My good buddy Noel Richards shared with me something that he does midweek and I thought wow, that would really be great for my ‘History of Ish’ testimony concert.My main ministry of course will continue to be visiting Churches and doing my concerts with them but I do realise that some of your Churches feel they don’t want to, or are unable to arrange a concert in their building which is fair enough. However, how about YOU hosting a Cosy Concert for your neighbours, friends, fellow church people in YOUR LOUNGE!I would insist that your lounge is big enough to comfortably seat at least 25 people…. and not sitting on…

So tomorrow afternoon brother Timbo and I are doing the Scripture Song Concert in Alfold Chapel in Surrey at 3.30pm.Below are the Scriptures that we will be singing and learning together…. all in less than 90 minutes.A lot of you will know these little Scripture songs already as you learned them when you were a lot younger…and I bet you still remember most of them!I believe that the Bible is powerful and God speaks to us through His Word. A book that both young and older Christians need to both read…and also to memorise!And of course as it’s an Ish thing…you are guaranteed to have a lot of fun whilst…

Time to update you on the diary dates so far for this coming year so if you live nearby hopefully you and your family can pop along and say hello and join in the fun. As always, I would be love to visit your Church to do a concert / praise party / all age service, and as you can see, there are still plenty of free dates. Also if your Church is within 50 miles of anywhere I am visiting, on either the day before or the day after I would love to come and visit you. After travelling a distance it makes sense for me to visit as…

Wednesday I’m at St Peters Church in Martley doing a special rendering of my ‘When the road is rough and steep’ concert for their Lent event. Thursday I’m doing a radio interview for Heart and Soul radio followed by a ‘Sting in the Tale’ testimony concert at Catshill Baptist Church in Bromsgrove. Saturday I’m at St Andrews Church in Crawley along with Duggie Dug Dug doing a seminar and Praise Party for childrens leaders. Then on Sunday morning I’m preaching in Chichester Cathedral on Luke 14 v 33 when Jesus said ‘Anyone who does not give up everything they have cannot be my disciple.I love diversity and challenge and next…

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