Boxing in!

This week a number of ‘minor’ but essential jobs have been carried out at church, involving carpentry skills from Russell. First of all, the new boilers we have had installed necessitated new piping and this has now been boxed in to protect the piping and...

Anointing and abiding

In our final Bible study on 1 John 17-29, we looked at two key factors for the confidence John expresses for his ‘dear children.’ Despite false teachers arising from within the church and the solemn warnings about the final hour and antichrists already...

Confident and unashamed

At the Bible study on Thursday we looked at 1 John 2:28: ‘And now, dear children, continue in him, so that when he appears we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming.’ The Greek word translated here as ‘confident’ is...

Hello, my name is…

Asking someone their name is probably the first thing we do on meeting a person. We use names to identify and separate from others. It’s always a magical moment when a child learns to speak a name for the first time, signifying a growing understanding and the...

Dealing with anxiety

Stephen continued looking at how we can become more like Christ tonight, focussing on dealing with anxiety. Anxiety – that nagging feeling of uncertainty which is not the same as a specific fear – is like a crippling burden on many people, robbing them of...