Christmas Market

To say that the Goldthorpe Christmas Market was a success is an understatement. Certainly, those inside the church building can’t comment on what was happening outside, because we were too busy inside to venture out! It was wonderful to be able to serve...

Christmas Market preparations

Yesterday saw the first Goldthorpe Christmas Market in many years, superbly organised by the Goldthorpe Development Fund. Every single one of the 64 market stalls was occupied with some excellent crafts and items for sale, along with rides in the car park. Here are...

Parent & Toddler Christmas Party

Thanks to everyone who helped at or attended the Parent & Toddler Christmas Party yesterday. As always, people’s generosity in giving to this event is outstanding and there was masses of food as usual! As well as playing as usual, there were party games:...

The Narrow Road

Read Ps 119:89-96. New roads are being built on a regular basis and as a result maps become outdated. We can’t presume to know the way to a place based on past experience. If we’re not careful, we apply this wholly sensible reasoning to our spiritual journey also,...

Homesickness

Read Psalm 119:81-88. Have you ever been homesick? I’ve never been away from home long enough to really feel homesick, but I once took a school trip to France and saw firsthand the desolation of homesickness in a teenage girl. Normally confident and outdoing, she...