Receiving the present

On Pentecost Sunday, Garry spoke about ‘receiving the present’, looking at Matthew 6:25-34. The ‘present’ he was talking about was not the gift of the Holy Spirit per se, however, but the gift of today, the gift of living in the now, with an...

Foolishness and weakness

Stephen preached from 1 Cor 1:25-31 this morning, focussing especially on vs 25, which seems to have been a recurring theme lately: “for the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.”He has...

Living the dream

Mark preached from Psalm 126 last night, looking at ‘living the dream’. God can speak to us through dreams and puts dreams in our hearts. Our heartfelt desires often determine our dreams and yet those dreams often seem impossible or die, fading away in the...

The Ascension

Last Thursday was Ascension Day and Dave preached this morning on the Ascension, which is mentioned in Mark 16:19, Luke 24:51 and Acts 1:1-11. Luke essentially takes us on a journey through the life and ministry of Jesus. The ‘first leg’ of the journey...

Dates for the diary

Many of you will have attended some of the special meetings at Furlong Road Methodist Church this weekend, as they celebrate moving into a different building. Our thoughts and prayers are with this church as they leave the old behind and look ahead to the new. God is...