What’s Happening
Manvers Lake event
It was a privilege to be at Manvers Lake on Sunday 12 July alongside 19 other churches and witness the baptism of 80 people. God's goodness and graciousness are beyond our understanding! 8 people came to faith yesterday - what rejoicing there is in heaven and on earth...
Manvers Lake event
Join us today at Manvers Lake between 1 and 5 p.m. for a joint churches' public baptism and family fun day! Over 70 people will be getting baptised in Manvers Lake, publicly declaring their commitment to Jesus Christ. Come and listen to their stories of how God has...
Faith and Moods
C. S. Lewis wrote, 'Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.' ('Mere Christianity') Faith is a unifying force. Not only does it unite people of different backgrounds and temperaments (the church is a...
Talking Point
One Size Doesn’t Fit All
We live in an age when 'one-size-fits-all' is perceived as the ideal solution: cheap, convenient, able to deal with mass production. In clothing, it obviates any need for individual tailoring to fit people and is therefore much cheaper than creating something bespoke...
Holy Communion
In most churches there is the opportunity on Sundays to participate in the Eucharist, to eat bread and to drink wine in remembrance of what Christ has done for us on the cross and to give thanks for the salvation which His death and resurrection have secured for all...
To Be In God’s Presence
Dave spoke tonight from Luke 10:30-42. In this passage, we see Jesus and His disciples stopping at Bethany, at the home of Lazarus, Martha and Mary. Martha seems to have been proactive in welcoming Jesus and looked after Him well. Jesus used this opportunity to...
How We Got Here
Months later…
Do you ever reach the end of a book where all the strands are neatly tied together and wonder 'what happens next?' to the characters?I love books which feature the same characters, as essentially I get engrossed with them and want to know how things work out for them,...
New blog!
This blog will soon be running out of things to say, since it was created specifically to chart the progress of the church as it renovated St Mark's. Once I've got all the details down about the Open Day, I won't be posting here any more.But do not despair! The church...
A House of Prayer
One of our prayers is that the new building will indeed become a house of prayer. At the Open Day, we listed the many answers to prayer we have seen over the journey to acquire St Mark's and renovate the building, and we look forward to recording many more answers.A...