Tonight’s ‘Churches Together’ service looked at the theme of love and to celebrate this, a beautiful cake had been made:
We sang songs celebrating God’s amazing, unending love:
Alison spoke about how God’s love cannot be measured. We might try to measure things in different ways, using a measuring cup, for example:
However, Ps 23:5 reminds us that ‘you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows’, so clearly this kind of measuring won’t be able to contain God’s love! We might try to measure the length and height of God’s love using a tape measure, but Ps 108:4 reminds us that God’s love is higher than the heavens. We might try to measure God’s love using a watch, wondering how long it will last, but Ps 103:17 reminds us that God’s love is everlasting. All in all, God’s love is so much greater than anything we ask or can even imagine (see Eph 3:14-21); all He wants is for us to receive and revel in His immeasurable love.
There were craft activities to be involved in (decorating hearts, making heart-shaped cushions and decorating cups with words from Ps 23):
All in all, we had a great night, with Alison able to share about how Asda had donated £300 worth of food to the food bank and people testifying of how God had helped them in different situations this week:
What was particularly encouraging was to see how many local churches were represented: from Goldthorpe, sisters from the convent attended, along with members of the Salvation Army, GPCC and parish church, and members from Furlong Road Methodist Church and St Andrew’s in Bolton-on-Dearne were also present. It’s so good to see God working in all the local churches and drawing us together in unity and love.
The next ‘Churches Together’ will be outdoors: the Palm Sunday procession at Phoenix Park (20th March, 11 a.m.) and the Easter March of Hope (Saturday 26th March at 10.30 a.m.) Following that, we will be celebrating Pentecost with a ‘Churches Together’ meeting on Saturday 14th May at 6 p.m. at Furlong Road Methodist Church.