What’s Happening
Pray for Spain
Today we had our fellowship meal and this month our focus is on Spain. We learned some facts about Spain, practised our Spanish greetings and enjoyed Spanish food after the service, including Spanish omelette, paella, patatas bravas and lemon yogurt cake. We also had...
The Second Coming of Christ
Today we looked at our future and our hope as we discussed the second coming of Christ. The Bible study included looking at 2 Pet 3:1-10 and Mark 13:5-23, acknowledging that waiting for the return of Christ can seem a long wait! Throughout history, Christians have...
God’s Handiwork
Yesterday we looked at Ephesians 2:10 which tells us we are God's handiwork (His workmanship, masterpiece or 'poem'), created by Him to do good works. This gives us value, significance and worth, for we are not just here randomly by chance, but were knit together in...
Talking Point
Talking Point: The Problem of Pornography
Pornography (printed or visual material containing the explicit description or display of sexual organs or activity, intended to stimulate sexual excitement) is a growing problem these days, exacerbated by the easy availability of porn videos via the Internet. Josh...
Gay Marriage (2)
The Biblical view of marriage is given in Gen 2:18-25 and is reinforced by Jesus (Matt 19:3-4, Mk 10:2-9). Marriage is between a man and a woman. There are obvious problems with the notion of homosexual marriage, the first being that homosexual practice is not...
Gay Marriage (1)
Garry continued his 'Talking Point' series tonight, looking at the subject of gay marriage. Homosexuality is a 'hot potato' in Christian circules and it is important to stress that we are all sinners saved by grace and that God loves everyone. Jn 3:16-18 emphasises...
How We Got Here
Fabulous, filling food!
Man doesn't live on bread alone, and neither did we on Saturday! After the Open Day finished, church members and friends who had worked so hard with us on this faith journey had a meal together. In our area, this kind of meal is often known as a 'faith tea', meaning...
Names
Names in the Bible generally have far more significance than in our Western society. Abram ('exalted father') became Abraham ('father of many'). Jacob ('he grasps the heel', figuratively 'he deceives') became Israel ('he struggles with God'). Jesus was thus named...
The Photo Gallery
At the start of the planning for the Open Day, it was decided to use the corridor space to host a photo gallery to show people how the work progressed. We spent one evening looking through hundreds of photos to try to narrow them down to the 46 we could have. In the...