The 5Rs of Restoration

Redemption God is a God of redemption, a God who redeems. To redeem means to regain possession of something, something that you originally had and lost possession of. There’s usually a payment involved in that redemption, so redeeming also has the idea of ‘buying...

R is for Restore

In our series ‘The A-Z of Christian Faith’, looking at essential ingredients in a life of faith, we have reached the letter R. The 3Rs of the Bible – reality, relationships and rules – were considered, but the theme of tonight’s sermon...

Growing Up and Moving On

At the end of Toy Story 3, there is an emotional scene where Andy gives away his box of toys to a little girl. It’s a heart-tugging scene as we contemplate growing up and leaving our childish ways behind, moving on and letting go. Clearly, maturity is an...

Coming soon…

There are still quite a lot of community events going on in August, of special interest if you have children. Tuesday 22nd August will see the second of the ‘Churches Together’ family fun days at Houghton Road Centre in Thurnscoe, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m....

Family Fun Day

A long time ago (2000), Lottery funding was granted to Houghton Road Centre for the creation of a minigolf course in the land next to the building, which had formerly been used for football. The original idea for the project came from Berneslai Homes worker Sylvia...

Churches Together

Today we have another ‘Churches Together’ prayer meeting at Houghton Road Centre in Thurnscoe at 9.30 a.m., where we will be praying especially for the family fun days scheduled for today, 22 & 29 August from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. These are an...