[This reflection by Helen Ruffhead was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 14/Jun/2026]
As Martin reminded us in his sermon on 24th May, we need to start by spending time with God and listening to him. Martin also mentioned 3 ways of testing what we think God is guiding us to do, laid down by Pete Grieg on the Prayer Course:
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[This reflection by Martin Shorey was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 07/Jun/2026]
Some of you may have seen a recent video from the United States in which a police officer pulls over a female driver whom he suspects of driving without due care and attention. He asks her to wind down her window and tells her that he saw her holding a mobile phone in her right hand.
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[This reflection by David Makanjuola was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 31/May/2026]
You wake up in the morning to what I will call another ‘typical’ day. If you live in the UK, ‘typical’ would include looking at social media feeds, the news on television, or reading the newspapers, and this will often, very quickly, bombard you with things to make you feel despondent, sad, and sometimes angry at the state of things in the world.
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[This reflection by Dennis Ginter was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 24/May/2026]
Most of us have just enjoyed a beautiful cooked meal in the church hall, with our donations going towards the Beacon Project. And, as our leaders have stressed repeatedly, the Project is not primarily about the building – it’s about blessing our neighbours! That could be reworded to ‘outreach’ or ‘evangelism’.
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A Slower Kind of Prayer
[This reflection by Dazz Jones was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 17/May/2026]
If you know me at all, you’ll know I’m usually on the go. I like moving, doing, fixing, planning – and if I’m honest, slowing down isn’t always my natural setting. Part of that is just personality, and part of it is tied up with my adult ADHD: my brain can feel like it’s running five tabs at once, and silence can feel … loud.
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[This reflection by Michael Goble was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 10/May/2026]
We always enjoy Martin coming to speak to us on a Thursday morning, especially when he has been on holiday. We see his photographs on the screen and hear about the things that happened with his family as part of his message. I thought I would try it here, without the photographs!
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