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Remembering James Webb. A Life of Faith, Love, and Faithful Service.

It is with deep sorrow that we remember the life of James Webb—our dear friend, brother in Christ, and faithful co-worker in the gospel. For many decades, James was a treasured part of our church family and local community, serving quietly and faithfully in whatever way was needed, whether seen or unseen.
As we reflect on his life, we stand alongside his family in their grief, shock, and disbelief. Though we may not understand why his life on earth ended as it did, we are reminded of the hope we have in Christ.
James lived a life marked by grace, devotion, and unwavering faith in his Saviour. Today, we choose to remember his faith, his love, and his faithful service. We choose hope over despair, and trust in the Lord who comforts us in every sorrow.
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” – Matthew 5:4

Starting With God: Holiness

Chris continues his series in Starting With God by this week looking at God’s holiness. There are some passages in the Bible that can be very difficult to understand, some that we may even choose to ignore or turn a blind eye to. But we should not be turning away from the things that we “don’t like”. God defines holiness, even if we don’t understand why things happen, we need to trust that his plan is perfect and put our hope in Jesus who intimately reveal’s God’s character to us.

Shona leads the rest of the service whilst Mike and Lynne lead our sung worship.

Starting With God: Back to Creation

Everyone has a favourite painting, whether you’re interested in art or not, a picture that you can admire and try to understand the artist’s intention. Something that reveals part of their nature. How amazing would it be if you could actually meet with the artist and understand their true character and intention? Paul says in his letter to the Romans that by admiring God’s handiwork in nature His eternal power and divine nature are revealed to us, but only when we converse and meet with God do we begin to understand His true nature. Chris speaks on how we should move from simply admiring the world that God has created to being in true relationship with Him, only then will He be fully revealed to us.

Karen leads the rest of the service whilst Pete leads our sung worship this week.

Pentecost 2026: When the Spirit Began to Flow

Throughout this year we’ve been thinking about the river of God flowing from the temple in Ezekiel’s vision. Well, Pentecost was day 1 of that prophecy coming true. The Spirit came in power on the disciples in the upper room and flowed out through them into the people of Jerusalem. Chris reminds us that we are called to be continually filled with the God’s Holy Spirit and let the Spirit flow through us and into our communities today, just as he did all those centuries ago.

Susan leads the rest of the service whilst Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.

Growing in the Dark

As Chris is away this week we have Kevin Burdett bringing God’s word to us and he speaks on the Kingdom of God growing in the dark. Just like the seeds that a farmer plants in the ground sometimes it may appear that nothing is happening, however what we fail to see is what is…

Living Water

Following on from our amazing Anniversary Community Day yesterday Ant leads our all age service for May by taking us back to the Sunday Schools of his youth. There’s even a sword drill or two! But there is also a serious point: by looking back into our own church history we can see God’s stream of living water giving nourishment and we can have no doubt that he will continue to do so through us for many years to come.

Pete and Nick lead our sung worship this week.

Starting With God: The Cross

In first century Judea a cross was not generally something talked about in polite conversation, let alone boasted about. Yet through Jesus’ victory Paul says that he (and by extension we) can boast in the achievement of the cross. As we continue our starting with God series Chris examines Jesus’ victory, the turning of a symbol of terror and oppression into a symbol of hope and how we can still see God’s glory through the cross.

Karen leads the rest of the service as we have our first update from May’s mission of the month, AIM, and Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.

Starting With God: Exile

When we make a decision, conscious or unconscious, to not follow God wholeheartedly we can be sent into exile from Him. Not a physical exile like those experienced in the Old Testament but a spiritual exile where it feels like our connection with God is frayed or even totally broken. In the next in our…

Starting With God: Dead Ends

After a short Easter break this week we’re back in our series Starting With God. The writer of Ecclesiastes examines the whole of existence in his book and comes to the conclusion that “everything is meaningless”. But with one proviso: “everything is meaningless” without God. Chris looks at the dead ends that can occur in our lives if we try to exist without God directing us and how He gently but firmly brings us back to the path to life if we allow Him to.

Andy leads the rest of the service as Susan brings us prayers for Home Mission, our mission of the month for April, and Mike and Lynne lead our sung worship.

Restoration (Ezekiel 47:10)

This week we held our All Age Service for April as Shona leads us in thinking about part of Ezekiel’s vision where the dead sea is transformed from a salty and lifeless body of water into a sea teeming with life like the Mediterranean. We hear testimony from members of the congregation of how God has restored their own “dead seas” into seas full of life.

We end the service with an extended period of sung worship led by Pete and Nick as we welcome the Fuel Cast crew to document the faith stories of several of those in the congregation over the next couple of days.