Boardgame Afternoon April 23rd
Family-friendly open gaming Sunday 2-5pm. Tea, coffee and biscuits. Boardgames
Vicar ramblings
What is the purpose of an apple tree? I was asked this question during a recent training day on leadership and I was encouraged to reflect on how the answer relates to the way we lead. What is the purpose of leadership? The purpose of an apple tree, is to produce apples, right? That was my response. Relating this to leadership, the purpose of leading others is to produce results, make things happen and achieve Read more
Warm Spaces has now ended for winter 2022/23
Warm spaces has now come to an end, and was much enjoyed for its soup, cheese rolls and warm welcome! We will look to doing something similar next winter and hope you can join us again. Many thanks to everyone who volunteered.
Sing to the Lord a new song!
A festival of new Christian praise. 6pm Sunday 29th January 2023 Musician and Songwriter John Wilson introduces some brand new worship songs, rooted and grounded in Scripture. Written with prayer over the last year, they are offered up to be used to God’s glory and praise by believers anywhere. Come and take some time to be refreshed and worship the Lord with us. A NINETYSIX:ONE production.
Warm Space
The church hall is opening as a Warm Welcome Space every Sunday from 8th January to 5th March 2023, at 12.30 – 2pm. Warm Space – St John’s, Grove
Vicar ramblings
“Can you be kind all of the time?” The Year 2 class at St James School asked me this question recently. No, and yes, I replied. No one gets everything right all the time. We can let our mental and emotional state negatively affect others through how we talk with them and act around them. It’s hard to be kind always; we make mistakes, and in some situations, we might not know how to do Read more
Vicar Ramblings
I remember reading a Superman graphic novel (comic) with a full-page back cover image of Superman in a fight, with these words above it: Courage is not the absence of fear. That image and these words have stayed with me. But they feel like the first half of a sentence; if courage is not the absence of fear, what actually is it? In search of answers, I google it and found these quotes: “Courage is Read more