New Academic Year, the Highlights So Far
From the start of the New Academic year in September, things have felt like a bit of a whirlwind. Fortunately, I thrive on being busy but it has meant that I haven’t been as...
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A Journey Through Lent -Day Five
Day Five – The Lion and Lamb. As on Saturday we thought of God’s provision of the sacrificial ram for Abram, today we think specifically of the sacrifice of Jesus. In this section of...
A Journey Through Lent – Day Four
Sacrificial Giving. Some of these events of the Old Testament are difficult for us to understand. Would God ask us to sacrifice our only child? Would we be willing to obey as Abraham was?...
A Journey Through Lent – Day Three
Dark Skies. The context of this reading is that, at this time, a covenant was sealed by the dividing of an animal, the two parties would then pass between the halves. Perhaps acknowledging that...
A Journey Through Lent – Day Two
Rainbow Bridge. The Rainbow reminds us of the covenant God makes with us. For there to be a rainbow there needs to be both rain and sunshine. After the destruction of the flood there...
A Journey Through Lent – Day One
Ashes to Ashes. Ash Wednesday reminds us of the fragility of human life. God tells Adam: “For dust you are and to dust you will return.” Alongside this fragility we are also subject to...
Stewards’ Corner
Quick lowdown on what the stewards have been up to. We had our first post-Christmas meeting Fri 7 February, so reflections on the Christmas services was item 1 on the agenda. WE all thought...
The Nativity 2019
This morning the children of Sunday Club led the church service with their version of the Nativity. Set as a school class field trip, the older members of Sunday Club took the younger ones...
Growmore News – November: The Two Cities Walk
We gathered on a very murky, misty and mizzly morning in the Verulamium Museum car park. The intention was to walk through the Gorhambury Estate but a quick Google check showed the drive to...
Charities Update
Our Church Council nominates three “chosen charities” – one local, one national and one international. Since autumn 2016, they have been, respectively, Youth Talk, Headway and ShelterBox. Unless determined otherwise, money raised during our...
