Christ Church Huntingdon Blog

 Click here to listen to audio My last "Thought for the Day" happened just before I set off for a long bike ride across Scotland. It was quite an adventure, and if you log onto the Christ Church Huntingdon blog, you’ll see a link to my photos . It was a really wonderful and memorable trip. But it wasn’t all easy. On day 5 we had a 50 mile bike ride and some of it was hard work up a very steep hill with the wind against us. It was exhausting. It was so hard we had to get off our bikes and push them up hill like heavy shopping trolleys. And then going down hill on the other side, it was still hard work as you had to cycle hard to push against the wind even when going downhill. Exhausting. I thought we weren’t going to make it. But there was one thing that kept me going.  Now vegans and vegetarians please forgive me, but a t the end of day we were due to have a meal at the family of Pastor Paul, a local church minister and friend, and he and his wife had prepared a meal of r...

  We are all coming to terms with the shocking news of the events that unfolded near and at Huntingdon station last night. Our hearts go out to all involved, and we continue to pray for healing for those who were injured, particularly the individual who is still in critical care, a member of LNER staff, who according to the BBC website acted with great heroism to protect others. What an extraordinarily sacrificial and Christlike thing to do. You might like to listen to our prayers at church this morning, led by Kendi M'Marate, a member of our congregation.  Click here . She led us through a time of prayer and quiet beautifully. Please pray for the station staff and first responders. On behalf of CCH, I went down to the station this afternoon (photos above) to take some flowers and some "Heroes" chocolates to give to the staff, both police and station staff, with a message to say that we are praying for them. One of the police said that staff on duty last night had of cour...