Connecting with God

Connecting with God

This is not just for parents so please read on but I’ve been mulling over some of the things Sam Evans talked about in his preach on parenting the other week. It was so helpful to think about how we can help our children connect with God and to show them our own...
Walk with me

Walk with me

In our latest blog, Elizabeth shares about reaching out to international students. It was a Saturday night. 11:30PM. I was just putting away the notes for my finance exam. Then the phone rang. I hesitated. Then I picked it up. “Hello?” “Hi Elizabeth. I need a favour....
Encouragement to encourage

Encouragement to encourage

As I watch my 4 year old son enthusiastically set off from the Junior Park Run start line each week, ready to speed round the course with much competitive gusto, his little legs powering on, I smile to myself.  There he is determined to beat all the long legged 10...
Giving birth to twins!

Giving birth to twins!

In January, when we announced to our leaders that we were taking the step of going to two ‘gatherings’ Hannah, my wife, spotted that this was 9 months away. She felt that God was saying that taking this step as a church was going to be like a pregnancy. So it was...
No ordinary weekend

No ordinary weekend

So…I don’t want to sound too much like a travel brochure.  I won’t go on about the glorious spring sunshine, weeping willows over the lake, children rolling gleefully down grassy hills, beautiful tall red tulips in the gardens, unlimited coffee, and...