What’s Happening
Living Hope
Throughout Lent we have been looking at the book 'Living Hope' and have seen how God deals with imperfect people and how hope is fostered and grown as we notice what He has done and is doing, as we do this in community, not just in isolation and as we step up with...
The Aftermath Of War
As any student of history will testify, the end of a war often brings a fresh set of problems; peace is not easy to negotiate and not always easy to live with. In 2 Samuel 19 we see that Absalom’s rebellion has ended with the death of the king’s son, but there are...
Maundy Thursday
Today is Maundy Thursday, the day when we remember in particular Jesus washing His disciples' feet, teaching them about many things and inaugurating Holy Communion at the Last Supper, that meal when He took bread and wine and pointed ahead to His death very plainly,...
Talking Point
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...
What’s In A Name?
The Bible is full of names, many of them unpronounceable to English tongues, and often skipped over as we read the Bible because of their unfamiliarity and our impatience with lists. They remind us, nonetheless, that giving something or someone a name is a vital...
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...