As participants in the turning of the world we have one crazy job: to watch, experience, learn and grow. A simple task set in the heart of each person; a desire to pursue and attain in whatever format takes our whim and satisfies our present needs. Need is what drives us to action and the […]
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Update on our charity status and finances
Charity Status We are delighted to announce that we are now an official charity and our charity number is CHY 20595. This is a great affirmation that the Revenue Commissioners can see the benefit we bring to Ireland in accordance with our vision and values and recognise us as an official entity. Our charitable status also […]
LIFE GROUPS: You Can Change – Chapter 2 (Tim Chester)
This week in our Life Group we looked at what I consider the most important question when it comes to seeing change in your life: “Why would you like to change?” Tim Chester helpfully examines our motivation for change and highlights that if we are changing for the wrong reasons, whilst our behaviour might change, we will not […]
LIFE GROUPS: You Can Change – Chapter 1 (Tim Chester)
In our church we have small same-sex groups that focus on changing areas of our lives where we want to reflect Christ more. We call them Life Groups because we want to intentionally form the life of Christ in one another. This life can be summed up by the fruit of the Spirit that Paul talks about […]
2 Reflections on Christian Community from Dietrich Bonheoffer
One of our core values as a church is community, and this August we’re going to stop gathering together on a Sunday to spend more time intentionally building community through various activities and lots of food. We’ll kick back into our normal Sunday Gathering routine in September. So this month of ‘life together’ felt like a good […]
Praying the Psalms = Encountering Christ (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
I was re-reading a small book call Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer in preparation for a blog that I am writing on true community (watch this space…it will be with you shortly) and as I did I stumbled across Bonhoeffer talking about why we should pray the Psalms. And given our current series, walking with God […]
Walking with God in the Psalms (from self to community) – new preaching series
Each summer as a church we spend five or six weeks in the Psalms. Why? Because we all need help in prayer and the Psalms are God’s prayer book: words he has given us, for all circumstances of life and for all the emotions we feel, in order to pray to him. In this particular series […]
Different: Loving those you disagree with – Q&A
Loving those you disagree with sounds great. It fits with the golden rule of doing to others as you would have them do to you. However it’s hard in reality and you often need to think it through. So I was delighted to receive an email after last Sunday’s talk on Romans 14 with three excellent […]
A Prayer For Berkeley Tragedy
As we respond with shock and sadness about the six Irish students who died in Berkeley this week and the others who remain critically ill, it’s hard to find the right words to pray. I found this prayer from Scotty Smith as he reflects on Jesus crying outside the tomb of his friend Lazarus and comforting the two sisters, […]
NEW SERIES: DIFFERENT – loving those you disagree with (Romans 14-15)
This coming Sunday we start a short three-week series called ‘Different: loving those you disagree with’, looking at Romans 14 & 15. Let me put the series in context, summarise what we’ll be learning each week and highlight the issues that we’re going to tackle. (1) Context – Ancient and Modern There is both an ancient and modern context […]