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What’s your worldview?

by Cade Whitbourn

How are you going to answer the Religion Question in the Census 2016? Brandon smiled at me again.  He was frustrated and I admit, so was I. “Okay,” I said, “So you’re saying that I’m wrong for telling other people that they’re wrong?”  “Yes!” he said. “That’s right!”  “But hang on,” I said, “Brandon, you […]

Who can argue with love?

by Cade Whitbourn

Jesus’s command is this, ‘Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another’. Who can argue with love?  So deeply is the goodness and rightness of love built into our psyche and nature that it’s like North on a compass.  We know if we want to travel in the right […]

How would you feel if your children always ignored you?

by Cade Whitbourn

Alice has a 25-year-old son who recently moved out of home to get married. He’s super busy with work. He’s on social media a lot too. His mum knows because she can see how active he is on Facebook. But when she sends him messages he rarely responds. He says he’s too busy. Peter only […]

How many and various are your works

by Cade Whitbourn

It was Wilson A. Bentley who said he’d “never seen two snowflakes alike”. And people trusted the Vermont farmer because he was a pioneer in photographing snowflakes in the early twentieth century. But Bentley only photographed a little more than 5000. Then in 1988, while looking under a microscope at high altitude, Nancy Knight, a […]

Do you want the good news or the bad news?

by Cade Whitbourn

Just when you thought everything under the sun had finally been investigated, psychologists Angela M. Legg and Kate Sweeny from the University of California have gone and examined the question of whether people prefer to receive good news or bad news first. Not surprisingly, in their 2013 study, they found that people prefer to get […]

Craft’n Chat 2016

by Cade Whitbourn

Please let your family, friends and neighbours know that Craft’n Chat will resume on Tuesday 8th March at 1pm in the church building. Bring along a craft that you are working on or make a card. We are looking forward to another great year of doing craft together, building friendships and hearing about Jesus. A […]

No one comes to the Father except through me

by Cade Whitbourn

In Northern Iraq, under ISIS rule, it’s a crime to be a Christian.  Followers of Jesus are forced to convert to Islam, pay an unaffordable tax or face death. Thousands have fled their homes.  In Vietnam, Christians are persecuted by the Communist government. Whilst religious freedom is legally permitted, meetings are closely monitored, publications are […]

Carols wrap-up

by Cade Whitbourn

What an epic night! We had over 350 adults and over 200 kids! Biggest numbers ever! More importantly, we were able to welcome our community onto our turf and celebrate the “fully good birthday party for Jesus”. I’ve heard of lots of positive comments and even a few people keen to try church! Let’s keep praying for God to […]

Life’s a Gift

by Cade Whitbourn

Imagine if everything… every gust of wind, every raindrop – each new season… Imagine if every new thing we received in life came gift-wrapped with sticky tape and paper. Red faced babies in delivery wards … falling autumn leaves… home dinners served hot with the wrapping paper, wet and translucent and sliding off the gravy… […]

Carols for our Community

by Cade Whitbourn

Carols for our Community is a FREE community event, with something for everyone! 6PM Sausage sizzle Pony rides Bouncy castles Face painting 7PM Carol singing Puppet show 8.15PM Sensational supper Find out more on the website Carols for our Community or view the event on Facebook