Sunday found us at the bandstand looking at a parachute and an umbrella. Whilst on the walk in Blubberhouses, wrapped up against the elements Barbara said she felt like she… Read more »

We began our worship with the reading of the ‘begats’ verses of Matthew 1 as explained in John Bell’s excellent book ’10 things they never told me about Jesus’. As… Read more »

We pulled out all the stops and met in the deep snow and freezing temperatures in the bandstand this morning. Worshipped with very appropriate liturgy adapted from wellsprings.org.uk (Celtic Liturgy… Read more »

Well, the air temperature was extraordinary but the fellowship warm! Great to see Tony, Frances and Charlotte able to join us again. We kept the bandstand part fairly brief –… Read more »

We had a fresh look at the Lords prayer this week and found some amazingly uplifting paraphrases of the prayer we are all so familiar with. A Paraphrase of the… Read more »

Palestinian Arabs, Christian and Muslim, have suffered for over 60 years, deprived of  their lands, left homeless and stateless, living as those who have no hope: and the church in… Read more »

This morning we started with 3 words denoting our previous week (akin to Simon Mayo’s Radio 2 tradition). Than it was a matter of leaving behind the week finished and… Read more »

Michele and Colin led us for the first time at the bandstand looking at both all Saints day and the Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced ‘sow’inn’) and the word for… Read more »

Harvest Thoughts at the Bandstand We were greeted in the bandstand with a display of harvest goods, both locally grown (Barbara’s veg) and some Fairtrade items. These were intermingled with… Read more »

It seemed appropriate to follow up our Sunday gathering with a viewing of Rob Bell’s DVD ‘Rain’ this Wednesday evening. Tony led us in reflecting on this presentation on suffering… Read more »