Just Believe!

Often we feel overwhelmed by circumstances and problems, unable to see our way out of the maze of life, troubled, afraid and despondent. In Mark 5, we read of different situations and circumstances which were truly overwhelming: a woman who had been bleeding for...

Half-Term Activities

There are lots of fun activities for the family to do this half-term. Today (Tuesday 19th February) it’s the family fun day at St Helen’s Church Hall on High Street in Thurnscoe, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. You can ‘meet a creature’ there...

Everyday Parables

Parables were one of Jesus’s favourite means of teaching. Often defined as ‘an earthly story with a heavenly meaning’, parables dealt with familiar scenarios (a farmer sowing seed, a merchant buying a valuable jewel, a businessman with two sons), yet...

Watch and Pray

Dave spoke tonight from Isaiah 62:6-7 on the importance of prayer. Prayer is not an optional extra for the Christian; it is an essential part of our life with God. In fact, all people pray (even if it’s only in times of distress), but for the Christian, prayer...

Schadenfreude or encouragement?

Garry spoke this morning on the subject of encouragement, looking at how we respond to others, especially when they fall. The famous scene from ‘Only Fools And Horses’ where Del Boy falls through the open bar door makes us laugh because of the comic timing...