Marks of Maturity: Prayer

Garry spoke tonight on the ‘growing pains’ which are an inevitable part of maturing, focussing on the topic of prayer. God is here with us and is listening to us, but so often, we overcomplicate [thinking it has to be done in a certain way and a certain...

Death Before Resurrection

Joseph reminds us that very often dreams have to die before they can be raised to life again by God. Jesus said to His disciples, ‘Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces...

Slow Miracles

Traditionally, we think of miracles as God’s intervention in human history, often in remarkable and sudden form. The dictionary definition of the word ‘miracle’ says a miracle is ‘an extraordinary and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws’...

Gulliver’s Valley Trip

Yesterday we took 100 people from the Parent & Toddler group families to Gulliver’s Valley near Sheffield, a theme park with something for everyone under 10! It was lovely to have so many families join us (so many we needed to hire 2 coaches!) and to have...

Letters to Smyrna and Pergamum

Tonight’s Bible study looked at the letters to the churches in Smyrna and Pergamum (Revelation 2) and saw that Christ speaks to churches in ways that are intensely relevant to their particular situations. To Smyrna, a city which had been literally destroyed and...