On the 21st November in 1964 the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge was completed. It was at the time the longest suspension bridge in the world, with its central span of 4,260 feet, surpassing the Golden Gate bridge by 60 feet. It held this title until 1981 when the Humber Bridge surpassed it by 366 feet. It still has […]
“Guide me, O thou great Redeemer, Pilgrim through this barren land; I am weak, but thou art mighty; Hold me with thy powerful hand: Bread of heaven, bread of heaven Feed me till I want no more. Feed me till I want no more.” – Peter Williams Today, the 17th of November 2016; marks the […]
A great cheer of “congratulations!”, or more appropriately for a charity based in Wales “llongyfarchaidau!” to our centre director Mr Tim Gough and one of our mainstay volunteers at Llandudno Youth for Christ, Mr Dewi Thomas. Both Tim & Dewi recently attended evening award galas in London for their endeavours in Christian youth work. Tim […]
The above blog title is the song title and indeed the album title for Hillsongs 1998 church worship CD. The lyrics to the song go: “We will seek Your face, Almighty God; turn and pray for You to heal our land. Father, let revival start in us Then every heart will know Your Kingdom come. Lifting up […]
I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from? 2 My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. 3 He will not let your foot slip— he who watches over you will not slumber; 4 indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. 5 The Lord watches […]
“Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!” He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so […]
“Light has dawned that ever shall blaze Darkness flees away Christ the light has shone in our hearts Turning night to day We proclaim Him King of kings We lift high His name Heaven and earth shall bow at His feet When He comes to reign” – Graham Kendrick Today is October 31st; and like […]
“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” – 1 John 4:18 As we are coming up to the annual celebration of Halloween; a time where we now traditionally dress-up in costume as scary […]
“He says, ‘Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” Psalm 46:10 The title for this blog post is a little bit of a tongue in cheek one. A little bit of word play; instead of ‘c’est la vie!’ (That’s life in […]
On the 20th of October in Kenya, they celebrate ‘Heroes Day‘, or ‘Mashujaa Day’ –“mashujaa” is Swahili for “heroes”. This is a national holiday in Kenya, which is observed to collectively honour all those who contributed towards the struggle for Kenya’s independence or positively contributed in the post independence Kenya. It is a day for all […]