What’s Happening
Devotion
Mary’s anointing of Jesus in John 12:1-8 tells us much about wordless devotion to Jesus. All the words spoken by Jesus in this passage relate to defending her action to those who saw it simply as a reckless waste of money. This reminds us that sometimes, actions speak...
Dealing With Disappointment
The encounter with Jesus in John 11 is framed in the context of disappointment, confusion and the pain of bereavement. The sisters have informed Jesus of Lazarus’s illness and remain convinced that if He had been present, He would have prevented Lazarus’s death. Yet...
Martha and Mary
In our bible study, we looked at Jesus’s words to Martha and Mary, two sisters who feature in three places in the Gospels (Luke 10:388-42, John 11 & 12.) Though they are associated with the great miracle when Jesus raised their brother, Lazarus, from the dead, in...
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How We Got Here
Waiting for the Grand Opening
We arranged with the Deputy Mayor of Barnsley and the Chair of CRT to attend the Open Day and cut the ceremonial ribbon to open the main door to the church hall and the door to the community building. We actually had visitors coming into the building before the...
What’s it all about, then?!
The posters below were used to advertise the Open Day beforehand:In addition to displaying posters in as many different locations as would accept them (shops, schools, churches, libraries, leisure centres, doctor's surgeries etc.), we distributed about 1000 flyers...
The start of the Open Day
Well, there are literally hundreds of photographs to process from the Open Day, so I thought I would start by going through things chronologically. This post is therefore looking at the preparations leading up to the official opening at 10 a.m.Many of us arrived at...