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A week ago the Congregational Federation National Assembly was just beginning a weekend of busyness – meetings, sessions, events, church...

Happy Friday! It’s the day before the May Assembly when people from Congregational churches all over GB will gather to worship, celebrate...

Last week marked the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the first general election in South Africa, where citizens of all races were...

There are many varied occasions and events being remembered or celebrated today across the globe, which include: National Kids & Pets Day...

We are in the process of sorting out, tidying and clearing out our Sunday School room. I noticed some books on prayer. Jesus said: This...

Adjust At the start of this time of prayer, God is present, breathing life into me and into everything around me. I am still, I am...

5 Steps of Lectio Divina 1. Reading. Read a passage slowly and carefully within the Bible. What words or phrases strike you, stand out or...

As we hear the mournful tune and poignant lyrics of Isaac Watt’s hymn, When I survey the wondrous cross’, ‘Good’, as an adjective to mark...

It is reported that Mark Twain once said: "Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of...

7 days without prayer makes one weak!! On Fridays through our ASecludedPlace reflections we focus on prayer. Often prayer is the only...

Yesterday we read an article from one of our young people thinking about their experience of church and what we, as church, could do to...

Today marks the World Day of Prayer. WDP is something I have only taken part in once in my life, so I had to rely on looking at their...

The effective prayer of a righteous person accomplishes much. James 5:16b (LEB) Prayer is a luxury; we can use anytime, anywhere, and...

Today I want to encourage you to take a walk and turn it into a prayer walk. At the moment my mother-in-law, Pauline, is in the new...