The Upper Room – Page 2 – The Church at Hiraeth

Real church carol service and Clothing wickedness in a cloak of religion

Time flies when you’re having fun, as they say, and that’s certainly been the case in 2025 with The Church at Hiraeth.
Live in the light and The Magi visit Jesus

In addition, with footage from the area where we live, there’s an encouragement to live in the light.
Humble and lowly beginnings for the start of the Christmas story

Once he was born, who were the first people to hear about the good news? Shepherds. Not professionals or educated people, instead those who were considered lowly.
Christmas tree, ‘real’ church and inspiration from Joseph

The exact year – or even century – of its birth is uncertain. Some claim it’s from the sixteenth century, others the eighteenth or nineteenth.
Preaching at Bridge Church and Don’t give up for your work will be rewarded

I played football on Tuesday and went fishing on Saturday.
Reaching the nations from the upper room, Do you have trials in your life? and Memories from my first visit to South Africa

With The Church at Hiraeth website being less than a year old, we’re impressed with the statistics. Of course, we’d like more, that’s only natural but, in the meantime, things are going well. That includes the number of countries reached so far in 2025 as well. Do you have trials and tribulations going on in…
The lost ring that turned up in the most unusual manner, Dilwyn and the storm, answers are sometimes more simple than we realise

Whenever I preach, I invariably use lots of illustrations from real life, and now we’ve got The Church at Hiraeth, nothing has changed.
Remembrance Sunday: Lest we forget

Now that we channel our spiritual focus through The Church at Hiraeth, nothing has changed.
The persecuted church, with personal stories from Ghana, Romania and the UK

Having travelled far and wide myself, there are a couple of personal stories from Ghana and Romania included.
Five Ways Methodist Church Lower Gornal, life’s seasons, be careful who you seek advice from

The final October 2025 service from the upper room features a visit to one of the Gornal Methodist churches, where I spoke on Tuesday just gone. Sadly, it will be my last preaching engagement there and that triggered the thoughts on life’s seasons. It’s good to seek counsel and advice but it’s very important who…