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...

Lavish Love

Stephen spoke tonight on God’s lavish love, using a scone to illustrate his points! God’s love is limitless, intense, everlasting and personal (John 3:16). God’s love is such that He sent His only Son to save us and promises to make His dwelling in...

Trials (2) – Anxiety & Worry

Some people seem to be born worriers, worrying even when things are going well that this period won’t last! We often torment ourselves with tortured visions of what might go wrong in our lives and frequently find ourselves in an almost permanent state of anxiety...

Attitudes to Suffering

I was very struck by an interview with Joni Eareckson Tada in ‘Christianity Today’ recently. Joni was injured in a diving accident when she was 17 and the interview, giving 50 years later, is entitled ‘After 50 years in a wheelchair, I still walk...