In this short video, Minister Richard Rycroft and Church Member Clare Kemp share the story of how Hillfields Park Baptist Church went from being very quiet at the beginning of lockdown, to becoming a thriving hub from which God’s ongoing provision has been reaching members of the local community.
Our webnet gathering and AGM will take place on Zoom on Monday October 12th at 7pm. Each member church should have at least one representative to the AGM, and we ask that you register to say who is coming, and who is the church’s voting representative. To register your attendance and to receive your Zoom […]
We have some holiday club material that we are currently developing and would love to share it with you to use with the children in your communities and churches. The Theme is Under the Sea, and each day we will be exploring a different teaching that Jesus gave from the Sea of Galilee. It includes […]
As you may know we at Renew Wellbeing are offering our training online free during lockdown for any church interested in setting up a Renew Wellbeing space. We believe this is a key time for the church to be taking a lead in hosting such places of welcome and peace. Renew spaces are simple safe […]
If you missed our BLESS Prayer Gathering or you’d like to take some time to revisit it, you can still do so on our YouTube Channel. Take a few moments and add your prayers to ours. We warmly invite you to join in our inspirational webnet Prayer Gathering on Sunday 28th June at 7pm. We’ll be […]
Celebrations are usually about getting together, and the celebration of the birth of the church is no different! Last weekend churches across our region joined together, overcoming a range of challenges, to work together as one church to celebrate and to share with those who didn’t know, what Pentecost is all about. We’ve asked three […]
As some parts of the community are enjoying a little more exercise and social contact (albeit at a 2-metre distance), there are many for whom nothing has changed, and for whom nothing will change, possibly for several months to come. Those who are staying home because of underlying health conditions or because they are over 70 […]
We’re delighted to let you know that following quite a unique journey, Jon Thurlow was commended by webnet as one of our Regionally Recognised Leaders last October. Ordinarily we’d be asking Jon to share something of his story at the Summer Gathering and AGM, but as things are a little different this year we’ve asked […]
As some restrictions are in the process of being eased, it’s only natural that church leaders begin to consider what this may mean for church communities in the coming months. Rather than making plans to ‘return to normal’ however, this is an ideal opportunity to talk as leadership teams about what you’re discovering during lockdown […]
Regional Minister Lindsay Caplen shares how lockdown has created an ‘open door’ in her neighbourhood these past few weeks. My kitchen has smelt particularly aromatic recently as I have, amongst other things, attempted to bake bread, hot cross buns and marmite biscuits (mmmmm.) The first two have required yeast to make them rise. Yeast is […]
