Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em!

  Stephen’s sermon title harks back to a 1970s comedy series featuring accident-prone Frank Spencer and his tolerant wife, Betty. In the case of Mary, however, she was a mother who really did have a special child! What set Mary apart, making her God’s...

Dearne Community Arts’ Festival 2018

This year’s Dearne Community Arts’ Festival will be on Friday 31st August and Saturday 1st September from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Dearne ALC. Last summer’s festival was a great success, but the Dearne Playhouse is fully booked on Saturdays throughout...

‘How To Pray’

Jesus’s disciples asked Him how to pray and the Lord’s Prayer was essentially the framework He gave them (and us) for prayer: focussing initially on God (‘hallowed be Your name’) and God’s kingdom (‘Your kingdom come, Your will be...

Always pray!

On Friday 16th March, we are involved in the Dearne Churches Together Day of Prayer at Furlong Road Methodist Church. The building will be open from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m., with ‘prayer spaces’ created to encourage us to pray and focus our attention on...

Everyday Worship

In reading through the book of Leviticus in my daily readings, I was struck by the range and physicality of much of the priestly work: killing animals for the offerings (more suited to being a butcher, I would have thought!), reviewing skin diseases (a doctor’s...