Proper 9 2018 Does Theresa May have what it takes to be the Brexit Prime Minister? Does Gareth Southgate have what it takes to manage a team that will win the world cup? Does Venus WIlliams have what it takes to win the women’s title at Wimbledon this year? And you: do you have what…
We’re hoping to run a coach trip out to Lytham’s 1940s weekend on Saturday 18th August. Tickets £10 per adult and £5 per child. Please sign up at church over the next few weeks so we know if there’s sufficient interest…
Today’s gospel reading is full of division, conflict and animosity. In order to unpick what is there we need to understand an important way of thinking in Jesus’ time and place. It went like this: people were labeled according to their place of origin, their social status and so on. We hear this reflected on…
Today is the last Sunday of Easter – this coming Thursday is Ascension Day and then we begin our yearly vigil for the coming of the Spirit. Please do come to the short evening service on Ascension Day. It’s an important day in the Christian Calendar – apparently, in law, working people and school children…
Thy Kingdom Come is a global prayer movement, which invites Christians around the world to pray between Ascension and Pentecost for more people to come to know Jesus Christ. What started out as an invitation from the Archbishops’ of Canterbury and York in 2016 to the Church of England has grown into an international and…
This sermon is based on the RCL Gospel text for this week. In the Gospels of Matthew and Luke the story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness is told in great detail – each temptation elaborated upon. But this year the Gospel upon which we focus is Mark, and Mark’s account of Jesus’ 40 wilderness…
The work is finished and the Hall is looking fab! This morning Phil, Imi, Emma and Team 90 handed the hall back to us – this will make our service to the local community even better – somewhere smart and welcoming for children and adults alike. Each team member made a speech – a really…
This morning we joined together for the All Age Worship planned for last week (when there was no heat in church so we had to cancel). We were exploring the Gospel for Lent 1 . The Sorry Station was about Jesus’ call to repentance – we wrote our sins on pieces of Whiteboard and then wiped…
The Prince’s Trust volunteers were off in a cloud of dust this morning sanding down the surfaces as they prepared them for repainting. The kitchen ceiling is now fixed and ready for paint and the team are well on with the cupboards. Phil Carruther’s is keeping a careful eye on things and has been superb…
This sermon begind with a reading of Ursula Fanthorpe’s poem BC:AD which can be found here On the surface, this poem has nothing much to do with Candlemas – the presentation of Christ in the Temple. It’s a Christmas poem – one of a series written by Ursula Fanthorpe each year at Christmas – to…