What’s Happening
Raised To Life
Death-and-resurrection is the package God gave us as the pathway to life; it’s impossible to talk about Easter without mentioning both Good Friday and the empty tomb on Easter Sunday. The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the foundation stone of...
Resurrection!
The resurrection of Jesus has profound implications for all of us - it shows us that His sacrificial death was accepted by God, that our sins can be forgiven and that we can have eternal life. Phil Wickham captures these truths in his song 'Resurrection Story' (listen...
Saturated In Scripture
One of the things I find so encouraging in the Easter story is how God fulfilled His word through it. Just as with the Christmas story, we see Scripture fulfilled in the events at Easter time: Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey on Palm Sunday (Zech 9:9), Judas's...
Talking Point
Talking Point: Immigration (1)
Garry's 'Talking Point' topic tonight was on the contentious and highly topical issue of immigration, one of the major debating points during the recent EU referendum. Many people in the UK are afraid of the rise in numbers of immigrants and refugees entering the...
Talking Point: Safeguarding Against Pornography
It's important for us to understand that sex in itself is not sinful, but is in fact a gift of God. In its proper context, between a married man and woman, sex is something beautiful, a picture of the close relationship God longs to have with His people. But the Bible...
Talking Point: The Problem of Pornography
Pornography (printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate sexual excitement) is a growing problem these days, exacerbated by the easy availability of porn videos via the Internet. Josh...
How We Got Here
Worship, prayer and the Word
The essentials of Christian meetings have often been summarised as worship, prayer and the Word. In Acts 2 we read that "they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer." In our church, we remember the...
Getting ready for the evening celebration
After the Open Day and tea, the rooms had to be tidied somewhat and chairs put back out in the main hall so that we could hold the evening celebration there.Here we are, practising for the meeting:People arriving:Chatting before the meeting started:Are these two...
Flowers
Beryl and Paula worked hard to decorate the church with flowers and did a great job: