This Sunday saw our second Grow Academy Grad’ Celebration. We welcomed children with their families from our Grow Academy School to church to be awarded their certificates for completing the programme. Launched in May 2018, Grow Academy has seen some amazing results. During the ceremony the children mentioned what they enjoyed about Grow Academy and what they learnt:“I enjoyed the…
“If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done” (Ecclesiastes 11:4 TLB). No time for waste. God has been speaking to Pastor and me so much over the last month about the word TIME! We feel He wanted us to really hear what He is saying to us as a church as we ended 2018 and began…
This is an extract from Grace for the Moment daily readings by Max Lucado A PARENT’S PRECIOUS PRAYERS All your children will be taught by the LORD, and they will have much peace. ISAIAH 54:13 NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE PONDERINGS OF A CHRISTIAN PARENT. Never underestimate the power that comes when a parent pleads with God on behalf of a child.…
A long time ago in Bethlehem… A long time ago in Bethlehem, despair and hope were travelling side by side and this was way before the sleepy town would be the birth place of the Hope of the World. Ruth and Naomi: Ruth full of hope, Naomi full of despair. Two widows arrive with their broken-down lives and God’s resurrection…
All of life gives us moments and on Sunday the 25th November we had some very special moments as we united together in our grief to remember our loved ones. These were moments to say they are not forgotten and they are always loved and valued. Each life valued by us and God. Each life represented however long or brief…
Our NCCL Youth went out on a social for the last Life Group of the year. Our Youth Life group usually meets every other week in a church member’s home to learn more and
grow in their Christian faith. With Christmas fast approaching, we took the opportunity to relax with a ‘friendly’ game of bowling… or so we thought.
INCREDIBLE FAITH – JUMP IN, DIG DEEPER, EXPLORE FURTHER! From beginning to end we ‘Jumped In’ to our First Metro Camp at NCCL! Metro Olympics, & the hair-raising Climbing wall, Incredible faith Bingo & Super Hero Crafts, ending our first day with our ‘Incredible Faith’ Metro Meeting – Princess of Protection – God uses Rahab to Jump In and save…
Proverbs 4:26 Ponder the path of your feet, and let your ways be established. NKJV Ponder, do we even use that word anymore? “I was pondering yesterday and…” What does it mean to ponder? Allow me to break it down for you; ponder – think about something carefully especially before making a decision or reaching a conclusion. I like the…
The famous Jack Nicklaus once said that “Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s level of aspiration and expectation.” We were heading to Bradford for the Rock Nations Youth Conference 2018 in the mini bus with a high level of expectation that something really cool was going to happen. Watching the conference video we knew that the theme…
