The Blessing of the Armour of God

In our morning service today we looked at Eph 6:10-17, at the ‘Blessing of the Armour of God.’ In these verses, Paul reminds us that we are all involved in a spiritual battle, contending not against flesh and blood (i.e. people) but against the rulers, authorities and...

Confronted by God

The Bible is full of stories of people who were confronted by God, of people whose lives were radically changed by their encounters with the Holy One. One thing we learn from each of these stories is that God is who He is (see Ex 3) and that His holiness had a...

Speaking Other Languages

One of the questions asked this afternoon was ‘Do I have to become a different person to speak someone else’s language?’ Since we will all naturally speak one love language better than another (some of us need affirmation to feel loved; others need...

Team Building Day (2)

One of the ideas of the Team Building Day is to encourage us to work as a team! Sarah gave us a task to do in two groups: to build a bridge out of newspapers strong enough to bear the weight of a toy car. In these tasks, it’s always interesting to see who takes...

Team Building Day

This afternoon’s Team Building Day was a time to get to know each other better, initially over lunch: … and then through ‘Human Bingo’, where we discovered some interesting facts about each other! Roger, Julie & Gemma get stressed easily...