Author Archives: St Patrick's Church

“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have” 1 Peter 3.15 From David On Sunday, Toni told us, that workplace trainers talk about “the elevator pitch” exercise. They get you to imagine finding yourself in a lift with a senior memberContinue reading “Elevator Pitch”

From David King I have two wonderful sisters, Katie and Fiona of whom I am very proud, but I have another sister and she is far, far more famous – and I was reminded of that last Monday. Throughout the funeral service, the Queen was addressed by her title and the service was accompanied byContinue reading “My more famous sister”

It wasn’t just the youth who went to the Keswick Convention! So I thought you might like to hear one of the great talks we heard (the video clip starts with the Bible Reading):

‘Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it. What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet loseContinue reading “Keswick 2022 (youth)”

“the Lord disciplines those he loves” Hebrews 12.6 From David King Last Sunday we finished our short series on Jacob and inevitably there are treasures from God’s word that are left littering the floor of my study – things which didn’t make the cut. So here’s one of them. We saw during the series, bothContinue reading “No pain, no gain…”

“Jesus… said to the paralysed man, ‘Son, your sins are forgiven’” Mark 2.5 From David

I received the following from Christina, a member of our church family. I was so blessed by it that I wanted to share it with you. Who I am! I, Christina, believe in Jesus Christ my Saviour. But I also suffer from random bouts of anxiety What do I do when I panic? Well atContinue reading “Grace in Anxiety”

He breaks the spirit of rulers; he is feared by the kings of the earth – Psalm 76.12 From Dave Atkinson If you are like me, you desperately want to pray about the Russian invasion of Ukraine but you struggle to know what to pray. So, when we feel this way, it is a greatContinue reading “Psalms for Ukraine”

May God be gracious to us and bless us    and make his face shine on us –so that your ways may be known on earth,    your salvation among all nations. – Psalm 67.3 From David What are we to do with God’s blessing? It is good to ask for the Lord’s blessing. I remember being told that prayerContinue reading “Purposeful Blessing”