by Alex Drew | Aug 3, 2021
On a scorching summer morning, a small group gathered in the shade of a willow tree to create a scarecrow with a melon head and sweet potato feet. The scarecrow was created and entered into the local flower show by a small community that meets weekly in a place they...
by Jess Collard | May 24, 2021
Our friends Ali Boulton and Owen Green from Wichelstowe bring an update of what has been happening during this past year and a look into the next steps as we come out of this pandemic. A grant from Home Mission is a great support for the work they are doing in this...
by Alex Drew | Apr 19, 2021
Recently, we’ve been in touch with those who receive a Home Mission Grant to take us through some of the things that have happened over this past year. The first in this series is from Mike Peat who is a Free Church Chaplain at Bristol Uni. Be encouraged by what has...
by Alex Drew | Nov 24, 2020
As we come towards the end of this quite unprecedented year, we’d like to say thank you for your faithfulness in praying for and giving to our Home Mission churches, our emerging expressions of church, and towards resourcing others in the mission of God. We’d also...
by Alisdair Longwill | Jul 21, 2020
On 23rd March 2020, the Prime Minister announced the news of a three week lockdown in order to stop the spread of COVID-19. From that date we entered an unprecedented time of social restriction, in which many normal social interactions were prohibited. ...
by Alisdair Longwill | Jun 9, 2020
The Stowe, Wichelstowe are one of our Home Mission supported churches who seek to live as a values-based community. These values are what The Stowe call their ‘DNA’ to which they covenant annually. Core to the DNA are the values of; ‘laying down our lives’ and...
