Christian Aid Week 2021 – online giving

Luke 2:22-40 Galatians 4:4-7 Perhaps you’ve heard the story of the town where there was a flood. As the flood waters rose a boat came along and offered to rescue an old lady. The lady refused, assuring the skipper that God would save her. The waters rose higher and the lady went upstairs. A canoeist…

Genesis 1:1-2:3 Romans 8:18-25 Matthew 6:25-34 A man was very surprised when a good-looking young lady greeted him, as he couldn’t remember ever having seen her before.  She realized that she’d made a mistake, and apologized, saying, “I ‘m so sorry.  When I first saw you I thought you were the father of two of…

At the beginning was the light, a light more brilliant than any we had ever seen, out-shining all the stars of heaven, illuminating the whole world, turning night into day. It appeared from nowhere, in the sky above the eastern ocean, and streamed towards us, becoming brighter and brighter, so that we were dazzled, almost…

Ezekiel 37:1-14 Acts 2:1-21 It’s very easy to make three serious mistakes about Pentecost. The first is to assume that it doesn’t really apply in churches like this. We’re a middle-of-the-road church, people say. We’re not extreme. We’re not what is derogatively referred to as happy-clappy. We don’t all have our hands in the air…

John 16:12-15 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Names come and go. A century ago my predecessors were baptising plenty of children called Ada, Esme, Edith, and Agnes; and Tom, Fred, Arthur, and Alfred. Thirty years ago, there were plenty of children called Gary, Jason, Kylie, and Tracey. Now it’s Tom and Jack, Olivia and Emily; not forgetting…