You can read today’s passage here: Hebrews 8 and if you would like to you can listen to it here: NIV Audio Bible, Hebrews 8. If you’re not in the practice of regularly listening to the Bible, I think you’ll find that it comes alive in a really different way when you listen to it …
You can read today’s post here: Hebrews 7:11-28 Hebrews is a complicated book. It, or the English translations of it at least – I can’t claim to have read in other languages – is full of close argument and complex sentences which take a lot of unpicking. Take the 18 verses we’re given in the …
On 22nd March 22 at 10.30 GMT, we will be worshipping together on Facebook at The Emmanuel Group Facebook Page. We’d love for you to join us if you can.
You can read the text of today’s reading here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+1&version=NLT The text of this reading is pretty straightforward: if you want to be blessed, for life to be as it should be and to receive all that life has for you, all that God has for you, even, delight in the law of the Lord. …
This is the first of a series of reflections that we want to offer to our Church and to all who wish to join along with us. It is always intriguing to me that the Bible, which is an ancient collection of books and so often seems so hard to understand can still speak to …
Dear all who are part of the Emmanuel Family,At around 1.30 today, the Church of England gave the instruction that Churches cease to offer Acts of Worship for the foreseeable future. The update was given on the CofE’s Coronavirus page, below: https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-churches Linked to this is a press release gives more information if you would …
An Update on the life of Emmanuel Group of Churches Read More »
Friends, In light of all that is happening with Coronavirus, I thought I’d write a quick update. First of all, at least for tomorrow (March 15th) we will be meeting as normal at Emmanuel, Rectory Farm and Boothville. New advice and guidance from the government and from our sponsoring denominations is coming out all the …
We had one of those joyful and sad occasions yesterday morning as we thanked God for Phil and Becky Snelson’s 11 and a half years with us and prayed for them as they move into new ministry elsewhere. Sad because we will miss them hugely. Joyful as we celebrated all they gave to Emmanuel. We …
We are absolutely delighted that Yvonne Desroches will be joining our Group of Churches as Pioneer Curate at the end of June. A Pioneer Curate is someone who is training for ministry and has a particular role seeking new opportunities for our Churches to share the good news of Jesus. I (Haydon) am really looking …
Dear Emmanuel Group of Churches folks, Happiest of New Years to you all. On this, my first day back at work in 2020, I wanted to start by looking back on 2019 and saying thank you. We had a great year as a Group of Churches in so many ways, with new people joining us, …
