Dearne Community Arts’ Festival 2019

The Dearne Community Arts’ Festival 2019 took place yesterday at Astrea Academy Dearne. It was another fantastic day of championing creativity and celebrating community and I’m so privileged to know so many amazing creatives! Thanks to all who...

Macmillan Coffee Morning

Thanks to all who attended today’s Macmillan Coffee Morning! Even though I was busy elsewhere at the Dearne Community Arts’ Festival, the volunteers who served at the coffee morning sent all these photos to show us it was a good time. Final amount raised...

Quick Fix Prayers

The most frequent kind of prayer prayed is the ‘quick fix’ prayer: the prayer we pray in desperation (‘Lord, save me!’) The psalms are full of these prayers (Ps 6:4, Ps 22:41, Ps 31:16, Ps 40:13) and there’s clearly nothing wrong with...

A Busy Weekend

Events are like buses, it seems: you can go months without anything happening, and then all at once, there are two events in one day! On Saturday 28th September, we have our Macmillan Coffee Morning at church between 10 a.m. and 12 noon. The buns and cakes are all...

The Unsung Heroes (2)

Bezalel and Oholiab. Not the easiest names to get your tongue around, Not the most well-known Bible heroes. They killed no giants. They defeated no warring armies. They are not listed in Hebrews 11 with the heroes of faith, But tucked away in the Exodus narrative,...