Dear Friends

In our recent Church Growth discussions here at Wesley, lively conversations took place at the Annual General Church Meeting on the subject of `welcome`. We were reminded that welcome is one of the signs that a Church is alive. So, where are we now? Where could we go? and what could we do?

Dear Friends

I recently came across this meditation and would like to share it with you.

`Commit your way to the Lord; Trust in him, and he will act` Psalm 37v5

The moment when a butterfly first emerges from its cocoon and flutters its wings is miraculous. Similarly, the first fluttering of faith in God is a wondrous awakening to a positive new way to see life. Through my awakening faith, I feel a deepening trust in God's good will for my life.

Dear Friends

This month Lent begins and we think of Jesus being led into the wilderness. He was tempted there to go away from the work God wanted him to do.  He was tempted by the attraction of power, wealth and popularity. This was the time he spent strengthening himself for his future work: for his preaching, healing, concern for people- work which would lead him to death on the cross. He needed this time to deepen the choices he had already made. He was led into the desert by the Spirit; God wanted him there.