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A hot, sunny Sunday. Doors and windows open. Guest speaker Marcus. Visitors. Extra chairs. Liberty lunch, with some eating in and some eating out. Worship, praise, testimony, gifts. Presence. Word. Breaking bread together. Praying for one another, and others. Church. People. In sickness and in health. For better or worse. The tall, short, skinny and… The rich and the poor. …

It was so good for Wendy and I to be back with Liberty. We were intending to go on holiday to the Outer Hebrides, but a bout of ill health resulted in us being largely at home. However, we managed Wendy’s birthday weekend in Aldeburgh, where the hotel announced ‘champagne on the house’. And we enjoyed time at the Baptist …

IT’S ABOUT TIME – that I started writing here again! Most of you know that our plans have not gone the way we had intended recently. The computer would not give me access to add posts here. Now, a new operating system has been installed. Many of my contacts have vanished completely (you may not get a Christmas card from …

Packed! Well, very full, with children of all ages on chairs and floor. And adults of all ages on chairs and floor. Family – we had 12 family members visiting, and all but one joined us. There were a couple of other visitors, and several regulars away. Billy and Wendy have their new home, where walls are being knocked down …

The sun was shining, and there was much laughter and chatter. That’s because we’re friends – not just ‘people at church’.  It was good to have Frank and his dog Alfie with us. Alfie feels at home here. There was a time when we were dogged by dogs! People had to leave early to get back to them, and others …

HE IS RISEN was on a banner placed on the front lawn by Wendy. HE IS RISEN was written on another banner hanging over the ingleneuk fireplace. HE IS RISEN is found in the Gospels following the resurrection, and HE IS RISEN was written on the joyful faces of those gathering Easter morning at our home. Each person had to …

We always miss Bob when he’s away. Me especially, as I stand in for him, leading worship, and praying I’ll get most of the chords right. Bob has had a new pacemaker fitted, and will soon be driving again. ‘Blessed are the pacemakers?’ Well, the Lord certainly undertook for us in the absence of Bionic Bob! And we missed Sue, …

What a weekend, with a house full on both Saturday and Sunday. It was great to have Trevor and Linda Galpin with us. They had led the church we were members of in Aylsham back in the 80s and 90s. We grew from around 50 to 300 at that time, and eventually bought a disused bus station and refurbished it. …

One of the members of Norwich FGB, Bob Waters, was speaking in our church this morning, and recalled that some years ago, there was an FGB Advance in the south of England. Towards the end of the worship time, the police arrived in force. Apparently, they had received a phone call to say that there was some sort of hold-up …

Thank you to Connie for bringing poems to us periodically. Here is the poem she brought this morning.