What’s Happening
Romans 3
Today in our Bible discussion we looked at Romans 3 and God's solution to the problem of sin. An understanding of sin and God's plan of salvation is necessary for our witness to those who do not believe, since sin separates us from God and we need His intervention to...
Confident, Committed, Consistent
Confidence in God leads to commitment and consistency. When we are confident in God, we understand His covenantal commitment to us in Jesus Christ, and see that a life with God must bring our 'yes' to God and to His plans, even when we do not always understand them....
Confidence in God
Today we continued looking at confidence in God, and focussed on two verses: Psalm 27:13 where David proclaims 'I remain confident of this: that I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living' and Philippians 1:6 when Paul writes, 'being confident of...
Talking Point
Inside the Ethics Committee
A very interesting radio programme on Radio 4 today touching on some of the issues raised by Garry's sermon on euthanasia on Sunday. You can listen to the programme 'Inside the Ethics Committee' here (or via the Radio 4 website if the link doesn't work.)
A slippery slope
The road to hell, the proverb goes, is paved with good intentions. There are many who advocate euthanasia for the most humane of reasons. They want to alleviate pain and suffering; they want to show mercy and compassion to those suffering (whether the person involved...
A Good Death?
In his new series 'Talking Point!', Garry hopes to stimulate discussion and talk from a Christian perspective about issues that are in the news today, equipping Christians to understand and explain the Biblical reasons for why we believe what we believe on certain...
How We Got Here
Our glorious geeks!
We need technical people to help things run smoothly, and these guys were great. They were responsible for the presentation which ran throughout the day, for the background music in the main hall, for giving us words to sing to in the evening meeting and for the sound...
More fun!
One of the songs we love is called 'More Love, More Power' by Jude Del Hierro. This post is all about having more fun!Different ages enjoying table-tennis:Playing pool:Balloon-modelling:Face-painting outdoors:Doing colouring competitions and the anagrams competition:
Times of refreshing
Church events just wouldn't be the same without refreshments! It seems we spend as much time making cups of tea and coffee as we do on any other activity, and the Open Day was no exception. In deference to the number of mugs we own, the number of people who can fit...