As I’m sure all of you are aware, this year we will be celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee; 70 years on the throne. We will be celebrating with street parties, special concerts, community events and even an extra bank holiday! Although I wouldn’t say I’m a devout royalist, I do have an admiration and respect […]

I meet people every week who don’t feel that they have anything to offer to the church in way of gifts and talents; disheartened people who have very little hope and positivity about their role within God’s church. I think it’s probably human nature to look at others and wish we had their gifts or […]

Easter, that wonderful time of the year when we can remember the sacrifice of Jesus for each of us, and celebrate our risen Saviour all in the same weekend! I remember a few years back in one of my previous churches, having an Easter egg hunt in the service for the children. Before the service, […]

Lent is a season of forty days, not counting Sundays, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Holy Saturday. Lent comes from the Anglo-Saxon word ‘lencten’, which means “spring.” The forty days represents the time Jesus spent in the wilderness, enduring the temptation of Satan and preparing to begin His ministry. Traditionally, Lent has […]

February is a strange month. We’re still in the grips of winter, but yet we start to see glimmers of the hope of spring with the days starting the lengthen. Some say that February is a month of reflection; where the blues of January subside and we start to look forward to sunny days and […]