject of snowmen last night: We saw the tallest snowman (122ft 1 inch): … and the smallest (created in a laboratory):We looked at happy...

Whiter than snow

Once December arrives, people start getting into the festive spirit! Our family service last night looked at the theme ‘Whiter Than Snow.’ This included a quiz all about cleaning products, where we had to identify key brands or finish slogans to do with...

Participating in the divine nature

This morning’s sermon from 2 Pet 1:3-9 continued the theme begun in our Bible studies about how it is God’s life within us which overcomes the world (see 1 John 5:4-5). As Paul says elsewhere (2 Cor 5:14-21), we are new creations in Christ Jesus and...