December dates

by | Nov 20, 2015 | What's Happening

There are five weeks to Christmas, a reflection that 2015 is whizzing by at a pace that surely must indicate my ageing process…! Bearing that in mind, here are some of the important dates for the church in December. Friday 11th December is the Parent &...

Flexible practices, firm principles

by | Nov 19, 2015 | What's Happening

Chapters like 1 Cor 8 are not at all irrelevant to modern life, even if the practices they discuss are not of paramount importance to us today (having said that, to Jews and Muslims, how animals are butchered is of paramount significance, with kosher and halal meat...

Grey Areas

by | Nov 19, 2015 | What's Happening

1 Cor 8 and Rom 14 deal with specific ‘grey areas’ of 1st century life. Eating meat sacrificed to idols and celebrating certain days more than others were areas of concern for Christians getting to grips with how their faith related to their everyday living. The ‘grey...