Praise God…at last I feel my time of being dormant is coming to an end as I am slowly getting invites to get me back to doing what God has called me to do…and yes, I am starting to get excited again. Do feel free to come and join me in any of the following and YES I am definitely getting ‘back on the road’ so please let your Church leader know about this. E mail me (ishmael@ishmael.org.uk) for more info of what I feel I can bring to your church… apart from some lively praise, simple teaching for all ages and…a lot of smiles. January 29th Saturday. ‘Sojourn’ at…

So yet another ‘strange’ year comes to an end. A year when many have experienced frustration, depression, anxiety and yes, great sadness. Although I can relate to most of the above I thank God that there has also been a few gems of good times.Over the year I’ve only be able to visit and minister in a tiny number of Churches compared to a normal year but I did get to South Bersted (a few times), Headcorn, Kettering, the One Event in Lincoln, Wolverhampton, Wrington, Birchington, Newport, and Witney. May I add ALL these visits really were highlights of my year! I also was able to write the songs for…

I must admit that when I was first invited to take a childrens Praise Party at the Kings School in Witney whilst the adults from different link churches were going to be meeting in another hall… I was a little apprehensive. Why? Well, a couple of times in the past I have been asked to do this and it wasn’t until I’d arrived that I discovered that the main Church leaders did not want someone to come and minister to the children, they just wanted someone from outside of their congregation to be there to babysit, so that the maximum number of the adults, including their childrens workers, could enjoy…

I must admit I was a little apprehensive about leading this mornings service at South Bersted. Why? Well, never before have I attempted to sing and teach 11 brand new songs in a 1 hour service. What made me even more apprehensive was I have never really sung or played hardly any of these songs ‘live’ before. But I needn’t have worried because the reasonably full church immediately started singing them like they were old favourites! This is just what I hoped would happen when I wrote the songs. They are all very simple and do have very (dare I say) annoyingly catchy and unforgettable tunes. Matthew 1 verse 21…

You can now order ‘Our Cancer Journey’ book in advance from our website shop. All advance orders (received before the publishing date Nov 1st 2021) will also receive a free ‘Revived’ CD. The e book will be released on the publishing date and cannot be ordered in advance. Price £12.00 plus £4.00 p&p. Ish and Irene share their experiences when they faced life threatening cancer and how their faith helped them to cope. This book is a very honest and easy to read account from both a cancer patient’s perspective and the carer’s. Ish tells his story from the patient’s perspective, and Irene from the carer’s. Their hope is that…