Weekly Online Services
Our weekly services on Zoom and Facebook. They are open to all.
5th October 2026
Ah, there you go. I just fixed one thing and then another broke. And so is life. We are continually finding things that do not work and having to come up with a solution to fix the problem. Sometimes...
4th October 2026
Can you imagine standing at the foot of Mount Sinai with the Israelites? Thunder rolled across the sky, lightning flashed, the mountain was covered in smoke, and a loud trumpet sounded. The people...
3rd October 2026
You’ve heard the phrase, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. There are numerous stories of people purchasing something at a rummage sale that proved to be quite valuable. I collect coins,...
Never running dry
Thought for the week by Gavin Henderson
A tale of two mountains
This week's sermon by Barry Robinson (4 October)
2nd October 2026
I recall when my first daughter, Ashley, was born. My wife and I were both just 22 years of age and lacking maturity and financial stability. Amid the joy, fears, and unknowns, we both understood that...
1st October 2026
This year is the 500th anniversary of the publication of William Tyndale’s translation of the New Testament into English. At a time when the Western church considered Jerome’s Latin Vulgate Bible...
Bible study – Revelation (part 16)
with Gavin Henderson (30 September)
30th September 2026
Hope, the feeling things will turn out for the best, is what keeps us going. Without it, we get depressed, do desperate things or give up on life altogether. Hope is very important to our...
29th September 2026
There are few things more important to our understanding of the Christian faith than knowing what God is like. Yet many Christians carry images of God that have been shaped by their experiences, their...
28th September 2026
This week I was challenged to repeat The Doxology every morning for a week, maybe even during the day as well. What a wonderful challenge to draw closer to God in this way. It is a blessing to be...
27th September 2026
Israel’s journey through the wilderness was not always a journey of confidence and celebration. At the beginning of Exodus 17, the Israelites arrived at Rephidim only to discover that there was no...
What are young people looking for
Thought for the week by Barry Robinson
The already and the not yet
This week's sermon by Gavin Henderson (27 September)
26th September 2026
There’s a TV show called Undercover Boss. Maybe you’ve watched it before. The show revolves around a high-ranking executive or business owner who goes undercover as an entry-level employee in...
25th September 2026
In that latter half of Hebrews 12, the writer explains to his readers Jewish Christians who were seriously considering giving up on the Christian life to return to Judaism, that from Heaven’s...
24th September 2026
She was in her 90s. Though unsteady on her feet, she never missed a weekly church service. She had a hug waiting for all who would greet her. She believed that the privilege of being loved by God must...
National prayer meeting
Next meeting 7.30 pm, Wednesday 7 October. Click here for more info.
23rd September 2026
For most of my life, I pictured God with arms crossed, foot tapping and a less than welcoming look on his face. I guess legalism does that to you. Worrying about disobedience and the resulting...
22nd September 2026
Lydia’s story is brief, but her impact was extraordinary. We meet her in Philippi, where Paul and his companions encountered a group of women gathered for prayer beside a river (Acts 16:12-13)....
21st September 2026
I have been in such a heightened stress level that I now find it hard to relax and rest. We had to keep alert and be ready to act, but now things seem under control for the moment. Rest sometimes...
20th September 2026
Exodus 16 takes us into a difficult moment in Israel’s journey from slavery into the Promised Land. Having experienced God’s dramatic deliverance at the Red Sea, the Israelites found themselves in...
19th September 2026
I grew up in apple country. My grandparents and my parents owned apple orchards, and each year we would hire labourers during harvest time to pick and pack apples. We paid a fair wage, and we rarely...
The small things
Thought for the week by Gavin Henderson
Grumbling and grace
This week's sermon by Peter Mill (20 September)
International Life Club
Saturday 19 September at 17.00 BST. Click here for Zoom link.
18th September 2026
It was just one of those days. The computer was playing up. There was something amiss with the internet, and I couldn’t access my bank account. A hinge had broken on a kitchen cupboard, and I...
17th September 2026
The opposition to Jesus had been growing, and it was now dangerous for him to travel outside his home region of Galilee, since the Jewish authorities were already seeking an opportunity to put him to...
Bible study – Revelation (part 15)
with Gavin Henderson (16 September)
16th September 2026
Try to picture Jesus and what do you see? A man with a sad look on his face, perhaps with tears forming in his eyes? Most of us have grown up seeing the painting of a sad looking Jesus by Warner...
15th September 2026
Phoebe is mentioned only briefly in Scripture, yet Paul’s words reveal a remarkable woman whose life made a significant difference to the early church. She was a woman of faith, service, generosity...
14th September 2026
My daughter frequently accuses me of not reading the instructions, and often she is quite right. I learn by sight and what I think I see and understand is often not the case. It may be something as...
13th September 2026
There are moments in life when we feel trapped between an overwhelming problem behind us and an impossible situation ahead. Israel experienced such a moment at the Red Sea. Pharaoh’s army was...
12th September 2026
You’ve probably experienced a situation that just didn’t make sense to you. It was too good to be true, and you weren’t sure if you should believe it. Well, you’re in good company because...
The miracle of the Exodus
This week's sermon by Gavin Henderson (13 September)
Were you there?
Thought for the week by James Henderson
11th September 2026
In a 1972 study, 50 children sat with a researcher and a marshmallow. The researcher left the room for 15 minutes, promising another marshmallow if they were able to resist eating the one in front of...
10th September 2026
Following the incredible feeding of over 5000 souls with the meagre contents of a boy’s lunch (Matthew 14:13-21), we come to the second of Jesus’ miracles that the disciples witnessed that same...
9th September 2026
When I think of tenderness, I think of a mother with her baby. She protects, comforts, soothes and cares for her little one with softness and gentleness. Jesus compared himself to a mother hen in this...
8th September 2026
Priscilla’s story appears only briefly in Scripture, yet her influence reached far beyond the few verses in which she is mentioned. Together with her husband, Aquila, she was a trusted co-worker of...