Weekly Online Services
Our weekly services on Zoom and Facebook. They are open to all.
9th May 2026
When I was growing up, I remember reading several books that had an orphan as the main character. Maybe you did, too. Remember Cinderella, Anne of Green Gables, and even Harry Potter? The children in...
Hope for the planet
Thought for the week by Gavin Henderson
Living signs
This week's sermon by Jackie Mill (10 May)
8th May 2026
There are numerous footpaths where I live that allow me to roam freely through the countryside. They are called ‘rights of way’ and they give all of us the legal right to walk along them, through...
7th May 2026
As the apostle Paul writes his second letter to Timothy, he knows that his exodus from this present world is imminent (v.6), and that his young protégé will soon assume the full mantle of...
6th May 2026
There are times in life we all feel like finding a safe place to hide. When we’re little, we hide behind Mum or Dad’s legs, knowing we’ll be protected there. As we get older, we realise just how...
5th May 2026
The value of women in Scripture begins at creation: when God formed humanity, he created both man and woman in his image. Eve was not an afterthought or a secondary creation, she was intentionally...
4th May 2026
When I think of life, I think of the many forms of life on earth. We continue to discover new forms of life on earth and now look for its existence on other planets. God is the creator of this life we...
3rd May 2026
Philip’s request feels very human: ‘Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.’ He wants clarity, certainty, something that is visible and unmistakable. Jesus’s response is both...
2nd May 2026
Have you ever tried to describe a moment so wonderful that it defies your best efforts? How do you describe the feeling of watching the sunset over the mountains or the moment you held your child for...
National prayer meeting
Next meeting 7.30 pm, Wednesday 6 May. Click here for more info.
Whose voice are you listening to?
Thought for the week by Gavin Henderson
1st May 2026
The Sermon on the Mount is one of the most memorable passages of Jesus’s teaching, even for those who are not practising Christians. In it we are introduced to some of the deepest and most...
30th April 2026
This parable challenges believers to emulate their Master by using all that God has given them for the sake of the kingdom. The parable of the talents is among the most abused texts in the New...
Bible study – Revelation (part 6)
with Gavin Henderson (29 April 2026)
29th April 2026
So many look at the words of Jesus and see a list of things to do. When I read this verse, I relax all over. He didn’t bring more rules and laws, with more ways to mess up (e.g., if you even lust...
28th April 2026
Paul’s discussion of the body metaphor in 1 Corinthians 12 emerges from a church struggling with division, spiritual elitism, and social stratification. Corinth was a diverse urban centre marked by...
27th April 2026
Something lay on the deck, tossed by the wind. At first, I did not recognise it, but then remembered it was the clapper from the windchime I rescued a few years ago. The wind was not kind to the...
26th April 2026
We live in a world full of voices. Every day we are surrounded by noise: social media, news, culture, expectations, fears, even our own thoughts. Everyone is telling us something about who we are,...
25th April 2026
A few weeks ago, we celebrated Easter Sunday, one of the most significant days in the Christian calendar. Many of us likely spent a lot of time hearing about and meditating on the Empty Tomb. This is...
The Good Shepherd
This week's sermon by Gavin Henderson (26 April 2026).
Cease Fire!
Thought for the week by Gavin Henderson
24th April 2026
Whose side would I have been on – the outlaw David or Saul, the man who represented the existing, legitimate government? It’s an uncomfortable question. Fear might have driven me to support Saul...
23rd April 2026
Paul, having instructed his young protégé, Timothy, on how to deal with the false teachers who had been troubling the church at Ephesus (1Timothy 1:3-7), turns his attention to the one thing that...
22nd April 2026
The first time I read this verse and applied it to myself, I cried. It was almost incomprehensible God might sing over me, delighting in me and calming my fears with his love. He’s like a mother,...
21st April 2026
Although the explicit term ‘church’ (Greek: ekklesia) appears in the New Testament, the idea of God forming a covenant family originates in the Old Testament. Israel is repeatedly described as...
20th April 2026
The geographical name Sin is related to the name Sinai and should not be confused with the English word ‘sin’, and yet it is still interesting. Was it really a coincidence? The similarity makes...
19th April 2026
Timing is an important feature of the first half of Luke 24. In verse one we are told, ‘On the first day of the week [Sunday], very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared...
18th April 2026
As a Christian, you are probably familiar with the metaphor of being ‘born again.’ Jesus used it when talking to Nicodemus to try to explain the radical difference that one must undergo to enter...
Look up to Jesus
Thought for the week by Gavin Henderson
Open your eyes to Jesus
This week's sermon by Peter Mill (19 April 2026).
17th April 2026
In his continuing flight, David could have sought refuge in a neighbouring country. But apart from an ill-advised foray into Gath and a journey to Moab, where he left his family, he stayed in the...
16th April 2026
The writer of the letter to the Hebrew Christians, in the well-known 11th chapter, parades before us the Old Testament heroes of faith who with inspiring examples of steadfastness, simply believing...
Bible study – Revelation (part 5)
with Gavin Henderson (15 April 2026)
15th April 2026
‘Everybody is looking for something. Find it on (website).’ This was an online ad, which I usually ignore, but it caught my attention because it’s true. It’s also sad. I guess nothing...
14th April 2026
The concept of the Church being a mother emerges from the continuity between Old Testament prophetic imagery and New Testament apostolic interpretation. Isaiah 54 portrays Zion (God’s covenant...
13th April 2026
She was just a small thing, all black with long fur. It was minus temperatures and the snow covered the ground. I called her, but she would run away and I would not see her again until the next day. I...
A heavenly perspective
Thought for the week by Gavin Henderson
12th April 2026
As I was growing up one of the TV programmes that I liked to watch was Mission Impossible. It depicted the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force (IMF)...