Three Gifts

Stephen spoke this morning at the Cherry Tree Carol Service on three gifts which God has given to us connected with this season of Advent. A recent TV programme has looked at different gifts given at Christmas to different ages and at different times and commented...
Advent Musings: Journeying

Advent Musings: Journeying

Pregnancy is a journey that lasts 9 months. We can be grateful we’re not elephants (whose gestation period is 95 weeks, more than double ours!) Most of us don’t like journeys that take more than a few hours, but this journey involves many ups and downs.   A human...
‘Churches Together’ carol service

‘Churches Together’ carol service

Despite a very cold evening, the ‘Churches Together’ community carol service took place tonight at the parish church in Goldthorpe. It was lovely to be able to sing of the hope we have in Christ through the many carols and to hear traditional readings...
Advent Musings: Children

Advent Musings: Children

Nelson Mandela said, ‘There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way it treats its children.’ This has always been the case. Many like to view the Christmas story in a saccharine way: a sweet little baby boy who never cried, a beautifully slim...
Parent & Toddler Christmas Party

Parent & Toddler Christmas Party

Today was the Parent & Toddler Christmas Party, with the toddlers coming in their different Christmas outfits (as did some adults!) We had some lovely food to eat, thanks to Diane and Bev!  Mark organised a variety of party games. We also had a visitor with...
Advent Musings: Life

Advent Musings: Life

Life is a charity whose mission is ‘to create a just society which has the utmost respect for all human life from fertilisation.’  It works in many different areas, offering counselling and support to those who are pregnant, education about life before birth, advice...