The God of New Things

This morning’s sermon looked at Is 43:18-21. September in England is traditionally associated with the start of the new academic year, and in Goldthorpe, this is especially poignant since the new primary school will be opening this week. At this time of fresh...

Missionary Update

Steve and Katuska Davies ask for ongoing prayer for the Bible college in Maputo, Mozambique. There is a small team there, with a new missionary (Michelle Heffer) about to join that team. There has been a lot of change in Mozambique recently, with much political...

Sunset in Goldthorpe

Last night’s prayer walk in Goldthorpe saw a beautiful sunset near the new primary school building: Pray for the new primary school as term re-starts shortly and for all schools in our local area. Pupils will be starting new classes and new schools; there will...

Pray and Work

Augustine is reputed to have said, ‘Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.’ There is a mystery in this inter-connection between prayer and work which again must be embraced rather than fathomed. We must not...

Mystery

There is much in life that is a mystery to me. How electricity works. How a computer works. How pretty much anything mechanical works. How I put two socks into a washing machine and only one seems to come out. How no matter how many lists I write, I still manage to...