Our blog contains posts from our Minister Mark Humm, and other guests.
In the run-up towards Easter, our church made the courageous decision to make the 40 days of Lent about others and not about ourselves. We signed up to the ‘40Acts’ initiative and committed to an act of kindness each day towards those we know and those we don’t. We had some great stories to share. […]
Here’s all the videos highlighting each week of 40acts for 2016: Week 6: Week 5: Week 4: Week 3: Week 2: Week 1:
The word ‘STORY’ has deep roots. I recently visited my mum in Kent, who reminded me that my favorite storybook when I was a kid was ‘Tim Mouse goes down the stream.’ I would make her read the story to me over and over and over again. It reminds me of the power of a […]
Lent 2016- Do Lent Generously- Starts 10th Feb 2016. This year we’ll be doing Lent differently. Instead of making lent about ‘self-improvement’, let’s make it about ‘world improvement’. In our recent sermon series ‘Resolutions’ we said- ‘If you really want to be a better person, make the world a better place!’ This lent we’ll be […]
As I write, a website is counting down, only three days till ‘Blue Monday’. I’m not referring to the song by New Order, but the third Monday of January dubbed ‘the most depressing day of the year.’ As you read this, you will have passed through this ominous event and hopefully re-appeared unscathed on the […]
Celebrate Christmas with us this year at the following events.
We played a music video from YouTube to reflect on after yesterday’s service “Journey through the wall”. It can be used for quiet reflection for those who find themselves at “the Wall”. From YouTube: “Jesus, Draw Me Ever Nearer” [Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pib13aveIKU]
This video was shown near the end of Sunday 18th’s service, it fits in nicely with the sermon “Going back in order to go forward”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-opi1Qre8Cc
The family at Godstone Baptist Church recently began an eight week campaign, combining Sunday messages, weekly home groups and personal devotions, all with the aim of helping us grow. The complete sermon series can be found here. “Grow into what?“I hear you ask. That’s a really important question! Maybe a quote from writer and author, […]
Have you started your Day by Day EHS readings yet? Here’s a YouTube video describing the material and how best to approach it. “Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Day by Day: A 40-Day Journey with the Daily Office”
