Advent – Day 23

As the countdown to Christmas really begins this week, we have reached the ‘T’ of ‘Advent’: ‘Thankfulness’. Thankfulness and gratitude are so important to living well. Research tells us that gratitude is strongly and consistently associated with greater happiness....

Birthday Box

I think it’s safe to say that most adults at church don’t particularly enjoy the spotlight being turned on them as we sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to them. But children often see this as something positive, being eager to celebrate birthdays! Today,...

Emmanuel – God With Us

Garry spoke tonight from Matt 1:18-25, reminding us of the name given to Jesus, ‘Emmanuel’ meaning ‘God with us.’ We might say that this is obvious; Ps 139:7-12 makes it plain that we cannot escape from God’s presence anywhere, since He...

God Is With Us – Everywhere!

Our pre-recorded Nativity ‘God Is With Us – Everywhere!’ (by Fay Rowland) which featured in our carol service tonight told the Nativity story in rhyming verse. We are very grateful to church members who took the time to dress up and record these...