18 Mar

Lydia - the tale of the Groundbreaking Greek who meant business

This week's worship returns us to Whistlestop Tales, learning more about some of the people in the Bible and becoming more aware of where they came from too.

Lydia was a woman who seemingly had it all, but there was something missing in her life and then two men appeared at the women's prayer…

11 Mar

Lent & Ramadan - a time of fasting and preparation

This week in my worship I am considering the importance of Lent and Ramadan for the people who observe those times. Christians are almost half way through Lent as Muslims have just begun Ramadan.  For both faiths, this is a holy time of self sacrifce and preparation as they look ahead to important…

4 Mar

World Book Day preparation 2024

It is World Book Day this Thursday and to help us look towards that, my worship today is starting us thinking about how stories take us to amazing places in our imagincation and that we can all be story writers.

 

26 Feb

Esther - the tale of the Iranian girl who wished her life away

Welcome to the latest in my series of tales from this wonderfiul book which retells well known Bible stories and places the characters in the actual countries they were from. I hope you have enjoyed them, it has been fascinating for me to learn something new about each of the characters, not least…

5 Feb

The Centurion - the tale of an Italian invader who fought an unexpected battle...

This week's worship tale is set in the time of Jesus and is about a rather grumpy centurion who was very used to giving orders and bosssing people around. He had to learn a very important lesson in humility...

22 Jan

Ruth - the giant hearted Jordanian who went the extra mile

This week's worship is another story from Whistlestop Tales.

It is one of my favourites that tells the tale of Ruth who was a Moabite from the land we now know as Jordan who gave up everything to help a Jewish widow, a race and faith completely different to her own.

She was a woman prepared…

15 Jan

Spring 1 - Abram, the Iraqi who had a 'Lot' to lose

This is the first in a series of worships sharing the lives of different, well known, chracters from the Bible. In each story, each character is placed in the actual country which they lived in at the time.

In our first one we are listening to one of the stories of Abram, an important character…

4 Dec

Advent 1 - Countdown to Christmas

This week, we begin the Countdown to Christmas, for Christians this is a period of time called 'Advent'  It is a time of preparation, of getting ready to celebrate what Christians believe is the greatest gift of all.

Most importantly, it is a time to focus on being at peace with ourselves and…

27 Nov

Respect 3-Respect & Reverence for others

In this, our last worship looking at the value of 'respect' we learning about the llife of Mother Teresa.  She followed God's call to serve and spent her life with the poor and the needy and the sick, working tirelessly to follow God's command to help those who need help.

It is important to…

20 Nov

Respect 2 - Respect and Reverence for God & Creation

In this week's worship we learn of St Francis of Assisi and his famous hymn of praise to God for all of creation.  We learn of the importance of prayer for all people of faith for them to communicate with God.

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6 Nov

Respect & Reverence for God's Creation

This is the first in a series of worships considering the value of 'respect'.

We start off by considering the need for respect and reverence for God's creation as we learn about St Hilda and Caedmon.

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16 Oct

Taking responsibility for our family members

This is the final worship in ouor series considering 'Taking Responsibility'.

An old Ethipoian folk tale about 2 brothers is the focus and we consider how we treat each other as caring family members.