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This summer marked the 25th anniversary of the children’s holiday “Sonshine Club” run by members and friends of the church. Each year, children between the ages of 5 and 11 have been coming along to play games on the nearby fields and around the chapel buildings, to make craft, sing songs and to hear stories from the Bible. Many parents first came to the club themselves years ago and …

Excuse me asking this, but – where are you going?  Does anyone care?  Two strange questions you may think.  Here’s a third: do you care?

It’s midday and the sun is relentless – only an outcast would be going to the well at this time.  Although she doesn’t know it, this woman, this outcast, has a date with destiny.  After today nothing will ever be the same again. 

The word doctrine simply means teaching or truth – that which is taught. But for the Christian, doctrine is always more than that; it is more than a truth which we believe and which is taught. For us doctrine is truth to live by. Recently in our evening services, we’ve been considering the great doctrine of the Trinity, and we came to the words of the Lord Jesus Christ in John 4:24. “God is a spirit and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and truth”. This is very practical. …

Why does time seem to pass by ever more quickly? An hour is just as long as it ever was. Remember the school holidays? Six weeks seemed forever – now six months whistles by in the blink of an eye. The older we get, the faster we feel that life goes by. Think About It Have you ever realised that this is a built in safety device from God? That the impression that time is speeding up is to remind us that time is running out? How short life …