It probably doesn’t surprise you to know that when I’m driving around – in fact quite often at other times too – I like to have music playing. Music has always been a passion for me and there is something about having music in the background, as ambience or to join in with, that has […]
Our next re-lite session is on the theme of “People and the Environment” and takes place on Sunday 3rd April 2016 from 7:30pm. As humans, we are dependent upon the environment to nourish, provide and support our lives. Sometimes we take it for granted and fail to notice when we are misusing and abusing the […]
We were pleased to be able to present a total of £900 to our 2015 nominated charities after morning worship on Sunday 14th February 2016. Events and collections have been held throughout the year, resulting in the three charities – Great North Air Ambulance, Macmillan Nurses and the Children’s Heart Unit Fund – each receiving a […]
Having confessed, been assured of our forgiveness, and brought before God the concerns we hold for others, we prepare to go out into Lent on a voyage seeking the path to Jerusalem. In a moment, there will be one final prayer and then some music to conclude our service. You may wish to spend some […]
While we enter Lent in confessing our own faults, and those of the church, it is right too that we should bring to mind those who need our prayers at this time. Prayer: The World at root is good O God, as we look at your world we can come close to despair. When we […]
There are several stories of forgiveness which we find in the Christian Bible. Jesus was good at standing out to question injustice and inequality and to preach forgiveness and love. We will hear a story from John’s gospel, after which we will have a short period of silence to reflect on how God’s forgiveness has […]
God’s forgiveness is offered to all who ask for it – not once but many, many times. We have come before God to ask for forgiveness of our sins, for God to tear up our blotted record, for God to give us a clean heart and an open mind. Create in me a clean heart, […]
We are sharing this time together in remembering our wrongdoings, of bringing our broken, sinful selves before God in penitence and in faith. In silence and in action we will speak from our heart of the thing or things we wish to let God know of and to ask for God’s forgiveness. We will start […]
It’s that time of year: pancakes all tossed, on with the forty days and nights. Our annual repentance is now under way, of heat and dust. Whilst you survived the heat and dust of the desert helped by angels and wildlife, we, for whom pancakes come easier than repentance, do not look forward to returning […]
Joel 2.12-13: Yet even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. Move onto […]
