February 27th, 2011.  Jayne attempts a Scottish accent and utters that unforgettable phrase ‘There’s been a murder’ (copyright Taggart 1983!).

The music used in the opening and closing sequences of this podcast is called ‘Frescoes’, by Alexandr Filippov.
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Friday 25th February all ready. Back to work now since Wednesday. I have had a couple of ships since then all in daylight hours and yesterday we were in blue sky and sunshine with a flat calm sea. if only every day could be like this…………….

We have had a busy week, Sim and Liz came up on Monday from Lincoln, and Adam arrived home from Newcastle on Sunday evening so we had a great family day culminating in a meal out at Grants Bistro in Beverley, next to Saint Marys. And it was a fantastic meal as ever, I can highly recommend it. Small, intimate with excellent food. The reason for the meal was a very late 21st celebration for Adam. It is the first time we have all been able to get together since Adams birthday a month ago. A nice lazy day on Tuesday followed. Adam and I spent the day watching all the cricket and playing pool. The pool score 14 games to 2. I will let you decide which way around the scores were.

Sue had a good link ladies on Tuesday evening, a night spent painting in watercolours.

It is now a year since God gave us this new idea for Brandesburton. It is hard to believe it is a year, the time has just flown by. February 25th 2010, I met Richard Bradbury for the first time here in Brandes and we learnt that the vision that God has given us for linking up with a bigger church, to get refreshed and to use them as a resource was the same vision that God had given to Beverley…link up with smaller churches throughout the area and help assist and resource…..God is so good!!!!  We have achieved so much in the last 12 months and met so many people and been involved and part of such a lot of exciting events. We just need to keep focusing on God and Jesus, now, during this next 12 months and not forget all the good things He has done for us during this last 12 months. We must keep following our “pillar of cloud and pillar of fire” and being thankful each morning and evening for the” manna and quail” that God continuously provides for us…. We must never forget what God has done and is doing for us, and if we keep our eyes on Him at all times we cannot possibly forget. We must be earnest and diligent in bringing the good news of Jesus to people, not faltering but pressing forward, not growing weary but relying on the strength of the Lord. People need to know about the love of God now, not tomorrow or the next day but now. And it is up to us to bring the gospel of Jesus Christ into peoples lives.

There is all kinds of stuff going on in the world at the moment particularly in the middle east and the terrible earthquake in New Zealand…………Wars and rumours of war, famines and earthquakes these are all happening now but we must make sure that we are not deceived by any false teaching and keep our eyes fixed and focused on Jesus  and Jesus alone and his love for each and everyone of us.

We had a great worship meeting on Wednesday with a brief interlude as Mike sorted out cramp in his foot. It was a bit surreal actually….Mike lying on the floor, Jayne massaging his foot, whilst discussing all the good things that God is doing and sorting out matters with regard to our link back to the 1940s!!

I managed to get a few sweet peas into pots yesterday afternoon. I used up all my potting compost, just enough to plant 1 packet of seeds. We haven’t grown sweet peas for a few years, so I am looking forward to the summer and the lovely colours and fragrances as they clamber up the front of my potting shed. We had a real glimpse of spring yesterday, in fact it was warm in my shed and v warm in the greenhouse……roll on April, we will soon be barbecuing again….. I managed to spray off a few weeds yesterday as well, prior to getting plants in. I am pleased to announce that all my garlic has 1 inch shoots, all except the elephant garlic which always appears a bit later on. The Rhubarb is doing well as well, hopefully in the next 2 or 3 weeks we might have our first few sticks…..I just love Rhubarb.Good news early in the week as well….the allotments are about to get water!!! We must be the only allotments in England that hasn’t got water. In the summer I end up taking about 20 gallons of water, each time I go. And water is v heavy. This will make such a difference to us and  we should see an incredible difference in the results of our labours, and of course the sizes of our brassicas!!  

Last night, I popped out to the Dacre for a couple of pints, and managed to discuss with Matt, our landlord, the possibility of having having a Comedians and Carols evening in the Dacre towards Christmas. Matt was enthusiastic so watch this space folks………………

Well I must start thinking about going to work I have a ship that requires piloting into Immingham dock. Bye for now……………………..Pat.

Hi all. Well it’s a bit grey and miserable outside this morning…….but you know the sun is shining as bright as ever above the thick layer of gloomy cloud. The sun  is always there no matter what. And that is like Gods love for us, no matter how grey, miserable and gloomy we feel, Gods love is always there, it never goes away…..          just like the sun shining above the clouds, we cannot see the sun but we know it is there…….we do not always feel like we are loved, but rest assured you are, Gods love is always there, just reach out and talk to Him, cos He wants to talk to you and tell you how much He loves you and how precious you are to Him.

It was Purpose Driven Pint at the Dacre last night. There were 8 of us, discussing the governments new Criminal Records Bureau, (CRB) changes. A very lively, healthy debate covering a wide range of topics from ID cards to violent video games, do we live in a too protective society are CRB checks necessary? A good night, plus two plates of chips and a couple of pizzas courtesy of Matt, the Dacre Arms Landlord and of course all washed down with a nice couple of pints.

Does anyone watch “Treasure Quest” on the discovery channel on Sky. The ship that is featured in the programme the “Oddysey Explorer” has been in Hull for a couple of months having some work carried out on her, and I had the privilege of piloting her out of King George Dock, in Hull to the mouth of the river. She used to be the “Farnella” a stern trawler fishing out of Hull. Built in 1972 She ended her fishing days in 1982 and went down to the Falklands as a minesweeper. She does not look much like an old fisherman now with the aft deck full of equipment, containers, reels and a large ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) used for exploring shipwrecks and recovering the booty!! The Captain was telling me tales of daring do as they search for the ultimate in treasure hunting ……..gold!!! You can find out moe about what they get up to by going onto  their website           www.shipwreck.net

The girls had 13 ladies at link ladies on Tuesday evening as they enjoyed an evening of foot and hand massage…….and of cours the usual dose of laughter, chat, tea and cakes.

We are just starting to organise an event for Saturday 21st May. Put it in your diaries everyone. “Link back to the 1940s” We are hoping to have an interactive exhibition  and tea room during the day, 11am to 4-30pm ish and then a remembering the 1940s evening 7-30pm to 9pm. We are hoping to have a giant scale map of the village in the 1940s with photographs attached. A talking heads video loop of interviews with peoples local memories of the time. Forties tea room. And some displays featuring : Farming in the Forties; School in the Forties; Faith in the Forties; The Sporty Forties; The Forces in the Forties; Food in the Forties; Local business in the Forties. I know we have our work cut out but we are hoping to involve and engage the whole village in what could be a great day for everyone. ………………Watch this space.

Well, bye for now, I must dash as it is our Friday lunch time prayer meeting in the Beverley Community Church offices.

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February 13th, 2011.  Jayne takes us through ‘The fulfillment of law’.

The music used in the opening and closing sequences of this podcast is called ‘Frescoes’, by Alexandr Filippov.
It is released under a Creative Commons licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) and is available from http://www.jamendo.com.

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