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Jesus and the Kingdom – Brian McLaren
Here is the short video of Brian McLaren talking about “Jesus and the Kingdom” we watched this Sunday morning:
The Impossible Kingdom
Sunday 29th March : John 11.44 ff As we approach Easter we were looking at how the conflict between Jesus and the authorities developed. Whatever spiritual metaphors or allegories we may draw from the cross, the factuality of it lies in the conflict between Jesus’ version of God’s Kingdom and the version held by the [...]
Does God care about the environment?
According to the BBC website, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams has urged a “Radical change of heart” to prevent runaway climate change and has said that God would not guarantee a “happy ending”. So is consumerism and the environment a problem for people? Is it a moral issue? Is it an issue of [...]
New Life at Easter
The Schools week is where we give children from local schools the opportunity to learn about Easter and Christmas from the perspective of practicing Christians. 6 years ago we decided to expand the work that was then (and still is) being done by Slough Baptist, for schools local to us. We adapted their program and, [...]
New Life at Easter – video
As many of you know, we’ve been hosting almost 400 local school children this week, helping them understand why Christians celebrate Easter. As part of the 90 minute session, they explore the last week of Jesus life and below is a short video we show before they summarise the story in their own words. New [...]
The Myth of the Institution-less Church
Continuing our look into the ever-changing world of Christianity (indeed that fact that I can say that is a testimony to this) here are a couple of extracts from an article at deepchurch.org.uk talking about how difficult it is to enact change thoughtfully and properly … These days there seems to be a deep suspicion [...]
Great Work
Thanks again to everyone who helped out at the Work Day. A lot of time was spent preparing and tidying up for the Wedding, which, unless you are reading this on the website, has already happened. A lot of man-hours were spent cutting and tidying the hedge, which had grown far too much in recent [...]
The Parable of the Big Feast
On Sunday at CBC we were looking at the familiar parable of Jesus in Luke 14 where the invited guests fail to turn up when the feast is ready and the host invites all and sundry to come in from the highways and byways to fill the places. There were five different activities for people [...]
Photos from Sunday 1st March 2009
There were a few people taking pictures this sunday morning during our Family Service. It was great time organised by a few of our teenagers. The theme was “God just wants to party” and the first hour was an open time where we were encouraged to visit up to FIVE different activities that included: discussion [...]