Today in our service we heard testimonies from people of God’s goodness throughout 2025: how God’s presence had calmed and sustained people through illness, tests and hospitalisation, how God’s provision had seen family fun days go ahead (with real donkeys, for example!) and how Glowthorpe had been blessed by God through funders, how God had worked to give people their heart’s desires (Philip being baptised in Manvers Lake, where he regularly swims, for example), how God’s favour has been seen in the good weather we have experienced for outdoor events and how we have been blessed to welcome new life into our midst and see two church members baptised in water. It has been a challenging but exciting year!
We also celebrated Sue’s birthday in advance and had a party for the Sunday school children while the adults discussed the flood and God’s promises to us since that event.