Posts from September 2021

29/9/2021 A Caring Church Building One Another Up In The Lord 1 Thessalonians 5:11 “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” As God’s people live in a world that can be tough and unfriendly towards the things of God, it is easy to be hurt or become dispirited by events around us. But God desires His church to be a community of mutual support. Satan would be happy if we were…

24th September 2021 A Model Church Proclaiming The Gospel Of Jesus If you could build a church from scratch what would it be like? What would you include and what would you leave behind? I suspect there would be many different shades of opinion on that question. The Apostle Paul gives us insight into what a new church should look like in his letter to the Thessalonian Church. He begins his letter by giving thanks to God for the way…

September 7, 2021 Dear church family, As part of our time together on Zoom for Launch a couple of weeks ago, Pauline led the kids (and the other leaders) in a fun game called ‘Never have I ever’. I wonder if you’ve played it before? The way it works is that you need to come up with something that you have never done but that you think all, or at least most, of the other players have done. So, for…

A Letter to the Church Family Dear Church Family, We hope and pray that you are each knowing ‘the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit’ with you each day. (2 Corinthians 13:14) Our last three Sunday Bible talks from Pastor Matt have been challenging and helpful. These have been on some of the Ten Commandments that show God’s intentions for how human beings should live in the world. These…