You are invited to tea at the Manse!

Dear Friends,One of the highlights of my last trip to the Holy Land was to be taken with our group to the Mount of Olives. It stands 100m above the old city of Jerusalem with spectacular views of the old city walls, the majestic gates and the Temple Mount. Those with donkeys expectantly waited for trade!Like many pilgrims before us we then began to descend on foot down the steep, cobbled...

An Unexpected WanderStorms Ciara and Dennis had passed, but the ground was still very wet. Wasn't it a good thing that we had chosen to go to Weaver's Down, which is dry and sandy underfoot, for the Church Winter Wander walk?But when we arrived, we found, much to everyone's surprise, that the area had been closed off by the Army 'for military training exercises'. So there...

Dear Friends,I am sure that we are grateful for the beautiful spring weather that we have enjoyed this week. It has given us much to be thankful for in this time of uncertainty and anxiety as our daily lives have in many ways been turned upside down.A hymn that brings me reassurance and comfort is:Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father,There is no shadow of turning with Thee;Thou...