Posts by Mark Churchill

Silent Knight

During the all-age slot of our Morning Worship today, we were treated to another puppet sketch around the theme of one of the most well-known Christmas carols. Today’s puppet video has now been uploaded to YouTube and is available in the Puppet Sketch Archive for your viewing pleasure!

Edward’s Homework

During today’s sermon Edward (a member of our Lay Preaching Team) set, as he usually does, some ‘homework’. Here are the references that he asked us to look at in connection with today’s readings – Mark 7:24–37 and James 2:1–17. Note. All verses link out to https://www.biblegateway.com/. The readings concern faith and it’s practical application,…

Donkey Express

Donkey Express 2023

Every December, a dedicated couple from our congregation run the ‘Donkey Express‘ – Spurgeon’s official Christmas Card Distribution Service. This means that congregation members, from both Spurgeon’s and St Frideswide’s, can send Christmas cards to each other through the ‘Donkey Express’, rather than through the post. The ‘Donkey Express’ is now open for this year!…

Carols for Bletchley

As we approached the 2nd Sunday of Advent, some of the churches in Bletchley, including ours, supported the official lights switch-on event in Queensway yesterday. A relatively small group of singers sang out tidings of great joy! And onlookers were encouraged to look beyond the wrapping paper to find the true gift of Christmas, in…

.. and We’re Back!

Well, we were never really away, but this site has been down for a bit. Unfortunately we had to migrate servers and move WordPress installs at the beginning of November. Let’s just say it wasn’t straight forward and, as you’ll see, there are various bits and pieces that have yet to be correctly reconfigured. Please…

Jubilee Celebration Day Update

Just to let you know that we’ve updated the details on the Jubilee Celebration Day event to include the day’s schedule of events. The event is free to attend, but if you would like lunch you will need to pre-book at https://stfrideswides.org/events by Friday 27th May. Everyone is welcome!

ROC Mentoring

Redeeming Our Communities (ROC) visited Milton Keynes a year ago and held four community-based meetings in different areas; you may be one of many who participated in the meetings. ROC Tele-mentoring project is about to start the training for volunteers who will be part of this exciting community-based work. Tele-mentors will support families by coming…