A Willingness To Touch

Dave spoke this morning from Mark 1:40-45, an encounter between a leper and Jesus. Leprosy was one of the most devastating diseases recorded in the Bible, killing through destroying the nervous system so that limbs were lost, blindness occurred and destruction came,...

Not Getting What You Want

When we read some of the promises in the Bible about prayer, we may feel we have carte blanche to a life of unending bliss (see 1 John 5:14-15, Matt 7:7, John 14:14). Yet we soon come to realise that prayer is not a slot machine programmed to pour out coins every time...

Light the Blue Touchpaper…

The Message Bus’s visit to our area was a day of great fun, giving children and young people the opportunity to have a good time on a bus that’s kitted out with slides, climbing wall and tons of computer games. There’s a serious message behind the...

The Message Bus Roadshow

It was great to welcome The Message Bus to our area yesterday. First of all, we visited Houghton Road Centre in Thurnscoe. Inside, younger children could play with toys or do jigsaws and craft activities: Our Big Local Thurnscoe and St Helen’s volunteers cooked...