Our Loaves and Fishes group are following the series ‘Friends and Heroes’, which is an animated children’s adventure about two young friends (Macky and Portia) as they fight for justice against the Roman Empire. Each episode features stories from the Bible, which enables children to learn about characters from the Old and New Testaments. Last […]
Centenary Thanksgiving Service – Photos (1)
At our Centenary Thanksgiving Service, our young people described some events that occurred in 1912, the year of our inauguration. Each child was then presented with a commemorative Bible by Mr Sydney Shore, who led the service.
100, Not Out! Our Centenary Thanksgiving Service
On Sunday 8th July we celebrated our Centenary with a Thanksgiving Service conducted by Mr Sydney Shore CBE. Many friends and former members of the Church came from across the country to join us and to enjoy the buffet lunch that followed. During the service our young people created a timeline describing many aspects of […]
Windermere On-Line!
There’s still time to sign up for the Windermere Centre’s new venture – its first online course. It is an introduction to Bible study entitled “Between the Covers”, and will be led by Director, Lawrence Moore. The course will involve a series of 12 hour-long “webinar” units, with input from Lawrence and as much time […]
The Lord is my Sat Nav
A modern interpretation of Psalm 23, by Peter Pay, Clerk of Wessex Synod *** The Lord is my Satellite Navigation System, I shall not go astray. He helps me to choose the best routes, He guides me to my destination, He knows where I am. He leads me in the right paths for His name’s […]
Wisdom
It is reported that scientists have arrived at a new understanding of wisdom. It is, they say, merely the slowing down of the brain as we grow older (Telegraph, 25.6.10). Wisdom, in the Ancient World beloved of Jews and Greeks alike, nothing but the slowing down of our brains? What a miserable decline! Are we […]
Five Gold Rings
“On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me – five… gold… rings…” Adopting this title for her book, Anna Jeffery invited a few prominent people to select their own five gold rings, ie favourite poem, book, place, person, plus their philosophy of life. The result is a very thought-provoking anthology. A […]
We Say Goodbye to our Minister
The church family said a sad goodbye to Stephen Thornton, our Minister for seven years, at his final service on Sunday 28 August. The service began with the thanksgiving, blessing and dedication of baby James Philip Alan Bailey. Then, after the young people had left for their various groups, Sue Bowen read the text for […]
Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us
Our June Bible Study continued the theme of mission by examining the meaning of the word ‘church’, and considering the unintentional messages that we may be sending to people outside. We started by reminding ourselves that the church is a group of people, not a building, and recognising that we need to study two books […]
Our First Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday: Some Reflections from the Pre-School Group… A small group of people had come up with the idea of a procession, and the turn-out was bigger than I had expected. Bee had cut some long palm branches down from her garden and brought them for us all to carry. We gathered together to share […]