The Holy Spirit… like a capo?

Some guitarists use a capo to play in a different key more easily. A capo is a device which a guitarist uses on the neck of a stringed instrument to shorten the playable length of the strings—hence raising the pitch. It effectively means the guitarist does not have to...

What’s In A Name?

Garry spoke tonight on the subject of what makes a Pentecostal church. We are Goldthorpe Pentecostal Community Church – Goldthorpe is our location, and the fact that we’re a community church is our mission statement (‘with God in the community, with...

A 60lb Doughball!

Stephen spoke this morning at Cherry Tree Court on the parable of the yeast (Matt 13:33). Jesus often told stories to people using everyday objects as an example, talking about things people could relate to. In Biblical times, bread was often made without yeast...

Moving Forward

The Christian life is often likened to a journey or pilgrimage, with the Old Testament talking about the journeys of believers to Jerusalem for annual festivals. Ps 68 talks about the procession of God coming into the sanctuary, and Graham Kendrick has written a song...

Empty Hands

For many of us, the goal of life is to be self-sufficient. We don’t like to be dependent on others; we equate independence with maturity. That’s why we struggle at times to value the helpless like babies and the infirm or disabled and why the gospel is so...