Chilli tasting

by | Sep 4, 2016 | What's Happening

Regular readers will remember chilli-growing sagas from the past: how Stephen grew chillies (from Mummy, Daddy and Runty plants) and we ate their chillies with gusto! In his recent gardening ventures, he has mainly concentrated on growing tomatoes (hence the plethora...

Fruit and vegetables

by | Sep 4, 2016 | What's Happening

Stephen and Stacey provided us with quizzes about fruit and vegetables. Stacey’s quiz involved recognising these pictures: (Romanesco, dragon fruit, Buddha’s hands and beetroot…) Stephen’s quiz tested our knowledge of when fruit and vegetables...

God’s Provision, Our Thankfulness

by | Sep 4, 2016 | What's Happening

Tonight’s family service was a rather unconventional harvest festival! Mark spoke on the subject of God’s provision and our thankfulness from Matt 6:25-34. There, we see that God promises to provide for all our needs (see also Phil 4:19), not just in food...

Pressing on

by | Sep 4, 2016 | What's Happening

One of the key ingredients to pressing on towards the new things God has for us is a firm belief that God is for us. One of the most frustrating things about being a teacher was when students would view me as the enemy. In schools, there is often a ‘them and...

Look out! Listen up!

by | Sep 4, 2016 | What's Happening

Is 43:19 says ‘See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?’ So often, like the disciples, we don’t perceive what God is doing. To perceive means ‘to see, to observe, to discern, to discover, to have knowledge of, to...