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Genesis 22:1-24

This study is part of our series of verse by verse studies of Genesis, the 1st book in the Bible. Taught by our pastor, Simeon Forder, at our Sunday morning service on the 14th January 2024. About this book Genesis is the first book in the Bible, and in its more than 1500 verses, there…

New Year. Old you.

This study was taught by our pastor, Simeon Forder, at our Sunday morning service on the 31st December 2023. About this study At the turn of a New Year we often think about the smaller, but helpful, changes that we want to make in our lives – whether new diets, more exercise or more time…

Christmas Day!

Happy Christmas! How’s your Christmas Day going? Good, I hope. But you know there’s always something that does’t quite go to plan. Maybe it’s an underwhelming amount of sprouts at the dinner table, or the day runs late and you miss a TV show you’d hoped to see, or maybe the snow fails show (actually…

The hope of Christmas

This study was taught by our pastor, Simeon Forder, at our Sunday evening service on the 24th December 2023. About this study What is Christmas all about? What was it that made the angels declare “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”. In this study we take a look…

Advent calendar: Day 24 – Lack

In a world that is so focussed on possessions, we can often feel like we’re lacking. More than that, there are many that struggle to put food on the table and pay the bills — maybe that includes you. But Jesus is not unfamiliar with our struggles, for He wasn’t born in a palace, but into a…

The promised One

This study was taught by our pastor, Simeon Forder, at our Sunday morning service on the 24th December 2023. About this study The events of that first Christmas are often told, and generally well known – but why did it happen at all? In this study we look at what the Bible has to say…

Advent calendar: Day 23 – Salvation

The Bible tells us that Mary knew she needed a Saviour. And in the weeks after Jesus was born, a man called Simeon declared (as He saw Jesus), that He had seen God’s salvation. Indeed, it seems like almost everyone recorded in the Christmas story knew that Jesus was the Saviour of the world. But King Herod…

Advent calendar: Day 22 – Christmas food

What are you looking forward to eating this Christmas? Maybe it’s the first taste of the turkey on Christmas day, or a few pigs-in-blankets from the Christmas buffet at work. Maybe it’s working your way through yet another box of chocolates. These things are certainly an enjoyable part of this time of year. But have you noticed…