Thought for the week
Thought For The Week 2 September 2018
Spring is Springing all around us, and as we look around at the green returning to the land, the flowers flowering, and the daffodils breaking new ground, we wonder at the beauty and the glory of new life. Today is also Father’s Day, a day to celebrate the strength and protection, the care, the […]
Continue ReadingThought For The Week 26 August 2018
Welcome to our services of worship today as we conclude our series from John 6 looking at Jesus’ identity as the life giving ‘Bread of Heaven’. The claims of Jesus are very confronting, forcing us to a place of decision; will we believe and trust him with our lives or reject him and walk away? […]
Continue ReadingThought For The Week 19 August 2018
Welcome to our special combined service and AGM today. Annual General Meetings are necessary in organizations to provide a place for the election of office bearers, to report to the constituent members of progress over the past year and to approve the budget for the coming year. They are often the least attended meetings and […]
Continue ReadingThought For The Week, 12 August 2018
It was with great delight that I attended Rhythm Kids this week, for the first time this term. In all of our busy-ness, in the midst of all the things that we “do” for church, for family, for friends, for ourselves, it is a real gift to simply slow down and enjoy the moment. Kids […]
Continue ReadingThought For The Week 5 Aug 2018
Well, it’s that time of year again where we come to our Annual General Meeting. A time to reflect and give thanks for the good things that God has been doing in our lives, to grieve those people and times that have passed on, and to look forward with hopeful hearts to the future. It’s […]
Continue ReadingThought For The Week 29 July 2018
I have recently returned from attending the Zonta Convention in Yokohama which gave me an opportunity to visit the Sankeien Garden (approx. 43 acres) located in the middle of the city of 3.9 million, ventured to the Fuji Hakone Izu National Park area (Mt Fuji) and to walk through the forested area (170 acres) of […]
Continue ReadingThought For The Week 22 July 2018
As I write this I am sitting in the satisfied glow of another successful 3 day holiday programme. The theme this time was superheroes, looking at how Jesus is a super hero for us and how we can be a super hero to others by being a good friend. We heard 3 stories from the […]
Continue ReadingThought For The Week 15 July 2018
There’s a line in a Country and Western song “It’s not faith that comes from miracles, but miracles from faith.” What a profound idea. And there’s a deep truth to this idea too. So often in life we find ourselves dragged down into the depths by the worries and burdens of our lives. But when […]
Continue ReadingThought For The Week, 8 July 2018
Welcome to our services of worship today as we recommence with the Care for Creation series. Today we will be taking a look at some local issues of concern in our region. We have been looking into some pretty big issues through this series; climate change, habitat loss, depletion of resources etc. All this can […]
Continue ReadingThought For The Week 1 July 2018
At the moment my household is gripped by World-Cup fever. Every four years, teams and supporters from around the world gather for the drama, the spectacle, the excitement of the world’s largest event. I think there might be some football played too! I know that we’re pretty keen on the oval ball code here in […]
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