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Dear Friends, As we hit September and the schools go back we start our new series for the Season of Creation, A little word  The whole creation is on tiptoe to see the wonderful sight of the children of God coming into their own.  Romans 8.19 (JBP) I love this image that Paul conveys. It […]

Dear Friends, I hope everyone enjoys the Bank Holiday weekend. Here is the update for this week. A little word  My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise.  Psalm 51.17 (NIV) In morning prayer this week we read the dreadful account of King David and how he conspired

Dear Friends, Here is the update for this week. A little word  For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future..  Jeremiah 29.11 (NIV) As results come out for the 18+ pupils it is a time of mixed

Dear Friends, Here is the update for this week. I’ve repeated a statement I put out the other day, as it is good for as many as possible to see it. Look after yourselves and be kind. A little word  This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the

Pitsmoor has been a place where we have built a community from people with many different backgrounds, places, traditions and beliefs. Christ Church has always fully engaged with that, and continues to do so. We are proud of the way we welcome anyone and everyone. We abhor what has been happening recently in our region

Dear Friends, Here is the update for this week. A little word  Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!’  Luke 9.35 (NRSV) The transfiguration is remembered this week. Jesus goes up a mountain with Peter, James and John. At the top he is met

Dear Friends, Here is the update for this week. A little word  Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister, Mary, and Lazarus. John 11.5 (NIV) The gospels describe how Mary, Martha and their brother Lazarus gave Jesus hospitality in their home at Bethany outside Jerusalem. This coming week they are remembered in the church calendar.

Dear Friends, Here is the update for this week. A little word   “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on

Dear Friends, Here is the update for this week. A little word   I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. Romans 15.30 (NIV) This week we are thinking about prayer – intercession. Paul knew

Dear Friends, Here is the update for this week. A little word  They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Acts 2.42 (NIV) The Early Church were desperate to meet together. They met, learnt, ate and prayed. It wasn’t always simple, as our 1 Corinthians reading last