A highlight in a powerful time of worship at the Sunday evening service was a guest solo by Deborah Fiddy, who sang 'We Have a Mission' by Puerto Rican gospel singer, Dámaris Carbaugh. Rev. Jonathan Fiddy talked for a short while about sharing the good news about Jesus: "Paul said 'I am not ashamed of the gospel.' When you realise what God has done in your life, you begin to gain confidence, and it's natural to share the gospel by any method you choose."

This week's 'problem page' got people thinking about whether Jesus' teachings about forgiveness can or should be applied to animals/pets as well as humans.

After a refreshment break, the pastor, Rev. Peter Richmond, continued his series on Joshua. The Israelites had three days of looking at an impassible river until they were given the instruction to clean themselves up, for God was about to work a miracle. The river Jordan then banked up 20 miles upstream and over two million people were able to cross on dry land. Instead of the fiery cloud that had led them for 40 years, now they were told to follow the Ark of the Covenant.

Once on the other side, they camped at Gilgal, which became symbolic as a place of worship - their first territory in the promised land.

As news of this miracle spread, the Canaanites were afraid. The Israelites could have done well in battle, but Joshua told them they had neglected the rite of circumcision, so it was time to put that right. Every male capable of fighting was to be put out of action temporarily. That took faith, and taught that victories belong to God.

Now they were circumcised, they were allowed to celebrate Passover. The wilderness had been a bit like enchanted Narnia - perpetual winter but never Christmas. Now they could feast on the barley and wheat in the abandoned fields around them. If the Psalmist King David had belonged to that era, he would have probably said 'you prepare a table for me in the presence of my enemies.'

The pastor answered some questions about two and a half tribes who preferred to stay on the east of the Jordan (i.e. the West Bank), who had been told they could stay but their men would have to come across to fight with the others first. It seems only a fraction of these men obeyed.

The service ended with 'Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah.'

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