We are accustomed to hearing preachers talk of the love of God. We do need to hear that reassurance, of course, but when do we hear of the other characteristics of God’s nature – his sovereignty, his patience, his grace, his holiness, his perfection, his goodness, his omnipresence or his justice, for example ? (there…
Christian Aid week ( 10th – 16th May ) is fast approaching. There will be no street or door-to-door collections this year.
Pentecost is one of the most important festivals in the Church’s year. At Christmas and Easter we eat Christmas Pudding and Simnel Cake, but I don’t have any traditional recipes to cook for Whitsun / Pentecost. Does anyone know of any? My family loves cookies, so we thought up these Pentecost cookies – they’re yellow…
Sixth Sunday of Easter Year B 9th May 2021 Lectionary Readings: Acts 10 v44-48; Psalm 98; 1 John 5 v1-6; John 15 v9-17. Jesus said “I command you to love each other” (John 15 v17). OK, Jesus, I hear your command, but Lord, some people are difficult to love! You, Lord, know that human…
A blueprint for revival : a new biography : lessons from the life of John Wesley by Mark Williamson Authentic Media, 2011 160 pages £4.00 ISBN 978 1 850 789 628 A new biography of John Wesley – surely that’s a biography too far ? A quick check on Amazon lists several still in print…
It’s easy to praise God when everything is going right and when the sun shines. However, when we’ve messed up, or when bad things happen how do we praise God? David had messed up. Psalm 34 was written after God had delivered him from King Achish the king of Gath, one of the Philistine kings.…
Most people know that dialling 911 in the United States will get them in touch with emergency help. It’s so simple that even pre-schoolers have saved the lives of family members by using it. Three numbers do it all. In an emergency, help is as close as three pushes on the phone keypad. Often, though,…
The privacy notice for Local Churches, Circuits and Districts within the Methodist Church in Great Britain.
My Grandma lived right opposite Calverley Methodist Church (pictured below) and the story goes that one day, while applying for life insurance, she was asked her date of birth “the 10th of June” she replied, but couldn’t remember the year, so she got up from her chair walked over to the front room window, looked…
An East Anglia Methodist District Event on Saturday 15th May from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. by Zoom.