Dear Friends I wonder if you have a favorite Advent and Christmas hymns or carols. Perhaps there is more than one. Please tell us by adding it to the list in the vestibule. This way, we will try to make the season of Advent a special one for you.  ...

The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her...

Dear Friends, Today, I celebrate 61 glorious years on this earth.   Thank you to everyone for your good wishes on this happy day.   On our living room wall is a stenciled word picture which I had the opportunity to make at a painting workshop. It reads, “Grateful and...

Do you remember your first experience of feeling that you belonged? Our earliest memories may be our familial bonds with parents and siblings, also to a wider family and then pre-school and school itself. At school, we always wore a uniform and as we moved up into High School the...

The costumes for Hallowe’en were purchased long ago to avoid the stress and disappointment of the last-minute rush. Thankfully, I claim no credit or responsibility for this decision. However, it was fun to see the first trying on session and to know that we are prepared. Hallowe’en is already being...

“Every activity can be transformed into an act of worship when you do it for the glory of God.” Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life Dear Friends, Coming across these words immediately reminded me of Chariots of Fire, the movie about Eric Liddell, Scottish athlete, and missionary. Eric was questioning...

Dear Friends Do you remember your first pay packet? I use that term deliberately because mine was cash and came in a small, brown, square envelope. Regardless of how they came; cash, check or bank transfer, all wages were a pleasant surprise, as if payment was a gift and the...

“Take this moment, sign and space; take my friends around; here among us make the place where your love is found.”                                                          ...

Dear Friends “Who is my neighbor?” This is a question everyone should ask? It’s what the rich young ruler asked Jesus in Luke Chapter 10. And in response, Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan. A few weeks ago, my family and I were neighbors in need, tomorrow it will...

Dear Friends Back to school! Too soon for some, not soon enough for others. But as we return, we bring with us experience and memories from the summer break with family, friends, and camps and wherever we have spent the time since we last met.   Our vacation was in...