Pause for Thought – 23 October 2020
Pause for Thought for this week is now available:
Pause for Thought for this week is now available:
John 15:9-17 Ephesians 3:14-19 Eric Lomax was born in 1919, and served as a signals officer in Singapore, when he was captured in 1942 and made a prisoner of war at Kanchanaburi camp in Thailand. He suffered horrendous torture at the hands of guards after they found a radio receiver and a map he had…
Ephesians 1:4-10 It’s been another ridiculously hot day. The room you’ve been in all day was too hot and airless. The bus was rammed full of people, only marginally less hot than the Bakerloo line which was the ante room of hell, hotter than a sauna at seven in the morning. You get back to…
Building on the past… Psalm 77:11 Does anyone know what we’re celebrating today? How long? 355 years since the formation of the Presbyterian Church in Farnham 222 years since the formation of the Independent (later known as Congregational) Church 143 years in this (our fourth) building. What do we know about those churches? If the…
Based upon a published sermon by the Revd Dr Susan Durber Ephesians 1:15-23 When you read a job description, it tells you the qualifications that you need for the job. For instance, if you want to teach French, you need to be able to speak French. If you want to be a solicitor, you need…
This service is published by https://devotions.urc.org.uk/. Today’s worship is led by the Rev’d Anne Sarsden, training officer for Thames North. This will be a celebration of Holy Communion. You may like to have some bread and wine at hand to join in at the appropriate time. As we are now posting virtual services from The Spire Church…
Matthew 2:1-12 Well, I suspect that for many of us feel Christmas is well and truly over now, even though there’s officially a few more days yet. Many people’s work, school, or college, begins again by tomorrow, if it ever even stopped. The final party was on New Year’s Eve, the next day was a…