Messy Creativity

One of the great joys of Christmas is (for me) receiving a new recipe book or some new cooking utensil. My father usually buys me one or the other and it’s great to experiment with new items or new recipes (though I have to confess that the last new recipe I tried did...

A fair exchange?

To celebrate the family service theme, Garry wrote a new song entitled ‘A Fair Exchange is No Robbery’, which looks at the fact that God trades our despair, poverty and burnt-out dreams for His beauty, joy, endless hope and a new song: ‘A fair...

The Heavenly Swapshop

The family service last night looked at the subject of the royal exchange, how God ‘swaps’ so many of His gifts and blessings for our despair and misery. There are many things we swap regularly in life (clothes, music, TV channels, toothbrushes etc.) and...

Knowing, Being & Doing

This morning’s sermon looked at Rom 12:9-21, verses packed with commands about how we should be and what we should do. It’s important to get the balance between knowing, being and doing right; all three are important to a balanced Christian walk.For us to...

Salvation is coming!

Our heart for 2016 is to see many people saved. When the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas what he had to do to be saved, their reply was succinct: ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved – you and your household.’ (Acts 16:31) Our...