Day by day (Thought for Jan 2020)

January 9, 2020
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A Manifesto – What’s it worth? (Thought for December 2019)

December 3, 2019

It’s been a busy time over the past few weeks as the different political parties have been trying to think up attractive vote-catching ideas to include in their manifestos. And, while the parties may change tack, as the BBC news report said this morning ‘One thing that won’t change is the daily trumpeting of policies.’

But [...]

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Grace Baptist Womens Conference Nov 2019

December 3, 2019
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Fellowship News (November 2019)

November 4, 2019

No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member -
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds -
November! (Thomas Hood)

But may our November be ‘Yes’ to the Lord and full of prayer for his people and his work:
Please see Connect magazine for specific prayer requests.
May [...]

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My Church Our Mission – the local church as God’s base camp for mission

November 4, 2019

If you have never been to a GBM Annual Mission Day then I would encourage you to put the date in your diary for next year, Saturday 24th October
in Solihull, or perhaps 2021 when it will once again take place in London; as it is a fantastic opportunity to hear about the work the Lord [...]

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The Amalfi Coast with Oak Hall

November 4, 2019

Not everybody is asked to write about their Summer holiday, and if it was just about a lovely time in Sorrento, beautiful scenery, eating pizza, pasta and ice cream etc…( Although all that was wonderful) you might not want to read on. But going with Oak Hall made it very different,
and incredibly special.
There were 32 [...]

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Place of delight and joy (Thought for November 2019)

November 4, 2019

November sees us into the shorter days of autumn (shorter in terms of the daylight hours, that is) and a time to turn the central heating on and break out the hats, scarves and gloves that have been hidden away all summer. For some, with the prospect of Christmas around the corner, it is a
time [...]

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Fellowship News (Oct 2019)

October 8, 2019

Henry Alford’s hymn puts it like this -
All is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin.
So therefore we would say -
Come, ye thankful people, come, raise the song of harvest-home.
Calix will be leading our Harvest Thanksgiving morning service on 13th October, and this will be followed by a Harvest lunch for all.
Everyone is invited [...]

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Genesis Answers the big Questions at OUK Conference

October 8, 2019

Outreach UK held it’s 2nd conference of 2019 at the Beacon Community Church in Wibsey (Bradford) on Saturday September 21st. It was a long
way to travel for a one day conference but it proved to be well worth the effort. Several people from the local church joined with evangelists and staff from OUK to hear [...]

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Fishing ! (Thought for Oct 2019)

October 8, 2019

Mark 1: 16-18 – Jesus calls his first disciples, or was that the perfect fishing lesson?
16 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee,
he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting
a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
17 ‘Come, follow me,’ Jesus said, ‘and I will
send you out to fish for people.’
18 [...]

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