God’s plan

by | Jun 27, 2013 | What's Happening

“While we may have a simple plan for our life (to be happy, prosperous, successful and at peace), God wants us to learn to trust Him deeply and against all odds.” (Charlie Cleverly, ‘Epiphanies of the Ordinary’)I was a relatively young...

The Riches of His Grace

by | Jun 24, 2013 | What's Happening

Dave concluded his mini-series on Ephesians 2:1-7 TNIV last night, looking at verse 7: ‘in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.’Over the past few weeks we have looked at our...

Covenants and commitment

by | Jun 23, 2013 | What's Happening

This morning we continued our studies on the life of Abraham, looking at the covenants God made with him in Genesis 15 and 17. A covenant is defined as an ‘agreement, contract, pact or treaty’, an official word often associated with the law (the Latin word is...

Back to basics

by | Jun 22, 2013 | What's Happening

‘Back to Basics’ was an attempt to relaunch the government of the British Prime Minister John Major in 1993. For those of us who remember, it was the slogan announced at the Conservative Party Conference of that year and was intended to focus on issues of...