Count Zinzendorf : First Fruit by Janet and Geoff Benge YWAM Publishing, 2005(Christian Heroes Then and Now) 183 pages £7.00 ISBN 978 1 576 582 626 Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf, (1700 – 1760), a count of the Holy Roman Empire was an unusually mature Christian at a very young age. His father died six weeks…
I was walking out of a supermarket a few years ago with my two young daughters, both under ten at the time, I would guess, when a woman thrust a collecting tin in front of me and shook it in an intimidating way, she uttered some words about a local children’s charity, which I didn’t…
Dear friends, The Rev Timothy Dudley-Smith is one of our most prolific twentieth century hymn writers with around four hundred hymns to his name. I was looking at one of his hymns, number 684 in Singing the Faith which begins “Here on the threshold of a new beginning” and in it he reawakens the Spirit…
Most of you will have heard the sad news that Gloria died last Saturday. Apart from everything else that Gloria did, she was a very valued and committed contributor to Thought for the Day. We would like to share this special thought from Gloria that was first published on 10th March 2021. Although Gloria was…
I could list several times that I felt I could not succeed. In my early years as a teacher, I came quite close to quitting. In the late 60’s the school leaving age was increased from 15 to 16. Those who just had to stay on another year were put into a large group called…
We have been delighted over the last three or four weeks to watch a hummingbird hawk moth busily feeding outside our dining room window while we are feeding inside it. Then I realised something I should have noticed before, namely, bees and other insects busily feeding on flowers do not waste their time coming in…
Last week, for the first time ever I went to Wimbledon. We didn’t have tickets for the top courts, but we got a grounds pass enabling us to queue to go into the other courts as and when seats became available. Before and after we managed to get a seat on court, we sat and…
6pm – Sunday 7th August.
This weeks 10 minute service focuses on John 3:3 and we sing, Build Your Kingdom Here.
Every Sunday during August – 6.30pm