Alice Mary Bagshaw, daughter of Grace and Alan Bagshaw, and sister to Thomas, was baptised during morning service on Sunday 12 July 2009.
Wonderful Windermere
In June this year some of our church family made a return visit to the Lake District, following a very successful church holiday there last year. The group were led by minister Stephen Thornton, and were based at the Windermere Centre, the national training centre for the URC. Those who went were asked for their […]
97 Years!
On Sunday 5th July we celebrated our 97th anniversary. Our guest preacher, Rev Dr Susan Durber (Principal of Westminster College, Cambridge) reminded us not to think in terms of bricks and mortar – we, the people, are God’s building, and Jesus Christ is our foundation stone. A time of fellowship and refreshment followed the service, […]
We are all Beggars
In May we received five new members into our Church, four of whom are from Kerala, a State in India. This reminded me of a famous Indian Christian – D T Niles (1908-1970), who wrote two hymns in our hymn book (Rejoice and Sing, 28 & 105), and who famously said that evangelism is ‘one […]