You’re always welcome to come into our lovely old church to pray, and people have been doing it for hundreds of years, but we have started providing a prayer station for visitors, too. It will be set up in the Chapel (at the far end of the corridor on the right when you walk into church … [Read more…]
Surveying the readings for Trinity Sunday for what they teach us about the nature of God, in his sermon last Sunday Andrew Knowles concluded that God desires ‘above all other things’ that we should encounter him closely, in a way that touches every aspect of our lives to live out his compassion in the world, to say … [Read more…]
A prize to be won? Training to be undertaken? In this month’s edition of Parish News find out how the football World Cup starting in Russia next month illustrates some key points for Christians. You can read or download a copy by clicking here.
For some years now, St George’s has offered a variety of worship. Our Solemn Eucharists were once a part of this variety. Solemn Eucharists are from the Anglo-Catholic wing of the church and incense is used at these services. At a recent meeting of the Liturgy Group it was agreed to re-introduce these for a … [Read more…]
At St George’s we are taking part in an amazing global wave of prayer called Thy Kingdom Come at the moment. Between Thursday 10 May and Tuesday 22 May we have 8 prayer stations set up in the church for each of the 8 phrases of the Lord’s Prayer. From 10am to 6pm anyone is welcome to … [Read more…]
This week, Andrew’s sermon focused on the story of Philip and the Ethiopian from Act 8 – a clear example of the instruction from the epistle (1 John 4.7-end): ‘Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another’ – right here and right now! Click here to read or download the … [Read more…]
In preparation for our Annual General Meeting, and in honour of the festival of our patron saint, St George, Andrew Knowles’s sermon for Easter 4 was about the distinctive purpose for the church in the modern world, as so many other revered institutions – from the high street to the charity sector – seem to … [Read more…]
This month’s Parish News has just hit the streets and it’s full of ‘reasons to be cheerful’ even under these persistant April clouds. In this month’s edition we reflect on Easter and look forward to Ascension and Pentecost. We go ‘Out & About’ in the Beacon Team to St John’s Skelsmergh and one of our … [Read more…]
Bible: the Love Story Through Lent an average of 15 members from four of the Beacon Team churches met each week to follow through our lent Bible group, the Bible: the Love Story between God and his people. It was an exhilarating journey from Genesis to Revelation. One session had to be cancelled because of the … [Read more…]
Easter is a time of surprises. Surprises are all around us. We began Sunday Club this month by finding pairs of cards showing some of nature’s surprises: a tadpole that turns into a frog; a small sunflower seed that grows taller than us. Ruth had some surprises for us. If you try to pop a … [Read more…]
