Beyond the Games The summer months of Olympic sport have been a great treat! The astoundingly good success of ‘Team GB’ has been a privilege to witness. Such achievement is the result of dedicated training at enormous personal cost. Many competitors spoke in interviews about their family and friends who supported them with patience and...
Down by the River The internet news has some wonderful aerial photographs of the 2012 Olympic Park. It is truly impressive! What a thrill to see magnificent venues all done and dusted for the biggest sporting event of all. Preparations for the opening ceremony are underway. One picture shows the main stadium with a huge...
Our Monarch Jubilee! Her Majesty’s reign has spanned six decades of change including the comings and goings of worldwide heads of state and national government. The Bible teaches that good leadership is a blessing to society, so that many people will want to give special thanks for the monarch’s role in this country and abroad....
Our children’s holiday club after Easter was called ‘On Your Marks.’ It had a sporting theme as we looked at how Jesus invites us onto his team. We wore a team strip, we decorated the church buildings with flags and banners, we did daily warm-ups and even had an eternal flame burning! At the Olympic...
The Jubilee has begun! The Queen’s diamond jubilee year has a dazzling variety of events scheduled across the country. During this time she will visit many locations as she meets, greets and celebrates 60 years as monarch. The term ‘jubilee’ means anniversary or season of rejoicing. It’s an appropriate term to be used for the...