“God is everything that is good, as I see, and the goodness which everything has, is God.” – Julian of Norwich Spring was slow to arrive this year, but when it finally came I’m convinced I heard it. You see, there were no green shoots: it had been so cold. The woods had no carpet […]
God’s Welcome
The Bible study in March continued the series on evangelism, this session looking at ‘God’s Welcome’. Jesus’ teaching was both radical and revolutionary. We find it challenging because it’s often the opposite of what we expect, but God’s mission is to change and transform the world. He turns world values upside down. As the church […]
Poem for Mothers
Best friends Katie Green and Sophie Roberts wrote this poem and read it in church on Mothering Sunday. This is a poem to all the mums to say thanks for all you have done: You help us out through the bumps in the road; you help us carry the heaviest load. You dry my tears […]
Stories Jesus Told
Our Pre-School group have been talking about Jesus and the stories He told:
Our Prayer Box
Our Prayer Box is situated in the church foyer, and is for the use of all visitors to the church. If you would like us to pray for you, for someone you know, or for a situation that worries you, you are invited to put your request in the box. Church Prayer Meetings are held […]
Winter Ending
I woke to hear the soft sound of the rain, Oddly insistent in my drowsy ear. It quickened, and I saw a storm of hail Plummeting down, to whiten path and lawn. Above me swept the trailing skirts of cloud, Flying before the swift hounds of the wind. Below my window, clumps of snowdrops bloomed, […]
What is God’s Mission?
Our Vision4Life study group on 24 February 2011 focussed on the subject of Mission. Minister Stephen Thornton introduced the topic by explaining that Mission is God’s ministry, in which we all share. This led to the question: What is God’s mission? (If we don’t know, how can we share in it?) We were referred to […]
Awake, awake to love and work!
On a recent Sunday morning our Minister said “Our closing hymn is number 608, “Awake, awake to love and work! The lark is in the sky…” At this point I glanced idly down to the author and read G A Studdert-Kennedy (1883-1929). At once I was transported back to the story of a young priest […]
Pilots Investigate Recycling
Our Pilots group have been thinking about recycling and they visited Sainsbury’s in Fleet to look at their recycling facilities:
Seeds of Time
This morning in the fitful early light Beyond the near, familiar scene I saw, Beyond the cherries, pines and copper beech, Beyond the pitch of roofs, a further tree, Distant, unmarked before, which now emerged, Shining against grey cloud, ethereal, Its thinning leaves light green and touched with gold. Its fragile beauty, knocking at my […]