Creativity
Creative expressions from our Community Members.
Helen Tyte | Dec 31
Rubber Ducks
Today we celebrated New Year’s Eve and the joint East End service at St. Mark’s Church, but we also celebrated my father’s birthday. Late in…
Rev Gav | Dec 23
A community born of God
In the wake of jailed Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo winning the nobel peace prize, I remember listening to the radio where the presenter was talking…
Rev Gav | Dec 20
Mushy Peas
Social media is alive with discussions on a hot subject that is currently dividing the church — mushy peas. The Church is split broadly into…
Helen Tyte | Dec 18
The Orange
As children my brother Matthew and I would place stockings on the ends of our beds each Christmas Eve and would be excited to unwrap…
Rev Gav | Dec 15
Coming into God’s presence
To come into the presence of God — and one can do this anywhere at any time — is both terrifying and heartening. It begins…
Helen Tyte | Dec 11
Candy Canes
In 1670, a choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany was fed up with the noises from the children during services. During their big Christmas…
Helen Tyte | Dec 4
Windows and washing
A young couple moved into a new neighbourhood. The first morning they were sitting together eating breakfast when the young woman saw her neighbour hanging…
Rev Gav | Nov 30
Shimmer
My latest music composition is an expression of worship called Shimmer. Back in the early 1990s I bought a rack-mount synthesiser called the Roland JD-990….
Helen Tyte | Nov 26
Pennies
A man and his wife were invited to spend the weekend at the husband’s employer’s home. The wife was nervous about the weekend because the…
Helen Tyte | Nov 26
God’s Treasure in Clay
One of my father’s hobbies is pottery, and I’m not sure whether what draws him to the activity is the fact that he can turn…
Sean Mc | Nov 21
God does help
Yesterday I stopped by the military cemetery at St George’s and was not surprised to see that so many of the graves were of young…
Tim Rogers | Nov 13
Peace for Me
Peace for me ? It is ( and always has been ) in nature’s often raw beauty that I am able to be my most…
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