Turning the Tanker (Part Two) – We Must First Build the Bridge for Others to Cross

by Phil Andrews A visitor to our Church building some months ago tried to explain to us a concept which his own Church had had some success in pursuing. The word he used to describe it was “circles”. The idea was a relatively simple one. We on the inside of the Church are few and […]

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Turning the Tanker (Part One) – Decline Doesn’t Have to Be Inevitable

by Phil Andrews Our January Church Meeting attracted the grand total of four people. Three of them were deacons. Even if my tentative suggestion that we reduce the quorum at Church Meetings from eight to six had been put to a vote and carried, we would still have been inquorate in January. February’s showing was […]

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Hark how all the welkin* rings, ‘Glory to the King of kings…’

by Rev. Antony W. Ball . You know that Christmas carol, of course? No…? Oh – perhaps you know it as… Hark! The herald angels sing ‘Glory to the new-born King’ They’re two different versions of the same carol. Charles Wesley wrote it in 1739, and was apparently not too keen on it – he […]

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