Tell the World

We are officially in Advent, so I thought you might appreciate this music video featuring the song ‘Tell the World.’ It captures all the fun of Christmas with all the truth this season really has to bring. As we are praying this month about letting people...

What is church?

I am always fascinated by answers to this question, because they are usually as diverse and wide-ranging as the people who make up a church! This is a definition of church written by Eugene Peterson in his commentary on Ephesians (‘Practise...

Fun photos

Last Sunday we had some photos taken which hopefully will form the basis of a new display in church showing off the different ministries our church is involved in. As you can imagine, however, there were a lot of silly photos taken as well! I’m sure the fun...

Sound-proofing the community hall

My late father-in-law had a saying that has become an oft-quoted phrase in our house concerning mobile transport: ‘It’s not all driving, you know!’ This word of wisdom was passed on to my husband when he started to learn to drive and he kept...

Speaking of prayers…

Speaking of prayers, don’t forget that Thursday is the final prayer walk of the year and Mark has asked us to bring our own written prayers to pray on the streets of Goldthorpe! Se spend some time today and tomorrow thinking and praying and let’s make the...

An Advent Prayer

I don’t know the origins of this Advent prayer, but I thought it was worth sharing:May God bless us with a restless discomfortat easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships,so that we may seek truth boldlyand love deep within our heart.May God bless...