Meetings

‘Every meeting different’, we say! Phone calls and messages first thing in the morning from those unable to come, but on Saturday there were messages and phone calls from others who had not been for months. So good to see people back again, and everybody always welcome.  Every meeting different? Well, if you have an auto-immune condition, you avoid enclosed …

The buzz at the end of the meeting spoke volumes. What a meeting! Praise, worship, tongues, interpretation, word of knowledge, lots of encouragement…. A brief word – there is one rule for Christians and another rule for those in the world. Christians – love God by pleasing him (worship, praise, spending time with him) and love people (acts of kindness, …

When we first started meeting as a house church, I was asked by a pastor, ‘What is distinctive about Liberty?’ It was a good question, because within one or two movements with which I had been associated during my adult Christian life, there had been a tendency to plant churches where there was already an existing decent evangelical church. The new …

The lawn was white, and the patio was white yesterday evening. And today was not just Liberty, but also Liberty Lunch. If people could not get to us, would there be enough room in our freezers for the food needing to be stored? Wendy decided to cook in the morning, if the weather improved. It did, and she did, and …

What a cold and frosty morning, with a subzero temperature as people started arriving. (Photographs of field opposite our home, and frozen grass on the bank. When we said that the meeting started at 10.30am, people tended to arrive around that time. But when, a few years ago, we changed to 10am for 10.30am, we found most people arriving around …

After recent sick cars and sick people, it was good to have the room comfortably full. And good to have Shirlene back, and Bob leading worship again.  I gave a brief report on proposing to have some of our meetings further east, as people now come from Caister, Catfield, Ludham, Martham and Pakefield, whilst retaining meetings here as we have …

We certainly notice the difference in numbers when winter sets in. It’s not just that people succumb, but also motor cars. One was sick with its headlights not working, and another was feeling flat due to a puncture. But what a great time…. Praise and worship, and readings and testimony. Thank you to Michelle for leading two or three songs, …

With subzero temperatures, and several elderly people in our congregation, we were surprised when cars started drawing up this morning. We have one or two younger people from the Yarmouth direction, and two had picked up one of our more senior members on the way. In fact, there were more people than last week! But it was cold, and so …

There was a small gathering this morning, whilst wind and rain assailed us, and some languished on sick beds. But personally, I felt an overwhelming sense of the glory of God descending on us, as we sang in tongues, and worshiped the King of kings. Thank you to all who battled through the weather, and brought words, or prayers or …

It was good to be together and share our Christmas experiences. Wendy and I had had early mornings and late nights, and some guests had left less than an hour before the meeting started. It was so good to have Ash with us, and to hear that he has an interview for work in Norwich in around 6 weeks time. …