Hiding the boiler…

“In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use. Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the...

Igor out and about

Just in case any of you were worrying about the whereabouts of Igor, he has been out and about today, having a look at Ampleforth Abbey in North Yorkshire:Trips out wouldn’t be complete without a visit to the tea rooms…… or two…Ampleforth Abbey...

Coming up in June…

There will be no midweek meeting this week on Thursday, due to the Spring Bank holiday week.Next Sunday (2nd June) will be the family service at 6.00 p.m.June’s prayer focus is for those who are no longer walking closely with God. Pray that God will:• draw back...

Seated in heavenly realms

Dave continued his series on Ephesians 2:1-7 last night, looking in particular at verse 6: “God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms with Christ Jesus.”The first thing to notice here is that God has already done this: the...

The Three Rs

In continuing our studies on Abraham’s journey of faith, today we looked at the three Rs of faith: no, not reading, writing and ‘rithmetic (it has always struck me as amusingly ironic that the three Rs didn’t actually begin with R!), but faith...

Culture Wars

Last night we looked at the short letter to Philemon, seeking to understand the application behind Paul’s appeal to Philemon to accept back his slave, Onesimus, as a brother in Christ.”I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, because I hear...