We continue to be blessed week by week by visiting speakers who lead our Gospel Meeting at 6.30pm, all of whom travel a considerable distance to be with us. Since our last report these include Frank Jackson of Hull, Stephen Downs of Harrogate, David Cartwright of Guisborough and this evening John Farnsworth of South Emsall who led us in a study of Acts 26 where the Apostle Paul gives his testimony.

We have also been blessed in another way by a visit from Brethren and Sisters from an assembly in Leicester who included Clive, Rachel and Naomi Surrell and Richard, Carole, Rosalyn and Joel Pilgrim.

Also [!] our Sister Doreen Snowden [who has been suffering with shingles] was able to be with us this evening.

We continue to pray for Terry and Iris Benstead at this difficult time for them and their family.

Blessed be God our God!

Sunday 21st February

A different type of evening meeting was enjoyed by those few saints able to reach the Hall, there having been significant snowfall during the day. This prevented the expected speaker, Mark Reynolds of SASRA from being able to travel and Graham Elliot of our own fellowship stood in at short notice. We were presented with an outline sketch of the Epistle written by The Apostle, James thus:

• chapter 1 what the believer has - a confident stand
• chapter 2 what the believer does - compassionate service
• chapter 3 what the believer says - careful speech
• chapter 4 what the believer feels - contrite submission
• chapter 5 what the believer gives - concerned sharing

We looked at the following passages chapter 1 1-8, chapter 2 1-23 and chapter 5 7-8, 11 and 17.

We considered the examples of Abraham, Job and Elijah as men of faith and we were exhorted to faith, patience, righteousness and an active prayer life.

Gospel Meetings

Jonathan Slater of the Faith Mission in York came to take our Gospel Meeting on Sunday 31st January. He focused our attention to the only Redeemer, the sinless Lord Jesus.We read from 2 Corinthians 5 vs 1-10 and especially the exhortation in vs 10 to please God. (Compare Enoch). Also in 2 Timothy 2 vs 3-4 we are told to separate ourselves from anything that hinders our progress in the Christian faith. (Also Romans 12 vs1) We are to be witnesses, to be generous and to exercise faith through obedience Hebrews 11 6.

Richard Malcolm of Killamarsh was our guest speaker this evening [February 7th] and told us the "..old, old story of Jesus and His Love." He gave a very clear and complete Gospel message supported at all points by Bible texts. We look forward to his return in the future D.V.

"Taste and see that the Lord is Good!" [Psalm 34 vs 8]

Fellowship Meal

Our annual fellowship meal was held on Saturday 6th February at the Hall. There was a good attendance and we are especially thankful to Ellen and Marion for providing an excellent meal. We also thank all those who provided entertainment after the meal.

Recent Meetings

We continue to be blessed by the willingness of able brethren to come and present the Gospel message at our Sunday evening meeting. On Sunday 10th January Laurence Jones of Scarborough used a passage from Luke 18 1-17 ( especially vs 11-14) to speak of two quite different prayers given by two men of contrasting attitudes, the pharisee and the publican. They left to two different destinations, the one condemned as trusting in his own self righteousness; the other justified as trusting in God for salvation.

On Sunday 17th January Paul Richardson visited from Harrogate and remarked that since it had been established that the normal attention span was 17 minutes he would confine his address to that time limit. He did! Using the title of a pop song from yesteryear "Three steps to heaven" he advised that we must recognise that we are sinners in the sight of God, experience guilt and repent - turn from our sins and trust in Jesus to be our Saviour and look forward to the Rapture when we will be taken up to dwell in the presence of God forever.

Yesterday evening [ 24th January] John Clegg of Skelmanthorpe based his message upon four passages from John's Gospel: chaps. 14 1-6, 15 13, 10 17-18 and 27-29. There is a two word phrase common to each of those passages "no man". These four things man cannot do: he cannot go to heaven without Christ, he cannot love us the way Christ does, he could not take the life of Christ away from him - the Saviour laid down His life willingly- and man cannot take away the salvation of the believer. All present were exhorted to take hold of the offer of salvation in order that on His Day we may meet the King of Kings as Saviour not as Judge.

First Gospel Meeting of the New Year

We were greatly blessed this evening by a Gospel presentation by Gordon Robshaw of our own assembly. I enjoyed his meditative style - he referred to Christ's use of parables[reading from Psalms 78 1-7 and Matthew 13 10-17 and 34-35] and the reason why: a mixed audience of those who trusted in Him and those who did not. One phrase particularly struck me which Gordon used when describing the Salvation that God offers "...a right relationship, a new relationship and a permanent relationship"!

Last week the meeting was led by Andrew Elliot. A brief report from anyone present would be welcome {Click on "comment"}.

Also do click on the link to a "sister site" - the Falsgrave Evangelical Fellowship. Be warned, I logged on at 9pm to write this report and I have been reading articles and reports on that site and those linked to it for two and a half hours! Let us all study diligently to become approved workmen in the Kingdom of our Heavenly Father. God Bless you.

Our meeting on 6th December was ably led by John Richardson of Harrogate who spoke on the inherited disease of sin and its fatal consequence for those who have not put their trust in the Saviour, Jesus Christ. He referred to several texts including Proverbs 14 12, Romans 5, Revelation 20 11-15, 1 Thessalonians 4 13-18 and 2 Corinthians 6 2.

Our meeting this evening [20th December] was led by Bruce Clark of Burniston. We sang several carols and read from Matthew 2 1- 12. Bruce presented a simple Gospel message - the Lord Jesus is knocking on the hearts of men and women, boys and girls. Will you let him in? And if not, why not?