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Dear Friends Here’s this week’s news. A little word ‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’                                                                                                                                         Jeremiah 29.11 (NIV) I was struck the other day how relentlessly negative the news is at the […]

Dear Friends  Here’s this week’s news.  A little word  What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works?   James 2.14 (NRSV)  The reformer Martin Luther famously called the letter of James an epistle of straw. For the reformers in their time anything that suggested

Dear Friends Remember that Sunday at 10.30am is at St Peter’s this week. A little word An argument arose among them as to which one of them was the greatest. But Jesus, aware of their inner thoughts, took a little child and put it by his side, and said to them, ‘Whoever welcomes this child in my

Dear Friends It will be great to see you at the grounds clear-up on Saturday morning. A little word And who knows but that you have come to your position for such a time as this?                 Esther 4.14 (NIV) The story of Esther has been the subject of our recent Morning Prayer readings. It

Dear Friends It was great to picnic together last Sunday. Next week we can chat as we work in the church yard. A little word Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.                        Prov 25.28 (NIV) These days we are told to express ourselves, to be ourselves, which

Dear Friends Please join us for our picnic after the service on Sunday lunchtime A little word Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect                 1 Peter 3.15 (NIV) Surprisingly to some, it is usually

Dear Friends We are all looking forward to Will’s exciting day on Sunday. A little word Love and faithfulness meet together;  righteousness and peace kiss each other.                     Psalm 85.10 (NIV) Noah. Abraham, Isaac, Moses, David, Hezekiah, Joseph, are all described as faithful. But if you know their stories you will know they were not perfect. They

Dear Friends, A little word Goodness me, is it Thursday already? The words “good” and “goodness” are used so frequently in our lives that it almost loses its meaning. It’s such a simple idea – and really, it means being holy. Goodness is a quality that reaches as far within us as it shines out

Dear Friends, A little word What does it mean to be kind? to be compassionate? These are easy questions to ask, but not always easy questions to answer. Jesus teaches us to love God, and those around us, as we love ourselves. So maybe this week, notice the ways in which people are kind to

Dear Friends A little word Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.                                 James 5:7 (NIV) We live in a very immediate society. ‘I want it, and I want it