Parent & Toddler Party (2)

It’s always nice to get Christmas presents early! The adults didn’t get left out, though they’d had to buy raffle tickets to get their prizes! (Most had contributed to the prizes as well; our thanks to all for their support of the group.)...

Parent & Toddler Christmas Party

Yesterday morning (which already seems a lifetime ago!), we had our Parent & Toddler Christmas Party. It was lovely to see the children enjoying the play and party food and, of course, their Christmas outfits! For some of the younger ones, it all got a bit...

God Works At The Right Time

God is never early and never late, but always on time. I like to be early to events (perhaps the most famous occasion in my family is when I made everyone turn up for a Christmas meal two hours early because I thought the journey to the restaurant would take much...

God Works Behind The Scenes

One of the hard things about waiting for God to fulfil His promises is that we can only see with our natural eyes. God is actually working behind the scenes all the time, but so often we can’t see what is going on behind the scenes. Children eagerly anticipate getting...

Confusion?

There are elements in the passage we studied tonight (Acts 8:4-25) which are very confusing and have been divisive throughout history. The confusion arises over why the Samaritans did not receive the Holy Spirit when they believed Philip’s message but only when the...