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Continue reading →: The SanctuaryOn Friday 13 September, from 2-4 pm, we are launching a new initiative we are calling The Sanctuary. From that date the church will be open every Friday from 2 to 4 pm as a quiet space where anyone can pop in and enjoy some time for themselves. Should anyone…
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Continue reading →: Sunday Service – 11 August 2024It’s been a while since I posted one of my services but I think this one is important. Call to worship Strangers meet.Oil and grain turn to bread.The sick are healed.The weary are lifted up.The prisoners are set free.The everyday becomes a miracle.This is God’s work.We are its witnesses.Let us…
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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 →: Credo – January 2024Here is the text of my latest Credo article for the Newark Advertiser this week. Mark One of my tutors when I did my theology degree once said – ‘You can sum up the whole of the Bible in two words – Begin Again.’ What did she mean? Have you…
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Continue reading →: A Service for New Year’s Eve
I was preaching at Market Harborough Congregational Church this morning. You can follow this link to hear what I had to say. https://mhcongregational.church/morning-worship-from-june-2023/ Mark
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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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