Did you know that researchers have found that it takes an average of 66 days to form a habit? So as we think about how we develop Holy Habits in Church and in our walk with Jesus, perhaps we can appreciate that these are things that take a little time to bed down. We need […]
How are your New Year’s resolutions going? Still keeping them? If you resolved to follow Jesus more closely by adopting some Holy Habits – STICK WITH IT! This week’s Holy Habit is ‘Prayer’, and as Linda leads our worship, she’ll be picking up on the first apostles who ‘devoted themselves to prayer’, according to Acts […]
What are your hopes and dreams for the coming year? Is there a New Year’s resolution that you are determined to keep this time around? Perhaps there’s a change in your life that you would really, really like to make? When we meet on Sunday as God’s people, we are celebrating the fact that Jesus […]
As we reach the turn of the year, Jackie and Margaret lead our service on Sunday and help us to look to the start of the New Year as a continuation of our journey with Jesus. Just as Mary and Joseph faced a difficult journey as they travelled to Bethlehem, so we sometimes face hardship […]
We’ve been reflecting during Advent on the theme of waiting. This is Christmas Eve, and our last Sunday before Christmas, and I think we can agree that getting ready for Christmas involves a lot of waiting. We wait in supermarket queues, we wait to open presents, we wait for the family to turn up, we […]
During Winter time, the natural world experiences a period of waiting. The leaves have fallen, the flowers are gone, things look grey and bare. We know that there are seeds planted in the ground, hidden and dormant, but you might look out at your garden or at the flower beds in the park and wonder […]
As Christmas approaches I wonder: How patient are you when it comes to waiting? Will you, for example, patiently eat one chocolate per day from your Advent calendar, or scoff them all in the first weekend? Can you resist having a sneaky look at the presents under the tree? Are you holding back putting your […]
It’s Advent Sunday! Joan reminded us last week that Advent means “coming”. The “coming” of Jesus refers to his first coming as a baby 2000 years ago. The birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus kicked-off the Kingdom of God on earth. This was the beginning of the kingly rule and reign of God which […]
It’s a pleasure to welcome Rev Joan Grindrod-Helmn to lead worship in Wooler once again. Although Advent starts next Sunday, Joan is helping us to prepare for this important season as we begin our theme that takes us up to Christmas – ‘Worship in the Waiting’. Together we will step into the anticipation of the […]
This Sunday we return to thinking about Whole Life Worship as we bring the series to a conclusion. As we gather together for worship, we refocus on the God who is love and reminds us that all our worship is a response to what He has done for us in sending Jesus. Our wavering hearts […]
