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Continue reading →: Mid-Faith Crisis Podcast – Dave TomlinsonI have written a few times about the Mid-Faith Crisis Podcast with Nick Page and Joe Davis. I highly recommend it at all times but the latest podcast features a friend of our Church, Dave Tomlinson, who is speaking about his new book – OMG A Bad Christian’s Book of…
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Continue reading →: Credo June 2024Here’s my latest article for the Newark Advertiser – published today. I wrote this article around 10 years ago, and at the time the person coordinating the articles on behalf of Churches Together in Newark wouldn’t pass it forward for publication because it was “very unorthodox and would not be…
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Continue reading →: Credo May 2024Here’s my latest article for the Newark Advertiser’s Credo column I’d be interested to hear your reaction. Mark My all-time favourite television show is The West Wing. For those who don’t know it’s about a fictional US President, Josiah Bartlet, played by Martin Sheen. He’s a great President. If only…
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Continue reading →: PLUMHALL in concertOn Saturday 13 April we are delighted to host the latest in our series of musical events in the church hall when Plumhall are our visitors, fresh from their 30-date tour with the Legendary Fairport Convention. Plumhall (Michelle Plum and Nick B Hall) are critically-acclaimed songwriters from the UK, using…
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Continue reading →: Newark Congregation Church adopts Inclusive Church Statement.At our Church Meeting earlier this week we unanimously decided to adopt the Inclusive Church Values Statement which says: “We believe in inclusive church – a church which celebrates and affirms every person and does not discriminate. We will continue to challenge the church where it continues to discriminate against people on grounds of disability,…
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Continue reading →: Remembrance Sunday 2023Here’s what I had to say on Sunday. It was quite well received so I thought I’d share it. Mark Call to Worship In a world filled with violence and war, we gather together to celebrate the promise of peace. In a world filled with tyranny and oppression, we gather…
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Continue reading →: The Pantaloons – A Comedy of ErrorsGood morning everyone On Sunday 01 October from 14.30 – 16.30 the touring theatre company The Pantaloons are visiting us again – this year to perform their version of Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors. Here’s what The Pantaloons say about it: Cartoonish capers in Shakespeare’s funniest farce! Two sets of…
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Continue reading →: Service 13 August 2023Here’s what we were talking about yesterday. I hope you find it of interest Mark Call to Worship We are called to bring a new understanding of God: that God so loves the world. We are the salt of the earth. We are called to bring a new hope in…






