God, we find it hard to watch our news today. We’re saddened. Confused. Angry. We don’t know how to respond. This is horrible. Why does this happen? Why does this happen here? Why does this happen anywhere? We don’t really know what you’re doing with this. We trust you but we’re struggling. This is horrible.… Read More A prayer
We’re involved in sending a team including Rich, Judy and Helen, to share the love of God in Beirut. We’re praying around the sites for them on Sunday. Let this update from Rich fuel your prayers and praise! After all our prayer and preparation as a Church, we are so happy to have arrived in… Read More Breakthroughs in Beirut
This is outstanding stuff from the Mental Health Foundation. And it acts as a timely reminder for us during Mental Health Awareness Week, both of the privilege and the challenge of being Jesus’ Church. We know this stuff don’t we? The wisdom of it rings true. It’s bread and butter to us! We are in… Read More Community, relationships & what the church has to offer. A post for Mental Health Awareness Week #MHAW16
As you will probably know Churchcentral are sending a team to Beirut in the coming year to start a work there and bring God’s love to the Lebanese capital. This weekend, Rich O’Carroll will be with us and on Sunday evening, there’ll be an opportunity to hear from him. There’ll be some information about how… Read More Showing God’s Love To Beirut
A few months ago, the world heard of the refugee crisis. When the refugees began to enter Calais, it suddenly came closer to home and people began rallying to do something. Newfrontiers (our network of churches) has links with a church in Yalova, Turkey and Churchcentral have sent several of our members over there. Rach,… Read More Run4Refugees – the story of what God is doing
As a church we are committed not simply to Birmingham or even just the UK, but God has given us a heart for the nations of the world. His heart. For he loves them. And so in this “We Love The World” blog category, every now and again we’re profiling the experiences of members of… Read More “Albania is broken yet beautiful” | A snapshot from Beth
Over the last few months the refugee crisis has dominated the news headlines. Yes, with the political party conference season underway and a rugby world cup going on, other stories might be grabbing the air time, but this crisis is not going away. Whether it is a photo of a huge refugee camp in the… Read More Responding to the refugee crisis
