“Daddy fix it!”

“Daddy fix it!” is the confident assertion of my granddaughter when her pop-up picture book needs sellotape to keep the pictures popping up or when her train engine needs a new battery to help it to run smoothly on the track again. She has confidence that...

Team Building

Part of the work of the church is ‘to equip [God’s] people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up’ (Eph 4:12). In order to facilitate this, we will be holding a ‘Team Building Day’ on Saturday 27th April between...

The 3Ps of Prayer

As I wait for my second grandchild’s arrival in our world, I’m learning to pray for the 3Ps – patience, protection and perseverance. These are good things to pray for regardless of our circumstances or individual petitions! Patience is not something...

Speaking In Tongues

Speaking in tongues (or other languages, formally known as ‘glossolalia’) is a gift given by the Holy Spirit enabling people to speak in languages not learned academically. It is one of the characteristics of Pentecostal churches. It is not essential to...

The Baptism of the Holy Spirit

Garry continued his series on the characteristics of a Pentecostal church, looking further at the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Many dispute that this is needed nowadays, saying that this only happened in the early church to ‘get it started’ and that we now...

The Blessing of Good Relationships (2)

The blessing of good relationships is something God wants us all to enjoy. He sets us in families; He gives us friends; He knows we live in a world full of people and wants us to be a blessing and to be blessed in our relationships with all these people. Learning to...