Have you ever had to change your plans in the middle of a journey? Perhaps something happened that meant you needed to change direction? Or perhaps you received some news that required you to make an alteration? Or maybe you just changed your mind and decided to go somewhere else? This Sunday, Patrick and Paulette […]
Lots of us go on our travels in the summer! Over the next few weeks of holiday time we’ll be looking at some of the journeys that we read about in the Old Testament. We’ll hear about Jacob hurrying to Egypt to be reunited with his son Joseph, we’ll travel with Ruth and Naomi as […]
Our final week looking at the Fruits of the Spirit that Paul describes in his letter to the Galatians brings us to ‘Kindness’. Fliss explores the theme, and helps us to identify ways in which we might demonstrate kindness in the world around us. I wonder how you’ve enjoyed the past few weeks as we’ve briefly […]
This week’s exploration of the Fruits of the Spirit brings us to ‘Gentleness’. In a world where gentleness can sometimes be considered to be a weakness, what do understand by Paul’s encouragement to allow the Spirit to grow gentleness with in us? Are we supposed to be a walk-over? Ineffective? Meek and mild? Join us […]
Our exploration of the Fruits of the Spirit continues this week, as Diane and Paulette consider ‘Love’. They’ll be thinking about how much God loves us – each of us – and encouraging us to relax into God’s presence and be aware of His love for us. As we rejoice in His love for us, […]
As we continue our brief foray into Paul’s description of the Fruits of the Spirit in his letter to the Galatian Church, this week Bill is helping us to consider that ‘Peace’ is one of those fruits. When we open any newspaper, or tune in to any TV news broadcast, it’s difficult to be confident […]
Following on from Pentecost Sunday last week, this Sunday we celebrate Trinity Sunday, and Linda leads our worship. Continuing our brief look at the Fruits of the Spirit that Paul writes about in his letter to the Galatians, Linda will be thinking about ‘patience’. I don’t know about you, but there are definitely times in […]
This Sunday is Pentecost, the Church festival where we celebrate how the disciples were first given the gift of the Holy Spirit after Jesus ascended to heaven following His resurrection. The Holy Spirit is variously called the ‘Helper’, ‘Advocate’, ‘Comforter’ or Counsellor’ depending on which bible translation you are reading and Jesus makes His purpose […]
This Sunday is the last in our short series looking at some of the parables of Jesus, and Martin rounds off the series by looking at the parable of the Vine and the Branches which we read in chapter 15 of John’s gospel. Asking the question ‘bearing or burning’, Martin is unpacking a colourful parable […]
We return to our short series of looking at parables that Jesus told and listening for the message in them for us today. This Sunday Diane and Paulette are looking at the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector in chapter 18 of Luke’s gospel. The NIV translation of this passage finishes with these […]
