Peace & peacemakers

Garry continued his series on the Beatitudues (‘Looking For Heroes’) last night, focussing on Matthew 5:9 TNIV: ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.’The word ‘peace’ (‘Shalom’ in Hebrew)...

Trust

Stephen preached on a little word which can make a big difference this morning – TRUST.Stephen is a gadgets’ man! – he loves things like multitools (small enough to fit into a pocket but big enough to do a variety of jobs!) When he first became...

Influence

Mark’s sermon on seeds last weekend touched on the idea of influence and statistics (quite a rare combination, in my experience!) When discussing the parable of the sower, he said that a pessimist (generally speaking, that’s me!) sees the...

A word for today

“When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child.” (1 Cor 13:11 TNIV)Last week we had the privilege of looking after a toddler for the day (an exhausting but enriching and fulfilling occasion!) and once again I...

Seeds (2)

Mark’s sermon looked at the topic of seeds. Without seeds, there can be no harvest; we have to plant the seeds in order to have germinated crops to harvest. As the quiz demonstrated, seeds don’t always look like the thing they grow into.The tiny...