Connections – busy connecting with women of the Bible

December 5, 2021

During 2020/21, and in particular while the lock down was in place, our Connections Ladies’ group kept in contact via Zoom. We have had the joy and privilege to use two study books by Dr Alice Mathews PhD (pictured) who was the associate director of Doctor Ministry programmes at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, [...]

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Fellowship News (December 2021)

December 5, 2021

A Definitive December – Pray for the clear proclamation of the Gospel at Christmas—Good news of great joy – a Saviour, Messiah, Lord.

This month our services and other happenings will have an Advent/Christmassy feel – in particular those indicated in red in the Dates section on the back. May we pray for those leading our [...]

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December 5, 2021

Kevin Borrett starts a two part look at a ‘Revelation’ church:
As I write this letter from Gibraltar, separated from Spain by a short isthmus (a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link be-tween two larger are-as of land), I’m reminded about John, one of the original 12 disciples of Christ, [...]

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Gill’s Jottings – awayday recollections 2021

November 15, 2021

Gill’s Jottings – We’re grateful to Gill Beadle for her recollections of our Awayday 2021 The Church Away Day was held on October 2nd at the Sellwood Centre, Dalesdown.

Dr. David Green, the vice-principal of London Seminary was our speaker for the day. The day was billed as a day of fellow-ship, discussion and relaxation – [...]

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Remember November (Fellowship News November 21)

November 15, 2021

This month will see us observing a 2 minutes silence in our Remembrance morning service on Sunday 14th But as a Fellowship of the Lord’s people, we have others more recently to remember, with thanksgiving: We give thanks for the life of John Howbery-Gale, who went to be with the Lord on 6th October. A [...]

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Discovery (Thought for November 2021)

November 15, 2021

Now there’s a word that conjures up the excitement of finding things anew. As a boy, I remember being taken by my father up to the River Thames to see the ship ‘Discovery’ that had featured in Captain Scott’s Antarctic expedition to the South Pole in 1901 (although they never quite made it there on [...]

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Fellowship News (October 2021)

October 8, 2021

Henry Alford’s hymn puts it like this -
All is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin.
So therefore we say -
Come, ye thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest-home.
Calix will be leading our Harvest Thanksgiving morning service on 10th October. No Harvest lunch this year, but many of us enjoyed a pre-Harvest Barbecue recently—thanks [...]

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Total dependence (Thought for October 2021)

October 8, 2021

It seems there is no letting up of global, or at least large-scale, troubles these days. Of course, there is the ongoing pandemic, high-lighting how vulnerable mankind is to dis-eases. But that in turn led to shortages in things—anybody still remember how toilet paper became as precious as gold for a while? We also had [...]

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Fellowship News (September 2021)

September 12, 2021

We’re thankful that the Furus family have been able to have an enjoyable holiday during this past month with Covid precautions/restrictions managed.
Through August we have been blessed with a number of preachers in both our morning and evening services.
Now we look forward to Calix resuming most of the Sunday ministry this month. May we pray [...]

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Empty or Filled? (Thought for Sept 2021)

September 12, 2021

In the message of last Sunday (29/08) morning we were looking at a few incidents in the life of Elisha, the prophet. One occasion concerned the widow of a prophet (‘a man from the community of prophets’) in 2 Kings 4: 1-7, who, in dire straits, had only a small jar of oil left and [...]

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