The Christmas season at St Paul’s started with a community film night showing “Nativity”– the hilarious story of a school Nativity play, where everything goes wrong, but everything finishes up happily. It seemed to be enjoyed by all. The next community film night is…
Today, Richard and Jordan Chambers brought their daughter Sandra for baptism. We were reminded of Jesus’ words: “do not discourage the children from coming to me.” So it was a delight to welcome Sandra, her parents and grandparents, godparents and friends to St Paul’s.We…
Last week, Gill Aires, who leads the Thursday morning Coffee Pot group reached the grand age of 80. Gill and her husband John are some of the longest standing members of St Paul’s. At coffee pot this week the event was celebrated with cakes…
By happy coincidence to the subject of our service today (the Christian charity Tearfund), our Rector, Steve Bailey, was running in the Great North Run to raise funds for Christian Aid. This is another charity that seeks to help the poorest in society in…
At 4.0 p.m. on Sunday 29 April there was more fun@4 – a Christian activity for primary school age children, held in the church. There were games, Bible stories, teaching and food. This time, it came under the title: “‘The Great Escape’ featuring the…
Ninety people (about our average congregation) defied the snow (some of it freshly fallen) to come and worship God at St Paul’s this morning. It was well worth coming, as Dr Keith Waddell, an eye surgeon from Uganda, told of his recent recovery to…
The latest of our Fun@4 activities was held on Sunday afternoon (at 4) 25 February. Twenty children, with adults, came for a programme of games, songs, Bible stories and refreshments. This is the latest of a series of such programmes, some in conjunction with…
Trees feature frequently in the Bible – whether as symbols of abundance and the goodness of God or to remind us of the nature of an individual who is rooted in God. So the broken tree trunk from the tree that snapped in the…
Later on Christmas Day, at 10.00 a.m. there was another Communion service, when children brought the gifts that they had received to tell us about. In his sermon, Steve showed us a gold heart. And said that Jesus was the gift of God the…
The great day has come. It started with the First Communion of Christmas, starting at 11.30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. The Communion reminded us that the baby who was born in Bethlehem 2000 years ago, was the same Jesus who died a criminal’s death…
