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Over the last few weeks, our Children’s Church have been exploring the life of Jesus together. In our final Sunday before the summer break, at the 10:30 service, we’re going to look together at what they have been doing.
Whether this will be the first time you have explored who Jesus is, or the 101st time, I hope you’ll be able to join us either in person, or online, as we look together at who Jesus is, why he came, and what it means to follow him.
The jailer brought [Paul and Silas] into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God – he and his whole household. (Acts 16:34 NIV)
It’s sometime after midnight, the jailer has been shaken by an earthquake, and been ready to kill himself. Now he is serving a meal to two of his prisoners and is filled with joy. Why? The good news of Jesus has changed his whole life and he now knows true rest.
This Sunday, we’re going to look at three people in Acts whose lives are transformed by Jesus, and who can now have true rest.
I hope you’ll be able to join us either in person, or online, as we look together at how we can experience true rest because of how Jesus changes our lives.
This afternoon, the Health Secretary and the Prime Minister announced the end of nearly all restrictions relating to coronavirus from the 19th July. I anticipate that there may well be some further guidance either from the government or the Church of England. This ema...
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For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say ‘No’ to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age (Titus 2:11-12 NIV)
What are you passionate about? At the moment, it’s quite easy to see where people’s passions lie. There are flags out, and the news is full of a potential England footballing victory. What about life as a Christian? Is that what we are passionate about? What might that look like?
This Sunday, we’re continuing our short series looking at Experiencing God. This week, we’re going to be considering how we experience passion for living as a Christian.
I hope you’ll be able to join us either in person, or online, as we look together at God’s grace and mercy towards, and how that helps us to live as passionate Christians.
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: rejoice! (Philippians 4:4 NIV)
It feels like joy has been in short supply over the last year or so. So many things that we are used to doing and events that we have planned for have been cancelled, postponed or changed. When St Paul tells us to rejoice always, can he really mean it?
This Sunday, we’re continuing our short series looking at Experiencing God. This week, we’re going to be considering how we experience joy: how can we know joy when life can be so hard?
I hope you’ll be able to join us either in person, or online, as we look together at God’s peaceful, and how our experience of it can help us to be at peace in an anxious and agitated world.