The Upper Room – Page 3 – The Church at Hiraeth

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…
Debby leading the service in our ‘real’ church, acts of kindness, our loved ones who aren’t on the right path, Leaning On The Everlasting Arms

For the penultimate October service from the upper room, we again cover three separate topics, as per the heading above. Debby led the first part of the service last weekend at the church we attend and I captured some footage from that. The acts of kindness comes from an encounter with a 94-year-old lady this…
Website update, God has a plan for our life, belonging to a family

Welcome to the upper room and welcome to another online service from The Church at Hiraeth. As always, there are lots of thoughts contained within the video and the heading always gives a broad insight. Away from the direct spiritual side is the mention that the ministry website has undergone a revamp over the last…
Lake Street Methodist Church, I prayed for three things and religion v relationship

This week’s online Sunday service from The Church at Hiraeth has three features, as per the heading above. I was preaching at Lake Street Methodist Church in Lower Gornal this week and there’s footage from the service in the video. As we left September behind, I prayed specifically for three things and, within a…