The Call of God

  Dave spoke this morning from John 1:43-51 on the call of God. We are all used to annoying ‘nuisance’ calls these days from people trying to sell us goods or persuade us to apply for claims, and so often, we learn to ignore such calls and fail to...

National Volunteer Week

This week is the ‘National Volunteer Week’ in the UK, an opportunity to celebrate volunteering in all its diversity.   As a church, we simply couldn’t exist without volunteers. Church members volunteer in so many different ways: in bringing...

Supporting Children

We believe that Jesus has a heart for children; He told HIs disciples, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” (Matthew 19:14) As a church, we are privileged to support Bedline (an 8 year...

Poetic History

  Psalm 114 deals with the same history as many other historical psalms (chiefly the exodus, the most important event in Israel’s history), but does so in a very different way. Just eight verses long, the psalm does not mention God until near the end (the...

Pentecost Party

Today’s Pentecost Party at Houghton Road Centre, Thurnscoe had a number of craft activities (including making fruit kebabs as we considered the fruit of the Spirit.) Setting up the activities Since it was a birthday party, we had a cake (of sorts) –...

Filling and refilling

My little granddaughter has just discovered the wonders of water play. She will spend hours filling buckets, cups and jugs with water to tip this water somewhere else (often where it should not be tipped…) The process of filling and refilling, pouring and...