Last week I received a request from my 18-year-old granddaughter. “How do you address God at the start of a prayer?” This was followed up by three others question. These are also addressed in this article.  Prayer is essentially communicating with God. The “How Tos” begin with an understanding of to whom we are praying. As Christians, we believe that there is…

As I begin, I would like to acknowledge Bill Thew’s call home to be with his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and to acknowledge his valuable input into the life of St Paul’s. Our sincere condolences as you who grieve: to Mary and her family and to all who worshipped with Bill. With the thoughts of the theme of last week’s service,…

One of the interesting questions that came from one of our visitors during last Saturday’s Open Day was challenging, because we could not answer it confident that we knew the complete facts. The question? “Why do you have an eagle on the front of the lectern?” Thankfully, Google was able to enlighten me with four aspects of the eagle that are relevant…

The liturgy we are using for this Sunday, “The Good Shepherd Communion”, ties in well with our theme: “Follow Me”. These words were spoken by Jesus to Peter as Jesus was recommissioned him for service. The beauty of this passage is the seeking the lost and their restoration. Three times after Jesus’ arrest and during Jesus’ trial. Peter had denied any relationship…