The Fruit of the Spirit – Love

Dave continued his series on the fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22-23) this morning, looking at the subject of love. Love is of utmost importance to the Christian life, unsurprisingly since the greatest commandment is to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and...

Macmillan Coffee Morning

Yesterday was the Macmillan Coffee morning at church, which, thanks to the hard work from a small group of church members and the generosity of community members who baked and donated prizes, raised almost £300 for this cancer charity. We had a range of helpers...

Update on events

Don’t forget the Macmillan Coffee Morning which will be on Saturday 26th September from 10 a.m. until 12 noon at church. Apart from the usual hot and cold drinks, there will be buns and cakes to eat and a variety of competitions and things to buy to help raise...

Rules: boundary fences and pointers to grace

If we understand the Bible simply as a rule book, we’ve missed the heart of what God wants to communicate to us through this amazing book, all of which is God-breathed (see Heb 4:12, 2 Tim 3:16-17). Rules are not there as  an ABC ladder to climb, with God as the...

Relationships Rule!

The Bible constantly stresses the importance and value of people and helps us to see the prime importance of relationships – our relationship with God (after all, as the Westminster Catechism reminds us, ‘the chief end of man is to worship God and enjoy...

Biblical Reality

The Bible constantly tells us there is ‘so much more’ to life than what we can experience only on a material level. It paints vivid pictures of this unseen reality, especially in the Prophets, using all kinds of imagery: pictures of dragons and angels (Rev 12),...