This year has been a tough and challenging time for all as we find ourselves having to have put down things that boost our wellbeing. Seeing family and friends, exercise, hobbies, holidays and all the extra small treat in between. We often use Lent and other times in the calendar to restrict or beat ourselves up …
The Chair of Trustees for Emmanuel Group of Churches, Rachel Tighe, is taking maternity leave from her role. Rachel will remain the named Chair but David Bell will take on the role as Deputy Chair of Trustees and will cover Rachel’s role while she is on maternity leave. To assist David in this role Maureen Luke …
It seems hard to believe but Lent is just around the corner. This year, this strangest of all years for many of us, it feels especially important to take the time in Lent to pause, to pray, to reflect and to (re)turn once again to God. Whether we’re full of joy, sorrow or something in …
Today marks the beginning of the annual Week of Prayer For Christian Unity. Jesus prayed that his followers ‘would be one, Father, as you and I are one’ and it is incredibly important for our life and work as Christians to work together with other Christians and Christian Churches as much as we possibly can. …
January 6th 2021 Dear Emmanuel Family Following the announcement of the new lockdown, the Re-Opening Team met on Tuesday morning (January 5th). This is myself, John Weaver, Linda Withers,, Rachel Tighe and Mike Maddocks. Following this meeting I have contacted the rest of our Trustees and sought their prayers and support for the direction we …
An Update Regarding Physically-Gathered Services During Lockdown Read More »
Early in January in most years it is the practice of many Christians to renew their commitment to God, their faith and to their Church family through the Covenant Prayer. We said this prayer together for this year as a Church in our service of January 3rd. Following from that service, here are some questions …
As we begin a new year, I thought it might be a good moment to report on the work of the Weston Favell Centre Foodbank, the Foodbank which we operate with partners and which has had an exponential growth in both demand and operation over the last few years. In 2019, Weston Favell Centre Foodbank …
It takes time to embed values and vision. I’d love it if you could read the letter below and pray about what you think God is saying, where He is leading, and which area outlined below you would like to play a part in during 2021. Dear Members of the Emmanuel Family, I’m writing this …
A note from our previous Team Rector re: Vision : A Letter to All In Our Church Family Read More »
Christmas is coming. We’d love for you to celebrate it with us. Here is a list of what we have coming up. On Christmas Eve we will have Boothville at 4PM – Mary Langley and her team are arranging this service Online Nativity at 4PM – this will be on our Facebook page. Yvonne and …
We are developing our partnership with Carl Beech and the team at Edge Ministries, beginning with the launching of an Edge Centre with our Money Support Service launching through Paul Foster and his team in January. As you’ll see from this video, there’s so much more that could follow. Do watch Carl’s video. I think …
