Victoria Evangelical Hall

21/10/2026

21/10/2026

Mission for needy souls this evening 8pm. Martin Thompson preaching. Bobby Abraham singing. Everyone most welcome.

21/10/2026

Night 4 of our Gospel Mission this evening.

Harvey Shaw will be preaching the Gospel.

21/10/2026

"The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, bounding in love and faithfulness." (Exodus 34:6)
Has your Chinese takeaway driver ever late with your food? You can use your phone to give him a one star rating. How did you fare shopping in Tesco, you can write them a critical review. Amazon delivery, how did they fare? Paying bills through an agent on the phone? Getting through to doctors, well how was the service? Today smartphones enable us to shop, keep up with friends and more, they have also given us the power to publicity rate each other. And this can be a problem.
Rating each other this way can be unfair, because judgements can be made without explanation. One tick, one star, one number. The driver gets rated poorly for a late delivery due to circumstances out of his control. The shop assistant gets a bad review when she's been up all night with toothache. How can we avoid rating others unfairly like this?
By imitating God's character. In Exodus 34:6-7, God describes Himself as "compassionate and gracious" meaning He wouldn't judge our failures without context, "slow to anger" meaning He wouldn't post a negative review after one bad experience, "abounding in love" meaning His correcting us are for our own good, not to get revenge, and "forgiving of sin" meaning our lives don't have to be defined by our one star days. Since God's character is to be the basis of ours (Matthew 6:33), we can avoid the harshness smartphones and Internet enable by using ours as He would.
In this online age, we can all rate others harshly. Heavenly Father empower us to have a little compassion today. Especially on our phones or online. Amen.
Blessings 🙌.

20/10/2026

Our Gospel Mission night 3 continues this evening 8pm.

We have Bryan Cruise, recently out of Bible college and now Pastor of the Iron Hall in East Belfast coming to share his testimony.

Harvey Shaw will preach The Gospel.

We would love you to invite someone when come along!

20/10/2026

"They all ate and were satisfied." (Matthew 14:20)
The story about feeding more than 5,000 people is usually told from the viewpoint of the disciples. Imagine what it was like to be a person in the crowd, standing surrounded by thousands of people, men and women of all shapes, sizes, and ages. You would probably see young children running amok trying to get in for a dip as parents tried to control them at the edge of the water. Older ones shuffling along, some with sticks, trying to find a place close to Jesus so they could hear Him speak. It was probably an example of what we would say was "organised chaos." Even Jesus' disciples didn't know what to do with so many hungry followers ( Matthew 15-17).
I wonder what must it be like to see the calm and measured face of Jesus in the midst of such a scene? How did Jesus know He could feed all those hungry people with just five loaves of bread and two fish"?
Jesus knew He could feed the starving crowd because He was and is the Son of God, who not only provided the bread and fish but also created the earth and established everything in it, from the waters where the fish lived to the land that provided the grain used to brake bread. Knowing the power of the Creator gave Jesus the opportunity to invite others to know Him too.
Almighty God, may we thank You for Your constant provision for each day. Forgive us when we fail to see Your grace and mercy in the everyday things of life. Thank You also for Your Son, Christ Jesus, and for the life You provide , through Him for us all. Amen.
Blessings 🙌.

19/10/2026

Mission this evening 8pm. Martin Thompson. Every welcome.

19/10/2026

Night 2 of our Gospel Mission tonight.

Denver Wilson will sing

Martin Thompson will preach the Gospel.

Come along! ✝️