Author: nickjones2011

COVID-19 won’t last forever! That’s good to remember isn’t it?  At the moment, it feels all-consuming, many are frightened, if we’re honest, I imagine most of us are at least a bit anxious.  We’re keeping our distance from everyone, and it is isolating, it’s hard. It’s especially hard for some people, but it’s hard for…

Sadly the Coronavirus has led to the cancelling of parades, but take a moment to think back to before COVID-19 to the man behind the celebrations that we’ve had to cancel. The time was the 4th Century AD, Emperor Theodosius (347-395AD) was reigning and Patrick was born to Calpornius and Conchessa. His family were involved in…

In a time of panic, fear, uncertainty and anxiety it is a wonderful privilege to be able to pray. I hope and pray that we will be able to meet at church this Sunday, it will be an encouragement to be able to meet together when so many other events have been cancelled. We will…

We’ve just heard about school closures, and cancellations of gatherings of more than 100, what are we to do? This morning I read these words from the book of James “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and…

It’s not caring to share everything – Coronavirus is one thing that we’re definitely keen not to share! But other things are good to share – like toilet rolls – well at least not buying all the toilet rolls in the shop and leaving none for anyone else! Other things are good to share –…

Our local church school is open for enrolment for the next academic year very soon! Please see details below and spread the word to any who might be interested in enrolling: Drung (No 2) Central National School, a Digital School of Distinction, will be accepting applications for enrolment in the coming weeks.  Any parent or…

We watched this brilliant little update from Gerald and Louise and their dramatic twin boys last night at our prayer meeting, here it is in case you missed it or would like to see it again! <div class="sqs-video-wrapper" data-provider-name="YouTube" data-html="”> A short message from Gerald and Louise and their twins!

25 years ago today my mother’s earthly body was destroyed.  Her groaning was over.  For those of us who have lived on these last 25 years there has been plenty of groaning.  For 8 years after my mum died my groaning was mainly against God, I was angry, how could he let this happen?  Seeing…

Why should I let you into heaven? I wonder how you’d answer that question? That was the concern of the rich young ruler in Mark 10. He had everything going for him, he was wealthy, influential, young and he had an interest in spiritual things.  He asked Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal…