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Former Minister Rob Ellis to Lead Service

This coming Sunday, we are delighted to welcome back Rev Dr Robert Ellis, our former Minister and retired Principal of Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford, to lead us in our Morning Worship. You can find out more about his work here. All are welcome! As always, you can join our service via Zoom if you…

News from the TKC Prayer Drop-in

Yesterday, Pentecost Sunday, marked the culmination of the 11 days of global prayers and events for Thy Kingdom Come. On Sunday 21st May, we and our friends from St Frideswide’s hosted a joint prayer drop-in as part of the MK events for Thy Kingdom Come – a week of global prayer with supporting events across…

Lighthouse Registration Open!

In case you hadn’t noticed, you can now register your child for Lighthouse 2023! Running from 31st July – 4th August, every day from 9.30am-12.30pm, Lighthouse are passionate about seeing children aged 5-11 from all walks of life and abilities encountering God in a fun-filled week with worship, drama, praying together, messy games, discovery (Bible…

Friday Club visit the Alpacas

Last Thursday, the leaders of Friday Club organised an outing to see the Alpacas! This is what they said about the day below: Our Friday Club had an outing last Thursday. We went to the Abbotts View Alpacas Farm (which is between Wing and Aylesbury). If you don’t know, alpacas are gentle creatures a bit…

Thy Kingdom Come: A Week of Global Prayer

Today (Ascension Day) marks the start of Thy Kingdom Come, a global ecumenical prayer movement that invites Christians around the world to pray from Ascension to Pentecost (18th-28th May) for more people to come to know Jesus. Since it began in May 2016, God has grown TKC from a dream of possibility into a movement…

A Right Royal Knees Up!

On Sunday 7th May, the Water Eaton Church Centre was full of fun and celebration for the coronation weekend as along with St Frideswide’s, we led a shared Coronation service, followed by a community lunch, bringing together the local community and folk from both congregations. Our Baptist Union President, Rev Hayley Young, who was present…

Former BU President to lead Upcoming Service

This Sunday (14th), for our upcoming Morning Worship, we are delighted to be led by the Rev Geoff Colmer, the former President of the Baptist Union (2021-22) and former Regional Minister/Team Leader of the Central Baptist Association, of which we are a part. Geoff has also recently been ordained as an Honorary Ecumenical Canon of…

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Making WECC Sight-Loss Friendly

Ever since we became a sight-loss friendly church along with St Frideswide’s, we have been helping to make the Water Eaton Church Centre more sight-loss friendly by making adjustments to avoid trips and hazards for those who have difficulty in seeing objects which many people take for granted. We started with a simple solution to…

BU President to Lead Upcoming Service

This coming Sunday (on 16th April), we are delighted that our Morning Worship will be led by the Rev Hayley Young, President of the Baptist Union, the national umbrella organisation for Baptist churches in the UK, to which we are affiliated. We are very excited to have her here and look forward to hearing the…