Church Meeting

Diana Skellington led us in three hymns, interspersed througout the meeting. I entered, a couple of minutes late, into a thunderous rendition of 'What a friend we have in Jesus.' In a round table discussion we considered what main challenges faced us and what successes and growth areas we had had as a church in the last year. We heard that after Malcolm Atherton leaves next July a URC moderator will help us through through a transition period into choosing a minister.

Angels

Malcolm Atherton described people being like angels. He had once set out on a long bike ride to Rome. A pious friend at the start had written in his diary something about an angel would help and protect him. This sounded very unpractical. Only a little way out, lost in a deserted industrial part of town, he was faced with a T junction. His map only showed the main roads. He was near to tears. Then a lady with a car full of children stopped and asked, 'Can I help you?' She was like an angel. Often in life, just at the right moment people have appeared to him like angels to help. Malcolm asked people to consider what God might be guiding them to do.