GOD PATIENTLY AT WORK

June 10, 2019

Gill Burley shares about God’s dealings with her and Tony:
I was not brought up in a Christian home and although my Mum was very strict in teaching my sister and me right from wrong morally, the only time we went to church was for weddings.
When I was 12 or 13, our friends invited my sister [...]

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Fellowship News (May 2019)

April 28, 2019

May time – Praise time; Prayer time; Preaching time

April saw, at its beginning, the good company that gathered to give thanks for our brother David Piggott’s life, and God’s hand upon it throughout 92+ years. A clear gospel witness was given, both in tributes and in the message preached. Then later in the month, we [...]

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Nigeria: Snake Miracle

April 28, 2019

A report from Barnabas Fund (as included in Evangelicals Now – May edition)
A miraculous rescue took place after 72 Muslim-background Christian women and children captured by Boko Haram were about to be gunned down, it was reported in mid-March.
After being tortured, four male leaders of the group were told at gunpoint to renounce their faith [...]

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Easter ‘Tea@4’

April 28, 2019

Easter ‘Tea@4’ took place on 7th April—we invited Bethan Borrett to reflect on the occasion:
‘Beth, remember last year when you helped me find the eggs at the hunt, will you help me again this year?’
One of my nieces’ favourite dates in the calendar is the Easter egg hunt at T@4 and Elleah definitely wasn’t going [...]

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Save 2 Serve

April 28, 2019

A few weeks ago we (Elliot & Megan) went along to ‘Saved2Serve, a weekend for 15-25 year olds aimed at “Glorifying God by propelling young people into the Lord’s service for the strengthening of the churches”. This year’s event, held at All Nations Christian College in Hertfordshire, focused on how we as ordinary Christians serve [...]

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Doctrine and Devotion (Thought for May 2019)

April 28, 2019

“All theological questions show up in life somehow, somewhere, or they aren’t worth the bother.”
(Haddon Robinson)
This idea has been expressed in various ways. The title, ‘Doctrine and Devotion’, is one — it’s also the name of a podcast I listen to regularly (check it out).
What is most important is that this is biblical thinking. The [...]

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Easter Fellowship News – HE IS RISEN! (April 2019)

April 2, 2019

What a blessing and encouragement it is to know that our wonderful Saviour is risen and ascended to heaven, giving us that ‘sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life’.
Thus may the sadness of us laying to rest the body of our dear brother David Piggott on 5th April, be transfigured by the [...]

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God’s work in the lives of Paul & Jan

April 2, 2019

Paul shares: I was brought up in a small village near Swansea in South Wales. The name of the village is Llangyfelach (see me for the pronunciation!). As a child I attended the village Anglican church. I went to Sunday school, as did most of my village school mates, and joined the church choir at [...]

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Never Alone (Thought for August 2019)

April 2, 2019

There is much emphasis on the problems of poverty in the world. Comic Relief (with its recent Red Nose Day), we are told, ‘strives to create a just world, free from poverty’, and it raised £63.5m presumably to that end this year.
But as the late Mother Teresa said, “The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and [...]

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Love thy neighbour (Though for March 2019)

March 3, 2019

Well this month is a momentous time in the history of the United Kingdom. We are due to ‘leave’ the European Union on the 29th March and perhaps, if you are like me you are still wondering what does this actually mean? After all, we cannot be ‘leaving’ Europe physically for if you look on [...]

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