The extravagant love of God Greenhead Park, Huddersfield, Sunday 7th July 2019 HOPE Huddersfield A change from the usual this week. Instead of worshipping in Holy Trinity Church in Huddersfield we joined together with people from other churches to praise God together and have a picnic as part of Hope Huddersfield in Greenhead Park. Not …
Tag: Worship
Something to celebrate
Roots: Habits for fruitful 4: Worship and Celebration Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 10 February 2019 I was playing the percussion at the 10.45am service so I may not remember all that was said in the sermon about worship and celebration as I was involved in leading worship and celebration myself. The most memorable part …
We’re all doomed: The world’s 5 stories – part 5
We're all doomed The world's 5 stories - part 5 There is a difference in the way God sees things and how the world sees things, five of which I am looking at in the first half of Advent this year. And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within …
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The Names of God – Part 2
The Names of God - Part 2 Elah or Elahi Elah is the name for God in Aramaic and is used in a similar way to the Hebrew El, it is found only in the books of Daniel and Ezra. The addition of the letter i at the end of the word signifies 'my' so …
Searching for Jesus
40 Blogs of Lent - Day 36 Church is worship What is Church - Day 4 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose,and …
White clothes
40 blogs of Lent - Day 24 White clothes Messages to the churches - Day 19 Sardis - Day 3 A poem. (Or you can sing it to the tune of "Once in Royal David's City.) The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the …
…and in the depth
Praise to the Holiest in the height, and in the depth be praise; In the last blog I spoke about imitation, the idea of imitating me in the same way that I imitate Christ. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the field of music in church. A few pointers. No instrument is easier to …
… and in the depth be praise.
Psalms The songs that you find in the middle of the Bible are a bit of a mixed bag. Which is probably why we use the word psalm, from the Greek meaning song, rather than the Hebrew title Tehillim, which means praises. I mean, how can this be praise? O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, …
Making an ass of myself 