Pastor's Thought
Teaching, reflections, and updates from church life.

The Windrush Generation
Prime Minister Teressa May announced that June 22 would be remembered as Windrush Day to officially recognise and remember the sacrifice and loyalty of Windrush Generation refers to those who arrived in the UK between 1948 and 1971. The sacrifice, strength and consistent reliability of the Windrush Generation who travelled from the Caribbean to help rebuild post-war Britain are considered …

Beliefs
The Church of God believes the whole Bible to be completely and equally inspired and that it is the written Word of God. The Church of God has adopted the following Declaration of Faith as its standard and official expression of its doctrine. We believe: In the verbal inspiration of the Bible. In one God eternally existing in three persons; …

Triumph Over Defeat
The boxing world was left in shock as the British world champion Anthony Joshua (AJ) was sensationally knocked out by Mexican Andy Ruiz Jnr in the 7th round. The heavyweight boxing elite has always been between three fighters, Deontay Wilder (current heavyweight champion), Tyson Fury (former heavyweight champion) and Anthony Joshua (now former heavyweight champion) all of whom have been undefeated . The various …

Understanding the Season
Friday 24th May 2019, Theresa May made an emotional announcement that she would resign as Prime Minister for Britain on Friday the 7th June 2019. She’s the second female Prime Minister and inherited the turmoil of Brexit and charged with the responsibility of upholding the wishes of the nation to negotiate the exit from Europe. After three attempts, she found herself in …

Help, I Need Somebody
After 14 years and 3,000 episodes, The Jeremy Kyle Show was axed by ITV following the suicide of a guest. The guest Steve Dymond took part in the programme and failed in a lie detector test. Later, Mr Dymond was found dead on 9 May a week after filming the show. The Jeremy Kyle show has made its name and popularity in its airing of dysfunctional families and relationships of those …

Let’s Pray
Thursday this week local elections were held across the UK, taking place under the umbrella of certain political issues. There was the obvious issue of Brexit and the varying discussions such as leaving without a deal. Was the May local elections going to see the end of Teresa May and there was the rise of green issues with protests, marches, …

‘s Alive
The morning after the Sabbath, the women proceeded to the tomb where Jesus was buried. The expectation of Jesus’s ministry of liberating the people as the Messiah has been fully dashed and the central figure, Jesus, is dead. To add insult to injury, Judas betrayed Jesus and has committed suicide; Peter, one of Jesus’ closest disciples has denied him and the remainder …

Celebrating Mothering Sunday
Today is Mothering Sunday, the day when we celebrate motherhood and thank them for the contributions that they have made. Mothers come in different forms and play various roles in our lives. We have biological mothers, step mothers, adopted Foster mothers, godmothers, spiritual mothers and grandmothers, all of whom have played significant roles in our lives. The term Mother depicts …

Stay or Go?
There has been a steady argument concerning Britain’s position in Europe wherein the general public was split as to our position as being part of the European Union or not. A referendum was held on Thursday, 23 June 2016, to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union. Leave won by 51.9% to 48.1%. The referendum turnout was 71.8%, with more than …

Information and Technology
The 12th March marked the celebration of the marmite technology; World Wide Web. No other technology in modern time has impacted or changed the way in which the world functions technologically, financially, academically or even to an extreme extent, spiritually. The founder, English engineer and computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee may have not fully comprehended the impact of his invention and …

Tackling Knife Crime
This week it was widely reported by the media of the sudden increase in knife crime across the country. This was stirred by yet more innocent deaths of a young girl Jodie Chesney, from Romford, east London, and a young man Yousef Ghaleb Makki, both aged 17. The issues and the reasons behind the sudden peak seem unexplainable and lack all reason and rational, where parents are forced to go through the trauma of having to …

Our Children: Our Future
This week it was finally announced by the government that it would make by legislation the education of sex compulsory and without the exception of religious beliefs or parental intervention. Sex education is always seen as directed towards older children or those more mature so as to protect their innocence in their current plight. The issue of equality has become …