Happy New Year! It made me wonder as to how many times over the years, I have ritually exhorted this salutation to the incoming new year, offering it as a benevolent bequest of hope for all loved ones, friends and even strangers for something better than was had in the year passing. I also thenRead more

Though for the Week 8th November – Remembrance Day    Reading Isaiah 2 Vs 3-5 These words from Isaiah tell people of his day and also people of today how we should live a life of peace and a life of striving for peace. Remembrance Day is a day when we remember so many whoRead more

Thought for the week – A difficult subject 1st November   Well the clocks have gone back, the days are shorter, the weather is colder and the brightness of a warming summer fades away. Normally I don’t mind these seasonal changes because I counter them with comforting thoughts such as log fires, warming stews, bonfireRead more

    Thought for the week – 25th October Over the last few months, perhaps even more so in the last few days, the UK has been bombarded with information surrounding this latest Pandemic, with different regions receiving different advice and different rules. Whatever your beliefs are regarding that information (and the opinions are many andRead more

Thought for the week – A difficult subject – 18th October 2020          I hope that those who know me as someone who speaks about God in our world, have also come to know me as someone who is not afraid to find Him in the most difficult and sometimes darkest of topical challenges that weRead more

The People of the Green ‘virtual choir’ Harvest Hymn Oct 11th 2020. To celebrate Harvest Festival at Cooksmill Green Congregational Church the ‘People of the Green’ virtual choir perform the hymn ‘Harvest Home’. Familiar words and a familiar tune but not normally sung together. We hope you enjoy it. Music by Folliot S. Pierpoint, words by Henry Alford, arrangement by Mary McDonald, published by HopeRead more