Weekly Online Services
Our weekly services on Zoom and Facebook. They are open to all.
25th August 2026
Martha is often remembered as the busy sister who was distracted by many tasks while Mary sat at Jesus’s feet (Luke 10:38–42). Because of this familiar story, Martha is sometimes portrayed as...
24th August 2026
It had been a very long day. Jesus had just learned of the death of John the Baptist, and though he knew this was coming it still hit home deeply, personally, and the pain of loss was real to him. He...
23rd August 2026
The birth of Moses takes place during one of Israel’s darkest periods. Pharaoh had ordered that every Hebrew baby boy be thrown into the Nile (Exodus 1:22). Humanly speaking there seemed to be...
Rain at last
Thought for the week by Gavin Henderson
22nd August 2026
Sometimes the most important moments in life feel like standing at a doorway. Behind you is the life you have always known. Ahead lies a future you cannot yet see. The book of Exodus tells the story...
From Exodus to Christ
This week's sermon by Barry Robinson (23 August 2026)
21st August 2026
I own up to being a member of the Forgetful Club sometimes. I won’t give you more than a couple of examples: I have left the house and forgotten my mobile and I have come home to find that I left...
20th August 2026
I am a not-so-good amateur gardener. I do my best to keep the lawns mowed and the bushes pruned and the weeds at bay. But all too often time is squeezed by other commitments, and before I know it the...
Bible study – Revelation (part 13)
with Gavin Henderson (19 August 2026)
19th August 2026
This clue about God is fairly obvious. He is so generous and gracious he filled Paul with faith and love even though he had been hunting down and killing followers of Christ. God’s generosity is so...
18th August 2026
Mary of Bethany stands out as an extraordinary woman of the Bible, not because she held a position of influence or performed spectacular miracles, but because she recognised who Jesus truly is, and...
17th August 2026
It started out as a good day. I was able to work in my garden, and it made me feel good; I was at peace. For some, pulling weeds and making a path to walk on may not seem like a good day, but I was...
16th August 2026
When we first read the account of the Canaanite woman (Matthew 15:21-28), Jesus’s response can seem surprising. A desperate mother pleads for mercy on behalf of her demon-oppressed daughter, yet...
Faith of a Canaanite woman
This week's sermon by Gavin Henderson (16 August 2026)
15th August 2026
When James Clear was in High School, he was accidentally struck in the face by a classmate’s baseball bat. The injury was so severe that he almost died at the hospital. After his horrific injury,...
Thirsting for God?
Thought for the week by Gavin Henderson
14th August 2026
The church at Ephesus, during Paul’s long absence, had fallen prey to false teachers who had perverted the gospel of grace upon which that Christian community had been founded. Such people,...
13th August 2026
When the gospel writers settled down to pen their accounts of a unique life, they took on board Jesus’ comments to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus – that all Old Testament scripture was...
12th August 2026
The Bible is the primary communication in which God reveals himself, but finding out who he is can be like searching for treasure. The Bible is full of clues about his nature, but you have to aware...
11th August 2026
Mary Magdalene is one of the most remarkable women in Scripture. Luke tells us that Jesus had delivered her from the oppression of seven demons (Luke 8:2). Whatever the precise nature of her...
10th August 2026
I was finally able to get back to my computer and continue my work. I clicked the mouse and nothing happened; it was still a blank dark screen. I prayed about it. I tried again, nothing, and then I...
9th August 2026
After Jesus walked on the water, calmed the storm, and rescued Peter from sinking beneath the waves, the disciples were left with only one fitting response: worship. The header scripture tells us that...
8th August 2026
Have you ever had your memory save you? For example, you find yourself locked out of your house and after hours of trying to find a way in you finally remember that you left a spare key hidden in the...
More than what we build
Thought for the week by Barry Robinson (7 August 2026)
The One to be trusted
This week's sermon by Barry Robinson (9 August 2026)
7th August 2026
In John 14:1–14 Jesus prompts his disciples to become aware of the Father’s presence in the person of the incarnate Son. The two imperative statements, ‘believe in God’ and ‘believe also in...
6th August 2026
Ever felt like you’ve just got used to something on your computer, and then it’s ‘all change’? I recently received an EoL (End of Life) notification about Microsoft Publisher. For Microsoft...
Bible study – Revelation (part 12)
with Gavin Henderson (5 August 2026)
5th August 2026
Many people of my generation (I’m a boomer) learned about Jesus in Sunday School. We were shown the artist’s depictions, told the stories and often participated in Christmas plays. For most of us,...
4th August 2026
Waiting can be one of the greatest challenges of the Christian life. We pray, we trust, and we hope, yet the answers we long for often seem delayed. In those moments we may wonder whether God has...
3rd August 2026
We all have obligations. They start when we are very young, and the responsibility grows as we get older. Unfortunately, I have seen too many who think that the world owes them whatever they desire....
2nd August 2026
After hearing of John the Baptist’s death, Jesus withdrew to a solitary place (Matthew 14:1-13). Yet when the crowds followed him, he did not send them away but treated them with compassion and...
1st August 2026
If you’ve ever spent any time in a park, you’ve probably observed a parent with a toddler who wants to race. The three-year-old doesn’t care that her legs are about a third of the length of her...
Time to turn to Jesus
Thought for the week by James Henderson
10,000 Reasons
This week's sermon by Peter Mill (2 August)
31st July 2026
The Gospel of John identifies Jesus as the Logos of God. Even before acknowledging him as teacher, healer, or miracle worker, John proclaims Jesus as the Word who was God. Jesus Christ stands at the...
30th July 2026
In John 10 Jesus presents himself to his disciples as a good and faithful shepherd who selflessly and sacrificially cares for his flock, encouraging, guiding and protecting them so that they might...
29th July 2026
Hardly any of us can relate to what shepherds do, unless you live on a sheep farm. The closest I’ve come to sheep is seeing them by the side of the road a few times, eating lamb (which I really...
28th July 2026
Among the extraordinary women of the Bible, Mary, the mother of Jesus, shines as a remarkable example of humble faith. Yet what made Mary extraordinary was not her own greatness, but the greatness of...
27th July 2026
When we were young the biggest problem we had seemed to be whether our friends could come out and play. As we got older the problems seemed to grow as if they had a life of their own. That is because...