Rev Jo blogs: First space

Lee Abbey

Crosses are high in Celtic Christianity. They proclaim a Saviour who was lifted up for all to see, and a Redeemer who reigns high over all. They also serve the very practical purpose of becoming a focal point for all to gather round to worship. As we began a seven mile pilgrimage around the sacred […]

Rev Jo blogs: Growing spaces

The church at Iona

After the 24/7 week of prayer at Christ Church, the question that many are asking is when can we do this again? I think that many have experienced the work of God’s Spirit who creates a thirst for more of the life of that is found through simply ‘being with’ Jesus in the stillness of […]

Architects Interviews and Core Teams

Building4Life team interview prospective architects! Great news! There are three teams of architects who will be interviewed with a view to being appointed for our Church re-ordering project. Please do pray for these candidates and the Building4Life team who will be conducting interviews on Thursday 26 January at 7pm and Friday 27 January at 4pm […]

Architects Interviews and Core Teams

Building4Life team interview prospective architects! Great news! There are three teams of architects who will be interviewed with a view to being appointed for our Church re-ordering project. Please do pray for these candidates and the Building4Life team who will be conducting interviews on Thursday 26 January at 7pm and Friday 27 January at 4pm […]

A glimpse of heaven

This week the people of Downend have been offered a glimpse of heaven.  Unlimited FaceTime, unlimited data. Our church has been open day and night, 24 hours for the whole week, with anyone and everyone invited to come in and sit with God.   The night time hours have been filled up on a rota, […]

Latest prayer letter from Dihlabeng Christian School in Clarens

Clarens kids

Feeding scheme news, appeal for child sponsors, special educational needs and sports facility provision news and more. Here is the Newsletter No. 23 June 2018 for the Dihlabeng Christian School in Clarens, South Africa.  Here is the update on the Feeding Scheme Newsletter June 2018  . Click Sponsor Needs 2018 to find out more about the […]

Rev Jo blogs: A House of Prayer for all Nations

Man praying in the countryside against a dawn sunrise.

As Jesus taught them he said, is it not written, “My house shall be a house of prayer for all nations?” (Mark 11: 17) It’s 5.30 on Monday morning and I have just returned from 2 hours in the stillness of church, and the prayer wall already has those words on it. They seem to […]

Building4Life: The Next Steps

We have been called to be the generation that realises God’s purposes for the church which we have inherited from those who have gone before. And we have been called to realise the vision of a re-ordered Parish church that is a sacred space where community, creativity and Christian Spirituality can flourish- shaping an environment […]

Rev Jo blogs: How to devote yourself to prayer?

Man praying in the countryside against a dawn sunrise.

“How to devote yourself to prayer? Begin to hear the voice that makes all things new.” I was sitting listening to Peter Misselbrook preaching at the 6.30 service in November. It was the end of the series on Paul’s letter to the Colossians, and one verse hit me so hard that I have not been […]

Rev Jo blogs: The Way to Hope

Man praying in the countryside against a dawn sunrise.

In solitude, we come to know the Spirit who has already been given to us. The pains and the struggles we encounter in our solitude thus become the way to hope, because our hope is not based on something that will happen after our sufferings are over, but on the real presence of God’s healing […]