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Why does our shopping cost less during lockdown?
When Lockdown began I started doing the weekly shop Normally Hannah would do this The first week I noticed I was spending less than Hannah normally would I put this down to the fact that we had reserves in the freezer The next week the same things happened again and the week after I wondered hellip
Mental Health: If not us, who?
One of the bravest things I ve witnessed inside a church is when my friend spoke up at a prayer meeting I d like us to pray for people with mental health issues And I include myself in that number It wasn t easy to do but in those few words she seemed to open a door for hellip
Welcoming Venues
Let 8217 s face it a lot of historic church buildings are old and in need of some attention There isn t much warmth colour or comfort available and yet we want to ensure a warm welcome for everyone to our venues especially on a Sunday Churches that have taken over industrial units former office blocks or hire hellip
Engaging with Public Agencies
In Stoke on Trent a Civic Prayer Breakfast is held each year in the impressive Kings Hall with over 300 people attending For a prayer event I was interested to observe that the Christians were possibly outnumbered Who are the other attendees of this Prayer Breakfast The police health authorities councillors teachers and many others whose work hellip
Vision for Your Neighbourhood
Lisa is a young mum who saw the sorry state of the play equipment in her local park Her friends didn t want to bring their kids along because it was tired and failing Lisa decided to do something about it But this wasn t about Lisa or even the play area This was about our vision hellip
What Do Your Neighbours Think of You?
or think of your church to be more precise Do they think of a building A problem noise parking Or do they think of a group of faithful friends How would you like your neighbourhood to think of your church community Here in Dagenham and Redbridge the neighbourhood tends to know us as the LifeLine hellip
Within Walking Distance
How many church members live within walking distance of your home How many live within walking distance of your church building if you have one We have found this to be really helpful in building community We don t pop around for cups of sugar anymore Facebook and WhatsApp are ubiquitous but when you need to hellip
Heart Joining
If someone wants to join your church do you ever say No Let 8217 s say they live locally love Jesus desire the Holy Spirit and are ready to serve Would you ever say No We are currently running our Foundation Course which enables new people to review the basis of faith in Jesus and also the hellip
Eating Together
The reason I joined this church is because I got a free Sunday lunch each week All visiting students were offered the opportunity to eat and spend Sunday afternoon with a church family With this matching up of host families with students it didn t take long to feel like we belonged Today it 8217 s normal for hellip
