I am so glad that during this lockdown we are allowed to go on a socially distanced walk with another individual who is not from our household. Just going on a short walk with someone can make a big difference to physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing. It is a good way to use our time…
Dear Siblings in Christ, With the national lockdown, there will be no in-person Sunday worship for at least the next 4 Sundays – our online worship is continuing as planned. Do join us for virtual coffee on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. (see Zoom info below). Today’s online service for Remembrance Sunday is available here as…
Over the last few months, we’ve applauded the NHS and Key workers, remembered those who have been affected by the Covid 19 virus and those who have lost their lives, yet I am reminded that the cost of what has happened over the last ten months of this year run far, far deeper. My brother…
Singing the Faith 390 My God, I know, I feel thee mine verse 2 I hold thee with a trembling handBut will not let thee go,Till steadfastly by faith I standAnd all thy goodness know. The initial reaction to the words of verse 2 might well be to see them as a description of feeling or…
Do you want to join in with the circuit recording of Hark the herald angels sing?
Maybe like me you have that sinking feeling of ” here we go again”. To encourage you I would like to share what was on my desktop calendar for today :- Good news for today: God is still in charge and in control! He is beside you, behind you, before you, and for you! No…
A message from the President of the Methodist Conference about the second national lockdown in England
Wesley \Fellowship Annual Lecture, September 1992 (Occasional Paper no. 7) 26 pages £2.25 ISBN 0 860 713 865 “The presence of evil in the world appears to place thedoctrine of a just and loving God into a no-win situation.” The author of this lecture offers this statement as a consequence, in summary form, of the…
1 John 4 v 19 : We love because he first loved us Nansen, the Norwegian explorer, tried to measure an extremely deep part of the Arctic ocean. On the first day, he used his longest measuring line but could not reach the bottom. He wrote in his log book, “The ocean is deeper than that!”…
When I helped in the Boys Brigade. I often used to ask the lads to contribute to the subject of the prayers we offered during the evening session, they’d usually come up with a friend or family member who was ill or a local news item . One of the lads in the youngest group…