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- Not too late for a Lent Course! Start today. Growing poverty is taking its toll on our health and relationships Christians suffer during renewed fighting in Syria Church Mission Society launches first ever online resources platform dedicated to mission Christians Against Poverty help even more people When Faith meets Politics Bishop’s Bill to Put Mothers’...News (all stories) for March 2018
- During this month Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day, share the same date! It seems an odd mix, yet there is an obvious link: love! Lent, beginning on Ash Wednesday, is about learning how to love God more, as we give Him space in our lives. It’s also an opportunity to reflect on Jesus’ experience in...‘Lenten Valentines’
- During this month Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day, share the same date! It seems an odd mix, yet there is an obvious link: love! Lent, beginning on Ash Wednesday, is about learning how to love God more, as we give Him space in our lives. Jesus was led into the desert by the Spirit (1),...From the Minister…Lenten Valentines
- ‘Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.’ (Romans 4:20,21). How good are we at keeping our promises? Paul sppaks of a God who is able to...God is able to keep His promises
- The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her. So, he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison, and brought back his head on a dish. He presented it to the girl,...It’s so easy NOT to lose your head
- God obviously approves of romance – after all, putting Adam and Eve alone together in the Garden of Eden was His idea. And romance – love between a man and a woman – has been around ever since. The history of the Israelites began with three great romances: Abraham and Sarah. Isaac and Rebekah. Jacob...Aspects of romantic love
- Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. Proverbs 27:5-6 As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 I remember it really clearly: stood in the kitchen of my student house, clutching a cup of tea, and being told – in...The God who befriends
- China is a key country of concern for 2018 for Release International, which supports persecuted Christians around the world. Their latest ‘Persecution Trends Report’ warns Christians in China look set to face a harsh new year. Tougher regulations on religious affairs came into force in February, giving the State greater control over churches and other...Persecution trends for 2018: concerns include China, Nigeria and India
- Millions of households in the UK are struggling to avoid hunger, as latest figures from the United Nations show that nearly three million people in the UK are now classed as severely ‘food insecure’, which means they are facing hunger on a daily basis. In the whole of Europe, according the UN, only Albania has...End Hunger campaign targets the UK’s ‘food insecure’ families
- Don’t look to the government for so much help. That is the message of an independent review which considered the Church’s reliance on government funding with regard to the upkeep of its church buildings. The review instead calls for a ‘cultural shift’, where communities contribute to their church’s upkeep. The Taylor Report was commissioned in...Care for your own church building
- A new catechism, The Pilgrim Way, has just been published by the Church of England. It takes the form of a series of questions and answers on the four texts that form the basis of the Pilgrim Course, which was produced four years ago. The four texts are: the Apostles’ Creed, the Beatitudes, the Commandments...New catechism
- 40 churches have been taking part in a trial of contactless giving, offering worshippers hand-held terminals in order to process their donations. It is all part of an effort to encourage today’s increasingly cashless congregations to donate electronically. As the Rev Dr David Evans of Rugeley, in the Midlands, explains, ‘it’s a way that most...Now you can text your ‘tithe’