God’s Church

Rend Collective’s song ‘Build Your Kingdom Here’ makes the astonishing claim, ‘We are Your church. We are the hope on earth.’ How can this possibly be true? Today we looked at our identity as the church. The church is not a building or a...

August Events

Today is Yorkshire Day and as we move into August, there are some important dates and changes to report. From Sunday 3 August, we will be moving to one service each Sunday, starting at 3 p.m. Please don’t turn up at 10.30 a.m. or 6 p.m. anymore, as no one will...

Preparations…

At our Bible study last night, we looked at 1 Chronicles 22 which deals with David’s preparations for the construction of the temple, something he was not allowed to build but for which he prepared extensively so that his son, Solomon, could complete this task...

Summer Fun 1

The first of our Summer Fun days, funded by Great Childhoods Ambition, took place today at Goldthorpe Parish Church and was attended by 144 people! We are so grateful to the funders, to Sue’s Ices for providing ice-creams and lollipops to the children, to Nikki...

We Are The Branches

This morning we looked at another aspect of our identity as the people of God: Jesus described Himself as the Vine, His disciples as branches, and God as the gardener. (John 15:1-17) The metaphor describes connection and relationship, intrinsic elements of our...

Agents of Transformation (2)

Transformation sounds very posh! What does it mean to be an agent of transformation? We seek to live out the Beatitudes and the Sermon on the Mount, living according to values that make little sense to the rest of society. (Matt 5:1-14) We seek to do to others what we...