The Lord’s Prayer

Jesus gave us a framework for prayer in the Lord’s Prayer (Matt 6:9-15, Luke 11:1-4), whichhighlights common factors in prayer: Prayer is addressed to God, not to people. It is a lifting up of our soul to God (Ps 25:1), a pouring out of our hearts to God. (Ps...

P Is For Prayer

In our series on the ‘A-Z of Christian Faith’, we have reached the letter P: P is for Prayer. Prayer is our ability to communicate with the Almighty God and can involve personal prayer and corporate prayer. It can involve words (Jesus is described as...

Stuck In A Rut & Downcast

Stephen spoke this morning at Cherry Tree Court from Luke 24:13-32. These two disciples, possibly heading home to Emmaus, were downcast: things had been tough and had not turned out the way they had expected. Even when Jesus came alongside them, they did not recognise...

Igor’s Adventures

Igor, the church mascot (who is rather the worse for wear as age hampers him), has been away this past week, enjoying the delights of Shropshire. The scenery has been lovely and he enjoyed staying on a farm, especially chatting with Jimmy, the horse: Some of the...

July Dates

Incredibly, we’re already in July of this year… I must be getting old, as time seems to go by so quickly these days! Services tomorrow are at 10.30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tomorrow’s family service is looking at the theme ‘Just What The Doctor...