It's so easy to look at our day to notice what is difficult, and what we need. But, if we start from a place of gratitude, we stop to notice the opportunities, we stop to notice God in that moment. With the TV and retailers bombarding us with what they think we need for Christmas, why not bring gratitude into your preparations? How different may the days running up to Christmas be, if we approach them thanking God for who we are, for those around us and for all that we have? With thanks to Forest Hill South Park for their video on gratitude, which rounded up our service today. https://ww...

As the new Church year starts with the first Sunday of Advent, Anne talks about our Gospel reading, as we unpack Luke 21 - and Jesus warnings of the end times. However, we can choose to live as the children of God, seeing the good things in life; the blessings of this world. We can hold fast to the promise of summer following spring and look forward not just to Christmas later this month - but the wonder of life in eternity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6lCNuVVWOQ

As the Church year comes to an end with the new year starting with Advent, Rachel talks about what it means to be a king - and how our ideals of what a king can never be met in this world, but are through Christ, the King. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyBlqWoMc7E

If we read the start of Mark 13, it almost reads as a mirror to the world we currently live in. Coupled with our own impact on the world, we experience storms, fires, earthquakes and tsunamis - and one wonders if it’s indeed signs of the end. How do we wait for - and more importantly - interpret the end times? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsKROhOk6sE