The Five-Billion-Dollar Mile

I have so many memorable highlights of the visit to my good friends Bobby and Lisa Waite (pictured above, also with Tom Hayes). At their home in McKinney, Texas in February 2017. One memory that stands out was a Monday morning two-hour tour of author, broadcaster and Pastor Chuck Swindoll’s ‘Insight for Living’ headquarters in …

Upward Promotion

Arise Sir Tom! One of the most newsworthy stories that has caught our attention during the coronavirus pandemic has been the remarkable fundraising efforts of Captain Tom Moore on behalf of the NHS.On 6th April at the age of 99, his goal was to walk the length of his 25-metre garden 100 times, hoping to …

New You Tube Channel

Because of the coranavirus pandemic and subsequent restrictions placed on public worship, we have created a You Tube Channel which will host videos. You may wish to subscribe to it using the following link. Thank you! – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL8vvSbfw6BivEH_PtOyT-A

Welcome Church Gift Day

An Interview with Pastor Jonathon, on the Welcome's upcoming Gift Day! Q. So Pastor Jonathan, the Welcome Church’s Gift Day on 1 March is to raise some money to help facilitate the church’s missions in 2020. What exactly are these missions? A. We are planning a Children’s Holiday Bible Week with Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) …

The Corrector of Mistakes

At the time of writing this article, the 2018 football World Cup is being staged in Russia. But one of my abiding memories of previous World Cups was the “Italia 90” tournament. The reason for that is because I passed my driving test at the first time of trying. I managed this on the Monday …

You Only Live Twice

James Bond lovers will know that “You Only Live Twice” was a 1967 British spy movie starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent. It was a film that was a great success, receiving positive reviews and grossing over 111 million dollars in worldwide box office. It was also the title of a recent front-page …

History’s Most Influential Person – Ever?!

Recently Wikipedia released a report based on its research and analysis listing the ten most influential people in human history. The list included names like Napoleon Bonaparte, William Shakespeare, the Prophet Mohammed, Abraham Lincoln, Adolf Hitler, Aristotle and Alexander the Great. But who tops the list? None other than the Lord Jesus Christ himself! The …

The King of Cool

The late American movie star Steve McQueen was known as The King of Cool. As one of the Hollywood Greats he starred in popular films like ‘The Magnificent Seven’, ‘Bullitt’ and ‘The Great Escape’. He was born on 24th March 1930 in Beech Grove, Indiana and died in Mexico on 7th November 1980 aged just …

Cheaters Never Win!

Back in the 80’s when I played youth cricket at Woodvale Cricket Club, one of the abiding memories among many was how we were encouraged by the late Raymond Browne. He was our esteemed manager / coach and always clapped the opposing batsmen as they ‘came to the wicket’ (cricketing term I know!). This was …

Only the Lonely

Leading up to a Christmas festive period, the BBC appealed through a series of adverts on the television about remembering the Lonely this Christmas. The strap line was that “Everyone Needs Someone” and that is certainly true. The famous Hollywood actress Audrey Hepburn once said “When you have nobody you can make a cup of …