Discusison paper in preparation for PCC on Service PatternsSt Andrew’s & All Saints: A Future Service Pattern Church Consultation in preparation for the joint PCC meeting on 2nd October Click here or the picture above to hear Dave explain the Church consultation process. Click here to complete the online feedback survey A paper copy of…
Life Groups – starting up again and new groups We are pleased to say that Life Groups will be meeting in person when they restart next week. Some groups will be doing the SHAPE course, and some will be looking at materials linked to the current sermon series. You can find all the Resources for…
We’re really sad to be saying farewell to Eddy and Hannah as they move to Cambridge for Eddy to start ordination training. They (and now Oliver too) have been such a blessing to us in the three years that they have been with us and we have so appreciated their ministry and simply their presence…
Keeping Church Safe after 19th July As you know, from 19th July the government is lifting all Coronavirus restrictions, but is still asking people to proceed with great caution and advising that facemasks and other precautions should still to be observed particularly in crowded indoor places, especially while cases are rising rapidly. We have carried…
New Wine from Home – UNITED Breaks Out Thursday July 29th – Tuesday August 3rd Watch Dave and Helen Explain what is happening on their video here. This year New Wine will be fully online again because of COVID, and the great news is that we’ve decided to run ‘New Wine at Home’ and…
We’ve been talking at both churches about our service patterns over the next few months as more people are beginning to return to church. At both churches, we have decided that we are still in a season of transition and as there is still so much uncertainty about the next few months, we are not going to rush to make decisions about…
Toria has been part of the latest Alpha course. Here is some of her story. LIVE LIFE IN COLOUR My faith journey began age 4, being led into Sunday school by a neighbour on a damp, misty morning. My brother, Simon, had rolled his car on the Long Mynd trapped with 3 of his friends on…
Mark’s Alpha Story Mark has been a guest on Alpha for this last online course that we have done and he shares some of his story here of what God has been doing through the course. Tell me a bit about your background and what brought you to the point of wanting to believe…
Elaine’s Poem of Transformation Elaine is someone a few of the church family have had the privilege of getting to know over the last year though some of the church ministries. She has been on an exciting journey of faith and this continues to unfold in unexpected ways. Recently, she expressed a desire to start…
It has been lovely over the last few months seeing new people come to join us and come to faith during this challenging year and one of those people is Denise Preston who shares a bit of her story here… Tell me a bit about your background and what brought you to the point of…