On Saturday Neil, my brother got married to Anna. It was a fantastic day and I had the privilege of being asked to make them a wedding video which, after 10 hours of editing is finally there. I also got to test out the digital SLR I got a couple of months back shooting the   Read More …

8 Years ago yesterday a band I barely knew played their last show in Denver, Colorado. That band was Five Iron Frenzy and in the last 8 years they have become one of my favourite bands and had a huge impact on my life. Their mix of fun ska-punk music blended with a mix of   Read More …

 Regular readers of my blog will know that a desire to see the church change and to see more young people through the doors are things that I’m passionate about. A few months ago myself and Lee Kirkby (Youth Minister at Beverley Minster) were having a bit of the grumble about church…if I’m honest even   Read More …

If you’re interested following my post the other day (link to post) here are 2 videos of songs Rob and I performed on Saturday Not Trying To Say – Live – Written by Mark Tiddy Mark Tiddy – Not Trying To Say – Live/Acoustic from Mark Tiddy on Vimeo. Umbrella – Live – Originally by   Read More …

I’ve never been a big fan of new years resolutions however set myself just 1 this year and that was simply to do at least 1 gig. The thing is whilst I’ve led worship a variety of times I’ve never played my own stuff live nor really been the solo vocalist but really wanted to   Read More …

About 4 months ago after much debate as a church we started an open youth club on a Tuesday night. It started with 6 young people and over the past 4 months has grown to an average of about 20 a week…it’s nothing revolutionary…it’s a simple youth club: somewhere to hang out, tuck shop, pool   Read More …

On Thursday I went on a retreat day with a group of other youth workers from the York Diocese and it was nice to have a chance to sit back and reflect for the day. However one thing I seem to notice is that whatever youth worker’s get together sooner or later we seem to   Read More …

I hate the majority of Christmas carols…in fact sit me in a carol service and I’ll stay quiet for a majority of the lyrics or moan about the theology (or lack of) behind them! A couple of years ago I decided to re-write ‘In The Bleak Midwinter’ and actually add some theology to it and   Read More …

I’ve been going to church ever since I can remember…I’ve survived Sunday school, enjoyed youth groups and sat through countless church services full of standing up, sitting down and singing songs written long before anyone in church can remember….to add to this I’ve heard plenty of drivel from the newer song writers and if I’m   Read More …

This morning just before breakfast there was a knock on the door. I opened it and standing on our doorstep/the street was a nicely dressed couple. The lady, who was clutching a red leather clad bible greeted me by saying ‘We’ve just come to share the good news of the gospel’. She then asked me   Read More …

You may remember reading a slightly sarcastic (in places) comparison between JCC (Effectively PCC but joint with Methodist peeps) and the Baptist Church meeting (link here) back in November as I attended my first meeting…well whilst tonight’s meeting wasn’t the short meeting I’d hoped for after 3 days away it did include some classic quotes,   Read More …

As I previously mentioned this year Jo and myself headed to Greenbelt after the encouragement of a good friend and the temptation from Greenbelt of a free youth worker ticket paid off so on Friday we packed up the car and headed down to Cheltenham Racecourse. We arrived at around 12 and joined the queue   Read More …