Fellowship News (March 2021)

March 3, 2021

We continue to thank God that, despite lockdown restrictions, the church has been allowed to open so that over the past month Sunday morning services have continued there – with the air conditioning kindly provided by the doors and windows being open. Nice to have a breath of Spring warmth ‘unmasked’ to bless us, or [...]

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I the Lord do not Change (Thought for March 2021)

March 3, 2021

I the Lord do not Change. Malachi 3: 6
For nearly a year, we have been subjected to restrictions on the way we live our lives. Many families have suffered the loss of loved ones, thousands have lost jobs and are experiencing financial hardship. Many High Street shops and businesses have ceased to trade, the travel [...]

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If not now, the when? Thought for Feb 2021

January 31, 2021

I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Luke 13:3
“If not now, then when”? Those are the words repeated regularly in a sermon on Luke 13 v1-3 that was preached by Alexander Nowell, the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral in 1563, when the Great Plague struck London and a quarter [...]

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Fellowship News (Feb 2021)

January 31, 2021

Fellowship update:
We have been blessed that, despite lockdown restrictions, the church has been allowed to open so that over the past month Sunday morning services have continued there – with the air conditioning kindly provided by the doors and windows being open. With due attention given to safe social distancing and sanitising gel, we give [...]

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Fellowship News Jan 2021

January 2, 2021

We have been blessed over the past month in being able to keep meeting in the Chapel on Sunday mornings, and with the air conditioning kindly provided by the doors and windows open! It reminds me of a poem by Robert Louis Stevenson entitled ‘The Vagabond’, in which comes the verse:
Or let autumn fall on [...]

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Thought for 2021 (Jan 2021)

January 2, 2021

And do this, understanding the present time: the hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. Romans 13:11

Thoughts on New Year’s Eve
We were having a nice little walk at Mill Hill Nature reserve, Sandra and I.  The path overlooks the Adur [...]

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Fellowship News (December 2020)

December 12, 2020

Since the last time we met in the chapel building at the beginning of last month, we have once again gone through our second lockdown with livestream only for the morning services, but also changing to Zoom for our ‘virtual’ evening services. The latter seem to have been well received, as it has provided face [...]

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Prayer for 2020-21 (Thought for December 2020)

December 12, 2020

Father in Heaven. We approach You as we near the meeting point between the old and the new year. We remember Your precious Son being born as the Saviour of His people; we remember His perfect life and suffering; we remember His sacrificial death on the cross for all believers; His death-conquering resurrection, in which [...]

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Fellowship News (Oct 2020)

October 4, 2020

Important notice:
As at the beginning of October, we have been meeting for 6 weeks back in the chapel building for Lord’s day services, the last four of which have been for the 10.30am service. These have been different in a number of ways – people having booked their seats and thus spaced out at 2 [...]

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The Rule of 6 (Thought for October 2020

October 4, 2020

As we try to combat the spread of this invisible COVID-19 virus we have had to endure various restrictions on the way we live our lives as a society. One of the latest is the ‘Rule of Six’ – no more than 6 people to gather together at any one time.
Thankfully, our church gatherings are [...]

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