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…]
As this month’s cover suggests we try and look ‘beyond the Easter egg’ in our April edition. You can also catch up on the talk ‘Faith in Public Life’ given by Sir Joseph Pilling as part of the Moving Mountains weekend, as Andrew Knowles shares the highlights. Look out for the Book Reviews which make … [Read more…]
Sir Joe Pilling shared his experiences with a rapt audience at a sold-out Moving Mountains supper on Friday at St George’s. He talked about the challenges of holding high government office as a Christian but said that, all in all, it had been a privilege. You can download or read a summary of his talk, ‘Faith in Public … [Read more…]
The March edition of our Parish News is now out and available to read or download here. In this month’s edition read the report of the PCC’s discussion about Mission. And, it being March, see if you can spot a nod to both St David and St Patrick!
Two events have recently been announced which are taking place at St George’s in early March as part of Moving Mountains. The first is ‘Encounter’ – a 3-day prayer happening aimed at helping people find a time and a place to talk to God, from Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 March. Read all about it … [Read more…]
Back after a New Year break, this month’s magazine has all the regular features. Lent begins this month so there are full details of all the Lent, Holy Week and Easter services included, as well as details about ‘The Bible – A Love Story’ described as ‘not the usual Lent course’ and designed for you … [Read more…]
This week’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity runs from 18 January to 25 January. The theme is ‘That All May be Free’. So that you can share in prayer going on through Britain and Ireland this week, we have put a special prayer for Christian Unity onto our Prayer Space page here. Churches Together … [Read more…]
The details of this year’s Lent Group at St George’s have just been announced, entitled The Bible – A Love Story and led by Maureen Stevens. Choose from Wednesdays evenings from 14 February or Thursday afternoons from 15 February to come and explore the story of God’s relationship with us. Anyone who would like to join … [Read more…]
If you keep hearing about ‘mission-shaped’ this and ‘mission-shaped’ and are wondering what it means in practice, this is the course for you: the Mission-Shaped Introduction from CCL is a series of six sessions, twice a month, on Thursday nights from 11 January designed to help us work out how to serve the communities around our … [Read more…]
