Saide Cameron welcomed us to worship on 21st April. We reflected on Jesus as the Good Shepherd, reading from John’s gospel and singing Psalm 23. We welcomed Jenne Perlstein as our preacher. Jenne is a member of our congregation, regular liturgist and an interfaith minister. Our prayers of the people were adapted from a [...]
Amelia Ware welcomed us to worship on 14th April. We explored the humanity of Jesus and the importance of both the body and the spirit in our relationship with God. Watch the service again on Youtube For the Early Word Dan spoke about cakes and our bodies Watch Dan's reflection Read the Order of Service [...]
Natalie Sims welcomed us to worship on 7th April. Today we continued to celebrate Easter – not just one day – but a celebration of 50 days as we lead towards Pentecost. We heard of the radical shared economy of the early church, the story of Doubting Thomas, and reflected on the Psalm that [...]
Saide Cameron welcomed us to worship on 31st March. We celebrated the Risen Christ, remembering the women's devotion as they brought spices for burial, flowering the cross and rejoicing that God's love sets us free. Watch the service again on Youtube Cath lit the new Christ Candle (previously lit at the Dawn service) We [...]
Cath James welcomed us to worship on 24th March. During the five Sundays of Lent we followed Jesus along the path to the cross through Mark’s gospel. Today we joined him riding a donkey to the shouts of Hosanna. We welcomed members of the Baptist and Salvation Army churches joining us for [...]
Saide Cameron welcomed us to worship on 17th March. Today was the 5th Sunday in the season of Lent. Throughout Lent we have been exploring and responding to the questions ‘What are we turning away from? What are we turning towards?’. We have been invited to locate ourselves in God’s bigger picture, to turn [...]
Saide Cameron welcomed us to worship on 10th March. On this fourth Sunday in Lent we joined the Israelites in the desert as they make their complaints against God and we listened to Jesus speaking about being lifted up, about darkness and evil, light and love. We welcomed Mick Pope, eco-theologian and member of [...]
Helen Burnham welcomed us to worship on 3rd March. The Gospel reading explored the difficult story of Jesus’ anger when God’s house is used as a marketplace. In the letter to the Corinthians Paul spoke of God’s foolishness being wiser than our wisdom. We wondered 'what is our Wisdom and what is God’s foolishness?' [...]
Daniel Broadstock welcomed us to worship on 25th February. As we continued our Lenten journey to Holy Week, Peter Blair reflected on Christ’s countercultural call to carry our cross with him. During worship we offered a blessing for the members of the Student Household program. Watch the service again on Youtube Cath and [...]
Natalie Sims welcomed us to worship on 18th February. We celebrated the first Sunday of Lent, as we prepared to follow Jesus into the wilderness, seeking to be open to God’s embracing love. We welcomed Rev. Judy Rigby as our preacher. Watch the service again on Youtube Cath spoke about turning and tearing, sharing [...]