Author Archives: Pastor Andy McManus

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About Pastor Andy McManus

Married to Kay, 4 great kids, 4 beautiful grand-kids, and a motorbike! Retired Police Inspector, Theology degree from Mattersey. Love God. Didn't know Him until 40 years old. Have a heart to tell others He is true, and we have significant reasons to base our faith. Blessed with a growing family church which is a privilege to lead.

Pastors Blog Nov 2016

Hi Readers.   I type this from a very interesting conference being run by our previous Minister, David Hughes. He helps lead a national organisation called Rural Ministries, helping smaller village churches to healthily grow. And growing means changing. This is all about the thorny subject of ‘change.’ I like the phrase “Change is constant;… Read More »

Pastors Blog Oct 2016

Hi Readers.   For the next 4 Monday evenings I am attending the EMBA ‘Equipped for Change’ course. This is because ‘change is constant; it is the rate of change that changes.’ We heard on the course, “If it isn’t changing it is dead.” So as a growing church we are changing. But we need… Read More »

Word for Today…Jesus doesn’t blame, just brings PEACE…

http://www.ucb.co.uk/word-for-today-40851.html This is taken from UCB’s ‘Word for Today’ this week One of the first things Jesus did after His resurrection was to go looking for the disciples who’d failed Him so badly. ‘On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of… Read More »