Author: stjohnstmarkchurchbury

We need a nudge to remember that there are other people in other boats out there when we’re in a storm – and Jesus calms it for them too.

Do not be afraid may be the most common phrase in the scriptures, but we know that we have been afraid; and we will be again.

Our next Sunday@Seven service is on June 27th. It will be called: ‘Let everything that has breath, praise the Lord’ led by Nigel Silvester.

The kingdom of God is like a gardener. But this gardener doesn’t exactly seem to be pushing himself. He throws some seed and goes back to bed

Our June 2021 church magazine includes news and updates plus a piece on Stewardship and information on the new Manchester Deaneries.

The June 2021 Bible readings include God in a garden, whirlwinds, mustard seeds, rough seas – and one healing interrupted by another.

Most of us rarely face real danger. There is stress, perhaps, but actual danger, not so much. However, sometimes life changes.

We next meet for our monthly Sunday evening informal worship at 7pm on May 30th 2021. It will be called…

Coming to faith happens in different ways. For some it’s a gentle, gradual process which may happen over many years. For others, it’s sudden.

How different would things have been if the church had taken the towel and the bowl from the foot washing as its sign rather than the cross?

Tots FC is a unique football-specific programme for pre-school children that’s ideal for tots from 18 month olds to 3 year olds in Tiny Tots.

This week it’s a vine, branches – and an Ethiopian in a chariot. We’re still in Easter Season and still getting a sense of who this Jesus is.

In the Wilderness, God showed up – and if he didn’t, the people perished. But people soon forget. They did then – and we do now.

There’s a theme today of listening for the shepherd’s voice… the nearest most of us get are woolly jumpers, shepherd’s pie and Countryfile.

Our May 2021 church magazine is our Pentecost edition and includes articles on the Ascension, Rogation and ‘Thy Kingdom Come 2021’.