30 words that summarise the story of Jesus Why I keep returning to the gospel I was gifted by being born into a strong, open, warm-hearted Christian family. This meant that I learned about Jesus, God and the Church from the inside. It was the air that I breathed, and I value this enormously. I
I choose him carefully. From the herd I do not take the weakest, nor the one that would cost me little. I walk among them slowly, letting my hand rest along their backs, feeling muscle and breath and life. This one – strong, unblemished, steady under my touch. I have watched him grow. I know
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Over the next ten weeks or so, we’re going to do something that very few churches attempt: we’re going to journey through the book of Leviticus from beginning to end. In all my years as a Christian, I’ve never been part of a church that has used Leviticus as the foundation for a sermon series.
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Copying the King In the quiet shadow of Lent, as the days lengthen toward the cross,we slow our steps, learning again how to walk behind Jesus. The room is heavy with expectation. Dust clings to tired feet. This is the night of final words, final meals, final chances to show what God is like. And then, He rises. Not to teach. Not to
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Holiness. It doesn’t begin with rules, or robes,or trying to look better than the people next to us.Holiness begins with a call. A voice that says: “Come.”Come as you are. Come tired. Come uncertain. Come ordinary. God has always worked like this – not by fixing the world from a distance,but by choosing a people to
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I am so excited, at the start of this year, to share that we are now able to move ahead in appointing a new Children’s & Families Minister to lead and develop our ministry with children aged 0–11 and their families here at St Mary’s. It’s such a great opportunity and role! It is such a
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I was married on September 9th 1989 – 35 years ago. Ever since this day I have 100% married. I can not be more married than I am today. I am totally married. In life we are either married or not married. We can’t be both at the same time. It’s either or. Black or
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The theme we have chosen for this Christmas is Draw Near and we wanted to focus on the story of Jesus’ birth told by Luke. Each of the gospels tell it differently. Matthew’s sets Jesus into his family tree to draw attention to his status as anointed Messiah that fulfils the story of Abraham, and
LISTEN TO THIS POST INSTEAD So, it’s Annual Report Time for us all again. This is a great opportunity to look back at last year and to look ahead to the coming year – tracing the journey of our family life together. Here is my first draft for 2023. WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT Our
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SEEING GOD CHANGE LIVES In this short post you will find an overview of our church’s expected expenditure and income in 2024 – a budget aimed at enabling us to increase our missional impact – seeing God change lives, families, and churches – and securing our finances for the coming years. For the first time
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