Excelling in the grace of giving I wonder what you think our church is known for? Or I wonder what you would like our church to be known for? When Paul wrote to the Corinthians about the matter of financial giving (see 2 Corinthians 8-9), he wanted to stir them into action by telling them […]
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Christmas Care Packs
A loving church Back in February 2020 we preached through a mini-series based on the book of Acts before COVID-19 arrived on our shores. During the talk in the first week (Acts 2:37-42), I had noted that we should be ‘a loving church’, and I wondered ‘what could this look like in our current context?’ […]
Church Finances: the stats and the state of things
This post is written by Justin Anderson, our past treasurer. — Let me just say this straight up: this blog post is about money. Even more; it is about the Church’s money. I know, bad place to start, very bad place to start, but Jesus talked quite a lot about money, so why shouldn’t I? […]
3 Freedoms that financial giving brings
This Sunday we have a ‘Giving Sunday’, where I’ll teach on the biblical principles of financial giving, and why giving to a local church is a good idea. In this blog post I want to talk about 3 freedoms that come from giving. You see, most people think that if they give financially they’ll ‘lose out’; they’ll […]
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 […]