From the Pastor’s Desk

Take a look at the empty tomb.

At Easter we think about Jesus, the man on the cross, but do we think much of the empty tomb and the risen Saviour Jesus from the dead?

The empty tomb where the dead Jesus was placed is one of the proven facts of history.

On that Sunday when the female disciples came to anoint the body of Jesus, they found the tomb empty. People searched for the body of Jesus and after 50 days, Peter one of His disciples could stand up in front of a crowd of several thousands in Jerusalem and say that the tomb of Jesus was empty, because He is risen from the dead. In fact, Peter and more than 500 people could testify to having seen Him.

The fact, and it is a fact, that Jesus rose from the dead and still lives is the most important event to have taken place on earth.

What does the death and resurrection of Jesus tell us?

1] Jesus is as He said He was God’s son.

2] We have a body that dies but we have a soul that lives on to eternity.

3] Where our soul goes to eternity, depends on whether we have faith in Jesus, God’s son.

This Easter do not think only of a man dying on the cross, think also of an empty tomb and of the man who rose from the dead.

“He is not here: for He is risen, as He said, come see the place where the Lord lay”. [ Matthew 28:6].

Sunday 1st February

All are welcome to join us as we celebrate our risen, living Saviour, Jesus Christ, in the church building for our Sunday worship services at 11am and 5:30pm.

For those joining us online, please note that our morning stream will start when the sermon begins, at approximately 11:30am. Our evening service begins at 5:30pm, with our evening stream starting approximately 5:45pm.

11am – A look at Christ

This week we take a break from our usual passage, and this morning we turn back into the New Testament. This time we are going to be reading from John and this morning Pastor Mike is going to help us have a look at Jesus Christ, how Christ came to serve and not be served. Our reading is John 13:1-5.

5:30pm – Pastors and Elders [part 1]

This evening Pastor Mike picks up where we finished in our passage in 1 Timothy; last week we looked at who should be allowed to teach and hold positions of leadership in the church, and why. This week we are going to look at the next section of the letter to Timothy and what Paul has to say about Pastors and Elders. Our text this evening is, 1 Timothy 3:1-2.

From The Pastor’s Desk

In the troubled world in which we live we see many experts on our screens who give their views or opinions about how to make the world a better place.

Permit me to give two thoughts as to why the world is in such a state. Firstly, we need to understand that all of us do wrong things in our lives. I am not thinking of terrible crimes like murder or child abuse. Instead, those things that we might do everyday of our lives which are wrong such as drinking to much, taking drugs, breaking the civil law, or being angry at someone, being selfish and unloving to those we say we love. We are all guilt, but what can we do about it?

So, secondly, we must understand we are in the wrong. We need to say sorry, the Bible calls this repentance, but who do we say sorry to?

The one who we have wronged of course. More importantly we have to say sorry to God, because it is God Himself that we have wronged ultimately.

God has promised to forgive us, but only if we really believe in Him and in His son Jesus who died on the cross for us, by paying for all the wrongs we have done, we must also tell God that we have done these bad things against Him.

This is God’s promise to us from the Bible. [1. John 1 verse 9].

“If we confess our sins [our wrong things], He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse from all unrighteousness.”

Sunday 25th January

All are welcome to join us as we celebrate our risen, living Saviour, Jesus Christ, in the church building for our Sunday worship services at 11am and 5:30pm.

For those joining us online, please note that our morning stream will start when the sermon begins, at approximately 11:30am. Our evening service begins at 5:30pm, with our evening stream starting approximately 5:45pm.

11am – The Renewing of Strength

This week we return to Isaiah chapter 40 again; last time we thought about whether there was anyone of any god that the God of the Bible could be less than. This morning Pastor Mike is going to show us how our immense and amazing God can renew the little strength we feel like we have sometimes, and how God promises that He will do this, from Isaiah 40:28-31.

5:30pm – “I do not permit a woman to teach…”

This evening Pastor Mike picks up where we finished in our passage in 1 Timothy; last week we looked at the different roles God has established for us and this week we look at certain roles and duties that God restricts and why. This difficult and challenging passage can be found in 1 Timothy 2:11-15.

Sunday 18th January

All are welcome to join us as we celebrate our risen, living Saviour, Jesus Christ, in the church building for our Sunday worship services at 11am and 5:30pm.

For those joining us online, please note that our morning stream will start when the sermon begins, at approximately 11:30am. Our evening service begins at 5:30pm, with our evening stream starting approximately 5:45pm.

11am – A god who is less than?

This morning Pastor Mike is taking us back to Isaiah chapter 40; last week we took a look at the immensity of our God, and this time we are going to think about if there is a God bigger than our God, or as our title suggets, is there a god that is smaller or less than the God we believe in. Our reading this morning is Isaiah 40:25-28.

5:30pm – Men be men and women be women!

This evening we move into the verses about the different roles that men and women, the Bible says that we should be fulfilling, in our lives, inside and outside of the church. Pastor Mike is going to show us a bit of the context of this passage to helps to understand that how this can easily translate to our culture and the times we live in, from 1 Timothy 2:9-10.

Sunday 11th January

All are welcome to join us as we celebrate our risen, living Saviour, Jesus Christ, in the church building for our Sunday worship services at 11am and 5:30pm.

For those joining us online, please note that our morning stream will start when the sermon begins, at approximately 11:30am. Our evening service begins at 5:30pm, with our evening stream starting approximately 5:45pm.

11am – The Immensity of God

This morning Pastor Mike opens up the book of Isaiah again, getting back to chapter 40. This week we think about how great God is, who we are before Him and why this matters, from Isaiah 40:21-24.

5:30pm – Men Must Pray

This evening Pastor Mike takes us into the New Testament and to the first book ti our brother Timothy. We are going to be learning that the Bible commands that men pray, but if we want to have a relationship with God, we all should be praying. The passage for this evening is 1 Timothy 2:8.

Sunday 4th January 2026

All are welcome to join us as we celebrate our risen, living Saviour, Jesus Christ, in the church building for our Sunday worship services at 11am and 5:30pm.

For those joining us online, please note that our morning stream will start when the sermon begins, at approximately 11:30am. Our evening service begins at 5:30pm, with our evening stream starting approximately 5:45pm.

11am – Being forgetful of God

For the first Sunday of 2026 Pastor Mike is taking us back to the beginning, to the first book of the Bible, Genesis. We are going to looking at Abraham, and what happens if and/or when we forget about God, what this means for us, how this might affect us and what we can do about it, from Genesis 20:1-21:3.

5:30pm – Remember God When We Fear

This first Sunday evening of 2026, we are returning to a similar theme and thought as the morning sermon, but from the perspective of a New Testement believer. Pastor Mike is taking us to the book of Matthew and we will be thinking about when Peter forgot about God, how that affected him and what we can learning from his experience in Matthew 26:57-75.

Sunday 28th December

All are welcome to join us as we celebrate our risen, living Saviour, Jesus Christ, in the church building for our Sunday worship services at 11am. Due to being the last Sunday of the year, there is no evening service this week.

For those joining us online, please note that our morning stream will start when the sermon begins, at approximately 11:30am.

11am – A look back with thanks

This morning – for the last Sunday of 2025 – we are going to think about all the amazing things that have happened this year, taking a look back at what has been, but then also looking forward to the year ahead, wondering about what God may have in store for each one of us. Our text for this morning is Philippians 1:18.

25th December – Christmas Day!

All are welcome to join us as we celebrate our risen, living Saviour, Jesus Christ, in the church building for our Christmas Day service at 10:30am.

For those joining us online, please note that our stream will start when the sermon begins, at approximately 10:45am.

Prince of Peace

It’s our Christmas day service. Join us as we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. This Christmas Day Pastor Mike takes us to Isaiah, where we are going to think about what is special for Christmas and what the title of Prince of Peace might mean, who He is and how this applies to us. Our text this year is Isaiah 9:6.

Sunday 21st December

All are welcome to join us as we celebrate our risen, living Saviour, Jesus Christ, in the church building for our Sunday worship services at 11am and 5:30pm.

For those joining us online, please note that our morning stream will start when the sermon begins, at approximately 11:30am. Our evening service begins at 5:30pm, with our evening stream starting approximately 5:45pm.

11am – The Gift of God – Family Service

This morning we are celebrating Christmas in a way that we hope is accessible for all the family. There will be readings from God’s word the Bible, songs, a short video and Pastor Mike will tell us about the gift of God, who or what that is and why it should matter to all of us, from Romans 6:23.

Due to the interactive nature of the service, the sermon this morning will be slightly shorter than normal.

5:30pm – Mary’s Faith – Carols by Candlelight

This evening we hold our carols by candlelight service, come join us as we sing and worship our God in song, hearing God’s Word spoken and listen to Pastor Mike speak about how Mary’s faith changed history, in Luke 2:19.