My Writings. My Thoughts.
Normality resumes
// May 4th, 2011 // Comments Off // General, News
Also, happy star wars day.
After the manic running about of Easter and weddings and bank holidays, everything has to go back to normal eventually (unfortunately).
So Prayer meeting is on tonight (wed), not that that actually stopped. Mums & Toddlers, JAM and the Edge are all back on Friday. Services are (at least as far as I know) all back to normal on Sunday as well.
Look forward to seeing you all then.
‘Street’ party this Fri
// April 27th, 2011 // Comments Off // Events
I say street, it’s more car park (or maybe not, depending on the weather).
In any case, if you’re in the mood for some celebrating this Fri (whether because of the wedding, or because it’s all over, we’re easy). why not come along and join us for our party in the afternoon.
It all kicks off at 2pm, and because we don’t have to close the street you should even be able to get here.
Face Painting, cakes, tattoos (temporary, of course), bunting, tea & coffee (obviously) and other general fun stuff. We’ll have it all.
New Elder
// March 31st, 2011 // Comments Off // News
We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Sharp as an elder as of the AGM on 29th. We will fill in more details (including picture) on the people page in due course.
This is an interim appointment, lasting until the next full eldership process due next May, at which point the whole eldership will be eligable for re-appointment (if you still want us).
World falling apart?
// March 14th, 2011 // Comments Off // Thought for the week
It’s been a nasty few weeks out there in the world: Earthquakes, Tsunami, civil wars and unrest and today I read about churches being blown up and Christians attacked in Egypt. That’s all out there in the wide world, but even in our local area we have people losing their jobs, not able to find work and worried about feeding their families. The Bournemouth food bank run by Vineyard say they’ve given out 173kg of food parcels on wed alone last week.
It can all leave you feeling like there’s nothing you can do and wondering whether there’s any sense in the world at all. As Christians we believe that God made the world, and is still in charge, but he’s given us the job of caring for it and of caring for each other. We don’t have the answer to why these things happen, but Jesus doesn’t ask us to understand why, he asks us to be his hands in the world until he comes back and fixes the problems permanently.
With so many worthy causes it can be difficult to see how we can be of any help at all. There’s not enough money or time in our hands to fix these problems, but that’s not a reason to do nothing. God is not expecting us to fix the world – even Jesus didn’t fix all the problems around him when he was here, he told us ‘you will always have the poor with you’. He focussed on spreading God’s love and kindness to those around him, and then told us to go and do likewise.
So you can’t fix everything… Pick something you care about and focus on that. Fix something. Help someone. Do what you can, and do it today.
Be a light for Jesus in a darkening world.
Leaders Lunch with Roy Crowne
// January 31st, 2011 // Comments Off // Events, News
Before he speaks at the Grid, we will be hosting a free ‘Leaders Lunch’ with Roy on 18th Feb at 12:30.
Roy ‘s vision is to see the local churches working together to impact their community for Christ and will be sharing some practical ways to engage within our local area.
If you’re part of the leadership for a local church we would love to see you there. If you would like to come, please call the church office on 01202 303036.
Roy was the National Director of Youth for Christ in Britain and now he leads the team at HOPE together.
Roy has written and edited a peer-to-peer evangelistic training course, called ‘The Art of Connecting’.
He was one of the founders of Hope08. He is arguably the most positive and enthusiastic HOPE visionary you could ever meet.
The Grid – 18th Feb
// January 28th, 2011 // Comments Off // Events, News, The Grid, Youth
The next Grid event is coming up on 18th Feb.
Roy Crowne, executive director of Hope together, previously head of Youth for Christ will be our speaker this month.
Start @ 7:30pm, tickets £2.50. See you there.
