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Just thinking…There are a number of opportunities coming up for us to grow together as a faith family. Hospitality Sunday is on 1 March, and you are still able to sign up either as a guest or as a host for this.  This is a great chance to get to know others who maybe you…

Just thinking…Paul once wrote these words to a church: I thank my God every time I remember you.  In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy  because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,  being confident of this, that he who began a good work in…

Just thinking…My sense is that this is a year in which God wants us to grow. Last Sunday in our worship service I suggested that we all ask ourselves a question: ‘Would we like this year, maybe more than any other year, to be a year in which we get serious about growing in our relationship with Christ…

Just thinking…I have been looking out at my poor lawn since I got back home from holidays. When I left it was green and reasonably lush. Now, it is has a brown, ‘baked-in-the-oven’ appearance. Every morning I go out wondering if it will ever grow back, but experience has shown me that come Autumn, I…

Just thinking…There is a nugget of wisdom in the Bible that says this: There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death (Proverbs 14:12). It reminds me of a funny little ditty called ‘The Spellchecker’. I have a spelling chequer It came with my pea sea It…

December – January NewsCheck out the awesome range of speakers we have coming up at our Sunday morning services Sunday 29 December – Elisha Hartley Sunday 5 January – Murray Jenkins Sunday 12 January – Grace Curtis Sunday 19 January – Simon Mahoney Home Groups 2020It is a great time to have a think about…

Just thinking…I’m an asthmatic. This means the importance of breathing has at times been more obvious to me than it might be to others! (especially in those moments when my lungs sounded like broken bellows and every next breath was a small victory). Fortunately, medicine has come a long way and my asthma doesn’t impact…

Just thinking…In John 3:16, Jesus teaches us that the God who exists loves. Let that sink in. The God who absolutely is. Loves. He loves. Of all the things you might say about God, be sure to say this: he loves. The same writer of John 3:16 says in 1 John 4:8, “God is love.” Which…

Just thinking…Pastor and author, John Piper, writes the following: At the end of this life, the apostle Peter wrote his second letter, and twice in it he tells his readers why he was writing to them. In the first chapter he said, “I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to…

Just thinking…The more I think about heaven, the more I wonder why people don’t think about it more. Yes, it is mysterious in many respects, but there are numerous references to it in the Bible to spark our Christian imaginations. Yes, it is out of our experience but why should that take it out of…