What’s Happening
Called By Name
Today we looked at our identity as people who are known by name and called by God. (Is 43:1) Names are a key way of identifying people even nowadays, and in the Bible, names were often very significant. The fact that God created and formed us (see also Ps 139) gives...
Coming Soon…
The summer holidays are really not that far away now! Book in to our 3 fun days during the school holidays, all held at Goldthorpe Railway Embankment and the Salvation Army. We'll be doing a range of indoor and outdoor crafts, activities and trails, with free lunch...
The Church And Society
This week we looked at the controversial and often difficult topic of the church and society. The church is urged to submit to the laws of a country wherever possible (Rom 13), but there are clearly times when the culture and ethics of a society are blatantly against...
Talking Point
One Size Doesn’t Fit All
We live in an age when 'one-size-fits-all' is perceived as the ideal solution: cheap, convenient, able to deal with mass production. In clothing, it obviates any need for individual tailoring to fit people and is therefore much cheaper than creating something bespoke...
Holy Communion
In most churches there is the opportunity on Sundays to participate in the Eucharist, to eat bread and to drink wine in remembrance of what Christ has done for us on the cross and to give thanks for the salvation which His death and resurrection have secured for all...
To Be In God’s Presence
Dave spoke tonight from Luke 10:30-42. In this passage, we see Jesus and His disciples stopping at Bethany, at the home of Lazarus, Martha and Mary. Martha seems to have been proactive in welcoming Jesus and looked after Him well. Jesus used this opportunity to...
How We Got Here
Months later…
Do you ever reach the end of a book where all the strands are neatly tied together and wonder 'what happens next?' to the characters?I love books which feature the same characters, as essentially I get engrossed with them and want to know how things work out for them,...
New blog!
This blog will soon be running out of things to say, since it was created specifically to chart the progress of the church as it renovated St Mark's. Once I've got all the details down about the Open Day, I won't be posting here any more.But do not despair! The church...
A House of Prayer
One of our prayers is that the new building will indeed become a house of prayer. At the Open Day, we listed the many answers to prayer we have seen over the journey to acquire St Mark's and renovate the building, and we look forward to recording many more answers.A...