‘Value’ is not just a well-known supermarket’s brand name for cheap products – value is what you place on something!

As a church we have a series of values which we try to live by.

We believe that putting Jesus at the centre is at the heart of the Christian faith – after all, it is all about him! So we try to look to Jesus in everything, putting him at the centre of our meetings, our services, our worship, and our lives individually and together.

Being together is important. God designed human beings to be together, to live in positive relationships together as a community and to welcome others into that community. It’s all part of being made in God’s image, in his likeness. So our second value is building community. We seek to do this through our cell groups, small groups of folk around the life of the church who gather together in people’s homes. But we seek to do it in wider ways too. Through social activities like our Carpet Bowls, TimeOut craft and games afternoons, CAMEO ladies social activities and other events. Through involvement in the local community through Resident’s Associations, through local schools, whether as teachers, Governors, or members of Open the Book teams taking Bible stories in to school assemblies and through any other means that seek to work for the good of the local community – such as community clean up days and so on.

As community, we are then about helping one another, and we define that in three ways, helping one another serve, helping one another grow and helping one another share our faith.

In a positive community everyone needs affirming, needs to be valued, and part of being valued is recognising that we are all valuable, we all have a role to play, we are all parts of the body. We all need to grow too, to develop as human beings into all we can be, and part of that is through growing in our spiritual lives through our relationship with God in Jesus Christ. One of the greatest ways in which we grow is when we share what we know with others.

As part of our plans to see these values being worked out amongst us we have called 2012 a year of mission – globally, locally and personally. We want to equip and enable one another to be all we can be in Christ, to find our purpose and fulfilment in life through him, and to help others come to find that joy for themselves by sharing our faith with them.

Come and join in the journey!

• February 08th, 2012
• Information, thought for the day
• Steve

Don’t you just love Christmas lights??!!

They lift the gloom of the dark, cold, winter days.

The reality is for many that darkness, whether felt or not, is a reality of daily living, not only in the winter months.

Jesus said that he had come to be ‘the light of the world’.
It’s my experience and the experience of many that Jesus does bring light into our lives. He gives us a new perspective on life, bringing light into the darkness. Sometimes that light is not easy though… it can have a habit of showing up dark sides in our nature… But that’s good because he then helps us change them so that light pervades even more of our beings, thus making life all the more better.

Our Christmas publicity this year is themed on ‘Jesus – Light in the darkness.’

In the midst of all the Christmas festivities, all the lights and tinsel, don’t miss out on letting the one that it’s all about, Jesus, come and light up your life.

Come and join us for our Christmas activities as we seek to put Jesus, the light of the world at the centre of our Christmases.

• December 07th, 2011
• Information, What's on, thought for the day
• Steve

Life is full of ups and downs. Our emotions go up and down, depending on circumstances, events, hormones…. and the weather!!

British weather really seems to be demonstrating ups and downs to the full at the minute – one day beautiful warm sunny weather… the next day cold and miserable…

As human beings we can be the same.
We can be the same spiritually – one minute sure of God, the next, wondering ‘Is there a God? And if there is, does he really have any interest in me? Or even hear me if I cry out to him?’

These are the sort of questions that most of us have as human beings – even if like the weather and like our emotions they can sometimes fleet in and out as quickly as the sun!

But they are big questions, and if there is an answer to them, then its got to be worth exploring!

Our Y-course began on Thursday 6th October (please note changed date from publicity material) We had a great time discussing some of these themes. It’s not too late to join in. Let us know if you’d like to come along next Thursday.

An opportunity to explore the big questions of life without any pressure.
An opportunity to ask the questions – no question is seen as too simple… or too hostile!

Plus as well as opportunity to talk about the big questions there’s a good meal to sit down and enjoy after whatever the day has brought, sun or rain, good news or bad news.

If you’d like to come along, or would just like to know more, do get in touch!

• August 24th, 2011
• Information, What's on, thought for the day
• Steve

Spring time is upon us, and new life springs up all around. Daffodils are in full bloom as I write; trees are budding and blossom is springing forth on many trees too.

New life is at the heart of the Christian faith.
Jesus said ‘I have come that you might have life and have it to the full.’ John 10:10

When we receive Jesus Christ into our lives by his Holy Spirit, he creates in us a new life, a new spiritual life and a new relationship with God in which we know him for ourselves – he come up close and personal with us.

This is what Easter is all about. It’s about how Jesus Christ died, like a seed being laid in the ground, and about how he rose to new life, like a plant growing from that seed and producing much fruit – and Jesus continues to produce fruit in people’s lives by giving them new life!

If you’d like to find out more about this then contact us and request a copy of the booklet ‘The Story of Easter’ which we will gladly let you have free of charge. Alternatively, why not come along to some of our activities or our Sunday Worship, or ask about the Y-course or Alpha course

• March 29th, 2011
• Information, What's on, thought for the day
• Steve

About the Author

Steve Le Page is the church Pastor. He is married to Julie and works in full time ministry.