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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…

As you know I am continually praying for more opportunities to fulfil my itinerant calling and visit more and more Churches to bring to them a bit of fun and teaching through my music and chat and every time I get an invite…I thank God for my prayer being answered. My new album ‘Scripture Praise Party 2’ is due to be released on November 1st (thank you everyone for your advanced orders). Well, the great news is on Sunday November 7th I will be returning to St Mary’s Magdalenes Church in South Bersted to share with them ‘live’ some of those brand new songs…. and their actions. Even better news…

As some of you have requested, my Scripture Praise Party 2 CD (Physical) is now available to order in advance from here in our our website shop. The official release date is November 1st when the album will also be available as a download but as advance orders obviously are really helpful to me, to thank all who order in advance, not only will I include a free copy of my Scripture Praise Party 1 CD (1987) but I will try and post it to you before the official release date and of course 1st class. About Scripture Praise Party 2 A unique album….well, where else are you going to…