Blog Author: Mr Mackley

Welcome to the latest in my series of tales from this wonderfiul book which retells well known Bible stories and places the characters in the actual countries they were from. I hope you have enjoyed them, it has been fascinating for me to learn something new about each of the characters, not least…

This week's worship tale is set in the time of Jesus and is about a rather grumpy centurion who was very used to giving orders and bosssing people around. He had to learn a very important lesson in humility...

This week's worship is another story from Whistlestop Tales.

It is one of my favourites that tells the tale of Ruth who was a Moabite from the land we now know as Jordan who gave up everything to help a Jewish widow, a race and faith completely different to her own.

She was a woman prepared…

This is the first in a series of worships sharing the lives of different, well known, chracters from the Bible. In each story, each character is placed in the actual country which they lived in at the time.

In our first one we are listening to one of the stories of Abram, an important character…

This week, we begin the Countdown to Christmas, for Christians this is a period of time called 'Advent'  It is a time of preparation, of getting ready to celebrate what Christians believe is the greatest gift of all.

Most importantly, it is a time to focus on being at peace with ourselves and…

In this, our last worship looking at the value of 'respect' we learning about the llife of Mother Teresa.  She followed God's call to serve and spent her life with the poor and the needy and the sick, working tirelessly to follow God's command to help those who need help.

It is important to…

In this week's worship we learn of St Francis of Assisi and his famous hymn of praise to God for all of creation.  We learn of the importance of prayer for all people of faith for them to communicate with God.

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This is the first in a series of worships considering the value of 'respect'.

We start off by considering the need for respect and reverence for God's creation as we learn about St Hilda and Caedmon.

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This is the final worship in ouor series considering 'Taking Responsibility'.

An old Ethipoian folk tale about 2 brothers is the focus and we consider how we treat each other as caring family members.

This week's worship continues our series looking at taking responsibility for our own actions.  This week we are considering how to use the gifts we have, responsibly for the benefit of all.

Unfortunately, the list of names for children seen being great models for lining up and walking around…

My worship this week is continuing our focus on 'Taking Responsibility" and this week we are thinking about being angry. Is there a time when it is right to be angry and how do we respond to that.

As part of the worship we look at when Jesus went into the Temple and drove out the money lenders…

For our Harvest this year we have decided to support Bishop Hpilip's appeal to help the people of South Sudan who are working for peace and to become self-sufficient.

Mr Mackley's worship takes us on a journey to learn about the work of CRESS UK and how as little as 10p can make a…