BITS and PIECES 298th Edition - June 14, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. FIFTY YEARS AGO It was Monday morning June 7, fifty years ago, I went into my study in Tandragee and turned on the 8.00am news. We were in [...]
BITS and PIECES 297th Edition - June 7, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. THE LONGEST STREET IN THE WORLD The best-known street in Toronto is Yonge Street, named after a friend of Lord Simcoe. It starts at the edge of Lake [...]
BITS and PIECES 296th Edition - May 24, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT We have just had a very successful Ministers’ Week of Prayer, and it can be that after the special effort, there can be [...]
BITS and PIECES 295th Edition - May 17, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. MINISTERS’ WEEK OF PRAYER The Toronto church hosted the biannual Ministers’ Week of Prayer last week. It was a blessed time and beneficial to all those who [...]
BITS and PIECES 294th Edition - May 10, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. WELCOME A warm welcome to all those who are visiting Toronto for the Ministers’ Week of Prayer. We understand that about eighty people are planning to be [...]
BITS and PIECES 293rd Edition - May 3, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. REV. ROY STEWART We were saddened this week to learn of the death of Rev. Roy Stewart, long-time pastor of our Cookstown, Northern Ireland, church. Roy was 83 [...]
BITS and PIECES 292nd Edition - April 26, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. A FORTY BILLION MILE JOURNEY John Bunyan (1628 – 1688) was famous for writing his Pilgrim’s Progress. In it he sees the Christian as a ‘pilgrim’ on [...]
BITS and PIECES 291st Edition - April 19, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. TO THE MOON AND BACK Undoubtedly, the recent journey of four astronauts to the moon and back was an amazing feat of engineering. They travelled further from [...]
BITS and PIECES 290th Edition - April 12, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. A GLORIOUS PROCLAMATION “Now is Christ risen from the dead” [I Corinthians 15:20]. This past weekend, we have been recalling the resurrection of Christ and what a [...]
BITS and PIECES 289th Edition - April 5, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. EASTER Christianity has two annual major celebrations – Christmas and Easter. Neither of these are accurate dates for either the birth or resurrection of the Lord Jesus. [...]
BITS and PIECES 288th Edition - March 29, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. VISIT OF DR. JOHN McKNIGHT All our readers are encouraged to attend our Easter Convention with Dr. John McKnight. Dr. McKnight is a well-known preacher and a [...]
BITS and PIECES 287th Edition - March 22, 2026 A random collection of news and views compiled by Frank McClelland for the Toronto Free Presbyterian Church. LESSONS FROM BLOOD In the human body “the life of the flesh is in the blood” [Leviticus 17:11]. That blood coursing in our veins consists mainly of [...]
