Inside a cell, the temptation is to give up, to abandon hope and just wait for release. It requires courage and boldness for any one of us to acknowledge wrongdoing and seek forgiveness. Merciful God, full of grace, give strength and humility to confess any wrongdoing. Give to all those who seek truth the courage…
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Lord, you offer freedom to all people. We pray for those in prison. Break the bonds of fear and isolation that exist. Support with your love prisoners and their families and friends, prison staff and all who care. Heal those who have been wounded by the actions of others, especially the victims of crime. Help…
‘Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.’ HEBREWS 4 v16 NKJV Starting tomorrow, we will be engaging in a week of prayer for prisons and all of those connected with them. We’ll be re-publishing the prayers here along…
Today was our Harvest Songs of Praise service and wow did the congregation give it some welly! Many of the voted for favourites were included, top of pile was 10,000 Reasons, which saw us to the benediction, then finishing off with a powerfully played and sung rendition of I Know He Lives. If you didn’t…
Holiday at Home is the inspiration of our Parish Nurse Jenny Davis. Running for the third time, the theme for this year’s event was “Under the sea”. The over 60s were greeted at the door by a lovely mermaid as well as sounds of seagulls and waves, and after registering entered the youth hall through…
Sunday 9th September was our Gift Sunday for BMS Disaster Recovery Fund and Prison Fellowship. Please see the videos below to understand something of their work. If you would like to make a contribution, please place a marked envelope in the offering bag, indicating whether we can claim Gift Aid also, or speak to our…
On 30th September we’re having a special “Songs of Praise” service, and we want YOUR requests! This is a chance for anyone in the congregation to nominate their favourite hymn or worship song, and we’ll sing as many as we can… We also really want to encourage anyone who’d like to be involved to dust off…
Just to let you know that we have now added the details of our programme of Shared Summer Sundays. Check out the calendar entry.
We’re delighted to be working in partnership with Bridgebuilder Trust during the first two weeks of July. Members of the church will join the MOUSE ( Moving on up to secondary education) teams in four local schools, encouraging and supporting Year 6 pupils as they prepare for the move to their new secondary schools in…
From Sunday 5th August until Sunday 2nd September we will worship together with our friends in St Frideswide’s. The joint services on these Sundays will start at 10am. There will be various activities after some of the services.