Church Secretary's Address

Dear Friends,

Very few of us can have missed the news of England’s humiliating exit from the World Cup. To some this was no surprise but for many the expectations were very high. As is often the case with football there was an almost religious fervour ahead of the competition. Indeed some people make no secret of the fact that football is their religion. Thousands of England supporters had spent thousands of pounds to travel to South Africa to watch the team only to leave downhearted, dispirited and dejected. Such is often the case with the things of this world – much is promised but so often little is delivered. We too can get carried away with this outlook so we do well to remember the words of Jeremiah when he declared: For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water (Jeremiah 2:13). The delights of this world are like such broken cisterns that when you go to them you do not find what you expect but, to continue the picture, we will continue to be left thirsty if we seek satisfaction from them. Our hearts should be taken up with our Lord Jesus Christ who promises us that whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life (John 4:14). Let us look to him and we shall be truly satisfied

-Church Secretary.