Dear Friends, As the world frightened itself in the darkness of Halloween, the Church of Jesus Christ has marked the 500th Anniversary of the ‘start’ of The Reformation. On 31st October 1517 Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church door of Wittenberg. This sparked a discussion which was to lead many across Europe…
This month our communion donations will be for… Church Benevolent Fund The Church Benevolent Fund is used for those in and around the fellowship who may have needs of a financial nature. It is administered by the Pastor and is done in total confidentiality. Our circumstances in life can change and we can suddenly find…
Dear Friends, As I write we are concluding our week of prayer. It has been a special week, when there has been a real liberty as well as burden in prayer. We are about to begin a new phase in our ministry, and our church anniversary in October will mark the completion of another year.…
This month our communion donations will be for… Barnabas Fund Barnabas Fund – hope and support for Christians and the Persecuted Church. “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40 Further information can be found on their website : https://barnabasfund.org/
Dear Friends, September marks the beginning of the school year and we often use it to re-launch the different ministries of our church. As we have done in previous years we have also arranged a week of prayer (2-9 September). While preparing for that I read this sentence by Vaughan Roberts describing the Christian life,…
This month our communion donations will be for… TEAR Fund Christian relief and development charity. Following Jesus where the need is greatest. Together we can push back against poverty. We work tirelessly to help communities around the world escape the very worst effects of poverty and disaster. Further information can be found on their website…
This month our communion donations will be for… London Seminary – Dr Lloyd-Jones Memorial Fund London Seminary has one objective: to train men for pastoral and preaching ministry. They believe this task is of supreme importance for the spread of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the building of his church. The Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones…
Dear Friends, We are again at the time of year when for many of us there will be the opportunity of holidays, because the children are off school. For others there will be the annual visit to Aberystwyth. Thinking of Aber I am reminded of Psalm 122 which begins, I was glad when they said…
This month our communion donations will be for… Union School of Theology Our vision is to grow leaders for growing churches, to see churches flourish in the gospel and drive forward in mission. Union is for everyone. We offer a huge range of fine theological tools to bless and serve the whole church, from podcasts…
Dear Friends, I want to begin this letter by expressing my thanks for all the cards, emails, text messages, calls and flowers received when I was unwell recently. I also am grateful to all who stood in for me over what should have been a full weekend for me. I got up Saturday morning and…