February prayer

Thursday (31st January) will see the last prayer meeting of the month, with the whole church encouraged to pray and fast on this day to conclude the first month of prayer and fasting of 2013.Prayer is not a New Year’s resolution which lasts for only one month,...

Small church, but a big God

Dave preached from Acts 19:8-20 last night, looking at how the church in Ephesus engaged in prayer, one of the chief weapons in our armoury. Ephesus was a city in the grip of superstition, sexual immorality and witchcraft. People lived in fear and darkness, but Paul...

Proclaiming the gospel

The last time Stephen preached, he spoke from Luke 9 about the commission Jesus gave to His disciples – and how that commission took priority over all other things and involved trusting Jesus totally. Today, he looked at the practical outworkings of that through...

Coffee morning

Every week members of the church faithfully serve the local community through the coffee mornings. It’s a great way to meet people and to enjoy a drink and a snack!

Ebenezers

1 Samuel 7 tells the story of an Israelite victory against the Philistines and what they did to mark that victory: “Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer,saying, “Thus far has the Lord helped us.” So the Philistines...

Paying careful attention

It is 7:15 a.m. on a Saturday morning and I am up early, marking tests from school. This can be both encouraging (when students have worked hard, heeded advice, revised well and succeeded) and discouraging (especially when students have clearly not worked hard, have...