I have been challenged by reading the parables of the lost sheep, a lost coin and a lost son. The stories are in Luke’s Gospel Ch15 v1-32. The parables teach us something of how God feels about us with all our imperfections and follies.

Dear Friends,

I was told recently by someone that `the Methodist Church is dying and on its last legs’. That statement did make me think particularly about our worshipping numbers on a Sunday morning. Yes, numbers have decreased at Wesley and indeed in all our churches in this Circuit. But, of course, the strength of the Church is not only measured in numbers, but by a deeper level of commitment, in terms of joyful enthusiasm for the gospel of Christ and a recognition of the constant privilege of knowing we are all unique and loved by God.