Meetings

This blog is so late coming out, and I do apologise. It’s Friday, and I am writing about last Sunday. We have been away – Derbyshire, Scotland, Devon, Somerset and Gloucester. Just holiday, and visiting friends and family. And once home, the diary immediately fills, and there is less time for writing. It’s been such a busy week. It was …

It was lovely to have old friends joining us – some from the start of the meeting and some others towards the end.  Learning new songs can be a challenge, but we’re getting there, and the old ones go like a train. Thank you to Ann, encouraging us to wait on God. Take time. Don’t hurry. We looked at Haggai. …

It’s always a good time of praise and worship, and so not sorry for repetition! To worship is perhaps our primary calling, and in doing so, we find fulfilment, because we are meeting the only One Who truly fulfils us. Can you remember when ‘worship’ meant singing songs and hymns, and ‘praying’ meant saying prayers, or listening to others saying …

A time of worship, with various folk praying, giving a word of exhortation and encouragement (Ann), Bible reading (Wendy L), and testimony.  We continued looking at Haggai. The people of God released from captivity (Babylon) by a saviour (Cyrus), returned to their land, but put self before the Lord and his work. They suffered hardship. Then the Lord spoke through …

August bank holiday, and a number of churches closed for the day. It seemed unbelievable, but we met at Catfield, hosted by Shirlene. Praise and worship, and psalm 32 from Shirlene. A testimony from Cliff and Sue on how they were brought together for marriage. Cliff spoke on ‘Who Is Jesus?’. I led communion. We prayed for those away. Spicy …

I love to see a room full of people on a Sunday morning, though we have had great times with small numbers. We welcomed visitors, and then started with prayer for a friend who had an accident and is in a dreadful state. There is only One who can really make a difference.  The praise and worship was interrupted by …

We usually start with praise and worship, but Michelle had such an encouraging testimony of real progress with a family situation. There has been much intercession with regard to this, and now the Lord is resolving the problem. Which gave us even more reason to praise him, and we did! Barry H had returned from Holly Bush, and shared some …

A big Thankyou to Malcolm and Moira for hosting our meeting yesterday, with one of their legendary barbecues to follow, where we also celebrated John’s 82nd birthday! And so good to see a great turnout, with a few faces we had not seen for a while. And, great to see Craig’s new yellow Porche on the drive!!! After a time …

I suppose that ‘sensing the presence of God’ is subjective. However, there are times when several people independently testify to having sensed that presence. Maybe we should confer on these matters after the meeting!!! My experience yesterday morning was that the first song was hard work, and then suddenly, there was a sense of freedom and release and, for me, …

Are you like me? At the beginning of a meeting, I think about the good things the Lord has done, and want to praise him. And at the end of the meeting, I look back over it, and want to praise him. And so I do! How good to have Bob back with us, and in good spirits. How good …