One Person Can Make A Difference

Yesterday was St George’s Day. St George (the patron saint of England, among other countries) is probably most famous for the legend that he killed a fierce dragon which was causing panic in the city of Silene in Libya. To keep the creature from ravaging the...

Living Under God’s Favour

When we ask someone ‘Can you do me a favour?’, we usually mean something relatively minor! God’s favour is a major thing, however, a blessing we experience as God’s people though it is completely undeserved. God’s favour has been defined...

Largesse

Recently I wrote about words adopted into English from other languages; I love the etymology of words (finding out about their origins.) Today’s word for me is ‘LARGESSE.’ This word comes from the Latin word ‘largus’, meaning...

What Is The Church?

Today in our Bible discussion we looked at the question ‘What is the church?’ It’s certainly not a building (useful though these are). The church is made up of God’s people meeting together; we are the church! We are the ‘called-out...

Jesus Speaks To Nicodemus

Tonight at our Bible study we looked at the words of Jesus to Nicodemus, reminding ourselves that whilst Jesus preached to thousands on occasions, He also made time to speak to individuals. Nicodemus, a religious leader, approached Jesus at night, recognising him as a...

Easter Fun Day

We had a fabulous Easter Fun Day at Goldthorpe Railway Embankment and the Salvation Army, under gloriously blue skies and temperatures that felt more like summer than April! Our Easter Trail got people looking for different coloured objects and doing a variety of...