Having the Last Word (Pt 2)

Mark continued his sermons on Jacob’s last words this morning, looking at his prophetic words to Simeon and Levi (Gen 49:5-7). Here, Jacob condemns his two sons as being ‘instruments of cruelty’, referring back to their excessive violence against not...

Reasons to be cheerful (Part 3)

The song ‘Reasons to be cheerful (Pt 3)’ was a hit in 1979 and was inspired by a near fatal accident involving a lighting roadie. Roadie Charley almost got electrocuted in Italy by a microphone stand while leaning over a mixing desk; he was saved by...

Reasons to be cheerful (Part 2)

Prov 17:22 says ‘A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.’ 1 Thess 5:18 reminds us to ‘give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.’ The Bible has much to say about thankfulness and...

Reasons to be cheerful (Part 1)

Tonight’s ‘Churches Together’ meeting looked at the topic of thankfulness and gratitude. We made crosses where we wrote our own reasons to thank God: Our reasons were varied, including thanks for our families and friends, pets and animals, food and...

Taster sessions…

A taster session is meant to give you an idea of what something is like; it provides (to continue the food analogy) a flavour of what is to come. Universities run ‘taster sessions’ for would-be students, giving them the opportunity to attend lectures and...

September events

Don’t forget the ‘Churches Together’ meeting this Saturday (17th September) at 6 p.m. at Goldthorpe Pentecostal Community Church on Market Street, Goldthorpe. It’s a great opportunity to get together with Christians from local churches and find...