Worship & celebration (Part 2)

by | Jun 6, 2011 | What's Happening

There are all kinds of things to celebrate: the birth of a baby, birthdays in general, passing exams, getting engaged, getting married, learning to drive… so much that is good in life to celebrate. We celebrate in different ways: with champagnewith balloons:with...

Worship & celebration (Part 1)

by | Jun 6, 2011 | What's Happening

Continuing on from the quotations about worship, Sunday evening’s sermon was the final part in the series on a ‘Celebration of Discipline’ which has looked at inward, outward and corporate disciplines.The word ‘worship’ has so many...

Worship

by | Jun 5, 2011 | What's Happening

The topic of worship is so far-reaching that it can’t possibly be covered in one sermon or one blog post. But here are some thoughts on the subject from the Bible, from writers, theologians, worship-leaders and songwriters to stimulate our thinking on the...

The Joy of the Lord

by | Jun 5, 2011 | What's Happening

How do we define joy? What do we think of when we hear the word? For some people, they may think of a perfume:Others may think of happiness, that good feeling when something goes right (your team wins at football, you go on holiday, you watch the latest Doctor Who...

Building work

by | Jun 3, 2011 | What's Happening

It seems I can’t escape building work anywhere… my house is still in utter chaos and now the builders have been working at church to brick up various doors and windows and do all kinds of jobs which were previously unfinished.These were our willing...