Advent Musings: Secure Uncertainty

As the end of a pregnancy draws near, there is usually a sense of impatience and uncertainty. When will labour begin? For the first-time mother, there is always the question ‘How will I know when I’m in labour?’, to which Mums tend to say, ‘Oh, you’ll know!’’...

Advent Musings: Disability Matters

If we truly believe in the sanctity of human life, then we have a moral duty to care for the disabled and helpless in our society. Henri Nouwen was a professor at universities who then left his academic life to live in a community of disabled people (L’Arche) where...

Advent Musings: Helpless and Vulnerable

Many of us have few problems seeing Jesus as a good teacher, a great example and a kind man. It’s much harder for us to think about him as a helpless baby, vulnerable and dependent. It’s even harder for us to find ourselves helpless, vulnerable and dependent.  ...

Away In A Manager

No carol service would be complete, it seems, without the children singing ‘Away in a manger’: The children and Mark (as teacher) were given Christmas presents as well to help them learn more about the meaning of Christmas.

December birthdays

Because we will be only having morning services on 24th & 31st December, we had 3 birthdays to celebrate tonight: A girl who doesn’t like hats… And a boy whose birthday is on New Year’s Eve: