"We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. ...

I am white woman and lead a church that is mostly, but by no means exclusively, made up of white people. ...

Based on Exodus 35:30-36:1, for our time

See the Lord has chosen the people who follow Jesus and today wants to equip those who are part...

How do you know how to live as a free people if you and your whole community have been slaves for your entire life, as were your parents and their parents and theirs, going back...

The rainbow is the symbol that has been adopted to represent the solidarity that we want to express with one another and with the NHS and carers in this crisis. And it is an apt...

Over the next few weeks in café church, in school assemblies and in our 10am services we are going to reflect on stories from the Old Testament that people from the Jewish and ...

At various times in our lives James and I have come up with kind of mission or purpose statements for ourselves and our family. The reason for this has usually been to help us m...

I’ve had a week of getting back into some CS Lewis. Here’s a line of his as we think about seeing and believing in our Gospel today....

Loads of us have been making things or getting odd jobs done around the house during out lockdown. Some people's standards are higher than others, but I think that Easter is a j...

Read Zechariah 9:9-12

This part of Zechariah was written around at the time of Alexander the Great. The verses just before these refer to Alexander’s ram...

Based on Ezekiel's vision of the valley of the dry bones, a call to lament and hope for a different future

Written 20 March 2020

Dear Friends,

As of Wednesday 18 March at 5pm, our Day Centre will be shut but our staff team will continue to work to provide fresh sandwich lunches that can be del...

A reflection to start Lent in light on COVID-19

Let me say a few things about the season of Lent and how it might be important for us as individuals and a community this year....

A version of the address given at the Carol Service on Sunday 15 December 2019

At Remembrance we reflect on Jesus words "no more of this" and His call to be peacemakers in our world of violence.

At this time, the church in some parts celebrates St Michael and all angels. We might not think about angels very much and beyond the Christmas tree. But angels are present thro...

We are delighted to announce that Sam will be joining us in October 2019 with responsibility for the children and young people at SMWC and opportunities to go into the local pri...

May the One who blessed our ancestors bless all who live with mental illness, our care-givers, families, and friends. May we walk in the footsteps of ...

Christ is risen - Hallelujah!

We are The Easter People, and this is our season! Blossom on the common's trees, ducklings on the pond and early mornin...

There's a show on. A commotion in town. It is a Sunday and coming into Jerusalem is something between a carnival and a protest. Coats are laid down to make a makeshift red car...

You may not realise that our Gospel Choir Director, Cecelia Wickham-Anderson is a founding member of ...

The journey from Palm Sunday to Easter is a tough one. 

Our emotions are convulsing as we celebrate one minute the triumph ...