During the first two weeks of May one of our members, Simon Bradley, is undertaking a major physical challenge which he has christened the “Waistline Walk“. Ten years ago this summer, Simon’s mum Sally-Anne died after a short battle with ovarian cancer. She and the family received fantastic, compassionate care from the staff at Willen…
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Yesterday our Senior Minister, Chris Bell, preached his penultimate sermon before his retirement service this Sunday. It continues our Mission series which concludes this Sunday and had the title ‘Impossible Mission’. If you weren’t able to be with us you missed a cracking message. Below are a few of the key quotes – download the one…
I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a single Star Wars film from beginning to end. That’s a record I’m happy to maintain. But some parts of the films are so well known that references to them have entered popular culture. At the end of ‘The Empire Strikes Back‘ at the conclusion of a battle between…
This week we continued our Identity series, and followed on from the last session on the theme of ‘Beloved’. We spent our time exploring just three verses [Mark 1:9-11] which contain the story of Jesus’ baptism: We explored three main points without using alliteration [gasp!] the heavens being torn open the flow of love within the Trinity…
Hopeless Saturday… Today is the end of Lent. What a day to end on. All hope is lost. But just because it’s the final day, and because everything is so hopeless, don’t rush through it. Because today prepares us for tomorrow. For a minute, put yourself in the disciples’ position. We look at the story with…
Banging The Gavel A couple of years ago on Maundy Thursday we gathered at the Church to watch The Passion of the Christ. It features an utterly brutal and devastating depiction of Jesus being beaten, whipped & crucified. It is literally gut-wrenching to watch. Some of us instead watched the BBC’s The Passion – a serialisation of the…
It Isn’t Me, Is It?! We’re approaching the climax of Holy Week and the story becomes more and more familiar. But please continue to take the time to read it, and to reflect on it. What do you notice for the first time when you read it? You are different now then when you heard it…
A Beautiful Thing… As we progress through Holy week and the story continues, we now find that the Jewish leaders have moved on from simply having Jesus arrested to having Him killed. Things have taken a turn for the worse. As the Pharisees said themselves, Jesus ‘teaches the way of God truthfully, and doesn’t care about anyone’s…
An Impossible Question? Have you ever been in a no-win situation? Where whichever course of action you take you’re going to upset or disappoint someone. And even though you’d give anything to avoid friends/family getting hurt or upset, there just doesn’t seem to be a way out. Now imagine yourself in a no-win situation where you’ve…