Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship – a period of time when a person learns an art, trade or job under the supervision of a skilled worker in that field – seems to me to be one of the best ways to learn. It also seems to be the Biblical way of training leaders. Joshua was...

Qualifications in God’s Kingdom

When we compose a C. V. or job application, we expect to list our achievements and accomplishments; we aim to impress potential employers with our past prowess. When a person dies, an obituary tends to focus on achievements and accomplishments, defining a...

Living The Wise Life

Garry spoke tonight about living a wise life (see Eph 5:15-17). It’s easy enough to live like the world, but to go against the flow is much harder, yet this is what is required of believers, because the world is at odds with God. 1 John 5:4 in the Message...

A Lady And A Leader

Dave spoke this morning from Luke 13:10-17, the account of Jesus healing a woman crippled for 18 years and the backlash this provoked because the healing was carried out on the Sabbath. The woman in the incident is not named; in fact, she is defined for us by her...

Missionary Updates

At GPCC we support the work of Fredrick and Reeba in Bangalore, India, and we also support three children (Bedline in Haiti, Innocent in Uganda and Amshika in India.) Fredrick has sent us photos of two other pastors whose building work their church supports. We are so...