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This is the blog of Rev Dan Balsdon, Methodist minister currently serving the communities of Leatherhead, Cobham and Effingham in Surrey, and the South East Methodist District as an assistant chair.
Some of Dan’s most recent posts:
In The Potting Yard
Attending 3Generate 2025 with a group of 36 young people from Gatwick and Mole Valley Circuit, our campsite sat underneath a sign declaring ‘The Potting Yard’. As I spent a weekend as part of a team who cared for and nurtured these young people, I found God spoking to me, encouraging me and challenging me…
When December Comes
A poem I wrote while preparing to lead Blue Christmas at Leatherhead Methodist Church in 2024 – a service to feel what we feel during the Christmas season. When December Comes We turn the page on November,and so its time for December to begin,and with it comes a cacophony,of stuff and tasks and things. There’s…
Joy to the World- Communion Liturgy for Christmas
A communion liturgy designed for use in an all age setting for the Christmas season. I share the PDF and PowerPoint versions here so that it can be freely used by others. I simply ask that if used, attribution to its source is made. If a word file, rather than PDF, would be more helpful…
Striving for the good of God to come out on top
I don’t often talk about the devil and spiritual warfare. From memory, I don’t think I’ve often preached on the topics, bar a fleeting reference or a small segue before coming back to the main sermon trajectory. It’s probably a failing on my part as a church leader that I don’t. But I so often…
In Thankfulness and Praise – A liturgy for Communion
A liturgy for communion written in July 2024, for use as part of an All Age Worship at Leatherhead Methodist Church themed around living a thankful life. I share the PDF and PowerPoint versions here so that it can be freely used by others. I simply ask that if used, attribution to its source is…
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