This month we celebrate Pentecost, remembering that amazing moment when the Holy Spirit came like the sound of rushing wind and like flames hovering over the people. It was a day that moved thousands of people to follow in the way of Jesus. Two thousand years later, we celebrate that the Holy Spirit is still active in the world, bringing more people into a relationship with God. As we celebrate Pentecost, may our ears and eyes be open to all that God is doing in our community and beyond. We are the messengers of God, we are people who can encourage and help people open up their Bibles, but ultimately it is God moving within a person’s life that brings them to the point of belief.
Within our fellowship there are great signs of God at work and as we explore the book of Acts together in our worship, we will be reminded again and again of the ordinary people that God used to plant the church – in Jerusalem, in Corinth, in Galatia, in Philip-pi and so on. God has always worked though ordinary people who can see the extraordinary things that God is doing. May we be open to God moving in our lives, just like those early followers.

Every blessing,
Rob Weston Interim Minister

What an exciting time for our fellowship at Derriford URC! Last month we heard that we have a Minister exploring the call to Derriford and now we have met with him and his wife. By the time you read this we may have voted at our extraordinary Church Meeting on whether to issue a call. We can see that God has been preparing the ground over the past few months and this is an ideal time for us to be reviewing our vision for Derriford URC. You will be aware of the words of wisdom in the Proverbs (29:18) ‘Where there is no vision, the people perish…’ – so the main focus of our Church Meeting on Sunday 19th May will be to share our ideas about the future and the doors that God is opening for our future mission in this place.

The Elders have also spent much time in prayer and in sharing together, out of that process we identified the need to hear from every member of our church community and find ways to hear from those in our community – so that any new vision incorporates all that God is saying to us.

For we are a people who believe in the ‘priesthood of all believers’ – we know that we have direct access to God and God is able to speak through each one of us. May God bless us, as we discern the way of Christ together! 

Rob Weston Interim Minister