The latest in our series of science and faith presentations and debates organised by one of our lay readers, Rodney Shotter. We are privileged to welcome Dr. Stuart Judge from Oxford University to talk to us about Near Death Experiences. Dr...
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During this service we celebrated the 20th wedding anniversary of Ray and Caroline Ham-Longman who also renewed their wedding vows during the service. Lay Reader Colin Harding, who is a close friend of Ray and Caroline’s, spoke on the wise...
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On Remembrance Sunday Revd. John Gooding talked about connecting the actions of communion with our understanding of the process of remembrance. Taken/Chosen Blessed Broken Given Communion is itself an act of remembrance of the death of Jesus, who...
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The 13th October saw the baptism of Louis, Paul and Maarten Dardare during the service and the talk from Revd. Martin Poole focussed on the key message of the gospel as passed on from Paul to Timothy and how this relates to an important...
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Lay Reader Peter Woodhead did the talk at this service and gave us a little background to this last letter that Paul ever wrote. His talk focussed on three words which are key to this passage: The Gospel Suffering Ashamed We should consider...
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The story of the Rich Man and Lazarus has many things to say to us about how we interact with those less well than ourselves. Martin Poole took a scattergun approach to this talk, throwing out lots of different ideas about mission on our doorstep...
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Our guest speaker this Sunday was Revd. Richard Jackson, Diocesan Adviser on Mission & Renewal who had been with us all weekend to lead us in our parish weekend at home. Richard spoke about the parable of the Shrewd Manager (sometimes known...
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The weekend of 21st & 22nd September was our parish weekend at home. We aimed to run the weekend as though we had all gone away on a residential weekend except we used BHASVIC Sports Hall as our venue for the Saturday, saving us all the...
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Some of the things that Jesus says are quite uncomfortable for us to listen to – this passage is one of those as Jesus asks us to hate our close relatives in favour of him and that to follow him is to pick up a cross. There is a cost to...
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Lay Reader Mike Hudson did the talk at this service looking at some questions and answers that changed the world. Q What must I do to inherit eternal life? A Love God, love your neighbour. Q Who is my neighbour? A Those who show mercy...
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This service saw the baptism of Jaidah Maunder and it was wonderful to see so many of her family and friends in church to welcome her into the community of faith. Baptism is one of the symbols we can use to help us understand the concept of being...
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Truthquest is an occasional series of talks exploring science and faith. On Thursday 13th June 2013 Professor Bob White from Cambridge University came to talk about Genesis & Geology. Professor White has been Professor of Geophysics at...
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