Our church will be open every Thursday afternoon 3 – 4pm to welcome visitors and for private prayer. All are welcome to pop in. From 23rd July, there will be the opportunity to join an in-person prayer meeting in the vestry between 3.15 and 3.45 on Thursdays. Everyone is invited.
What do you think about when you hear the phrase ‘born again’? Sadly many of us tend to associate the phrase with one particular expression of the Christian faith, with (what might seem to us) the ill-fitting cultural clothing that comes with it. We may think of a fiery preacher in an expensive white suit … Read more
As our regular cleaner is away for much of August, we are asking if anyone has an hour or two to give to make our beautiful church building ready for services. We need help with cleaning at some point during the week before the services on 9th, 16th, and 23rd August. If you would like … Read more
Our online service for Sunday 5th July
All of us, at one time or another, experience the wilderness. I remember just such a season back in 2002. I called it a season for ‘burying my face in the dust’. As I tried to articulate my thoughts, I wrote at the time that I was ‘easily broken, like a twig in a gale…. … Read more
I love this story. I make no apologies for including it in these daily inspirations. Simeon has got to be one of my favourite characters in the Bible. He only appears in this one episode, but what a cameo! A lifetime of faithfully walking in God’s ways crystallised in this one moment. I don’t know … Read more
‘Behold, I am doing a new thing! …Do you not perceive it?’ (Isaiah 43:19) We use the word revolution a lot nowadays. But in truth, genuine revolutions are very rare. Arguably, the Covid-19 pandemic witnessed (at least temporarily) a revolution in church life greater than anything since the Reformation, as large sections of the global … Read more
Our service for Sunday 28th June, led by Carolyn Sanderson.
The title for our current exhibition is ‘Inspirations’ and you can now view the beautiful submissions here. We are ready to plan our new exhibition, which will be entitled: The Sun in all its moods. Given the weather we have had this summer, you should have plenty of ideas! Any type of art, craft, or … Read more
The wind and the sun once had an argument as to who was the most powerful. The sun smiled: ‘See how I can dry up the desert.’ ‘Pah!’ scoffed the wind. ‘That’s not power! Look at what I can do to the trees, even entire oceans. See how they tremble when I blow.’ As they … Read more