Community room work

We are very grateful for the many volunteers and workmen who help to keep our building up-to-date, especially those who recently painted some of the toilets. This past week, Dave has been supervising specialised work in the community room as joiners provided a board...

Talking truth to yourself

Some say that talking to yourself is a sign of madness; others that talking to yourself is O.K., but answering back is risky! Whether we acknowledge that we talk to ourselves (not necessarily outloud) or not, the fact remains that there is an internal dialogue that...

The Shield of Faith

Stephen continued his series on the armour of God last night, looking at the shield of faith (‘take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.’ Eph 6:16) Shields come in all kinds of different sizes and...

Doors

At the Cherry Tree Court service this morning, John spoke about doors. There are many different kinds of doors: revolving doors wooden doors uPVC doors doors with security code pads fire doors Doors are usually designed to allow access into or out of a building and...

A Heavenly Calling

We often talk about God’s calling, but this can be interpreted in so many different ways that it can be a subject many Christians prefer to avoid for fear of being thought fanatical or extremist. Heb 3:1 tells us ‘Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the...

Called and chosen by God

Last night’s Bible study looked at 1 Cor 1:26-31, where Paul elaborates on his previous teaching that God’s ways are so completely different to ours that the message he brought (Christ crucified as the means of salvation) was incredible and rejected by both Jews...