Our ‘real’ church and how I met my wife and was married within months

This week’s online service from the upper room features footage relating to our home church, or ‘real’ church, as I describe it.

One of the points that we often emphasise is that The Church at Hiraeth, while having a very important function, is not intended to be an ultimate substitute for commitment to a physical group of believers.

With my wedding anniversary last week, the message comes from Ecclesiastes 4 (not 3, as I say a couple of times in the video). It tells the story of how we met and immediately knew that we would spend the rest of our lives together.

⁹ Two are better than one,
    because they have a good return for their labor:
¹⁰ If either of them falls down,
    one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
    and has no one to help them up.
¹¹ Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
    But how can one keep warm alone?
¹² Though one may be overpowered,
    two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.