Steps To Thankfulness

Life is like a journey made up of different steps. One of the keys or steps to living wisely is to live with thankfulness and gratitude as our ‘default setting.’ This requires training and modification of our thought patterns. We are urged to be transformed by the...

Birthday celebrations

In our desire to thank Dave for his service as treasurer, we omitted to celebrate his birthday which took place while he was on holiday… The birthday box still awaits… We did celebrate a birthday last night, though!

Thank you!

Yesterday we thanked Dave for 12 faithful years as the church treasurer and administrator and prayed for him. His integrity, generosity, faithfulness and good humour have helped the church enormously over the years. His ‘stint’ as treasurer saw us becoming...

O is for Obedience (2)

Obedience is saying ‘yes’ to God and doing what He asks us to do. It will always be a response to God’s word to us as people. Disobedience can be blatant at times (think of Jonah, running in the opposite direction to God’s commands!), but it can also be mixed...

O is for Obedience

In our alphabet series ‘The A-Z of Christian Faith’, we looked at the subject of obedience. Obedience is never a popular topic, for ever since Adam and Eve’s disobedience in the Garden of Eden, people rebel against being told what to do. Disciplining...

Being A Barnabas

Mark spoke this morning on the subject of encouraging, citing Barnabas as a good example of someone with the gift of encouragement. Barnabas is seen in Acts 9:26-30, introducing Saul – former persecutor of the church – to believers and urging them to give...