Isleworth Congregational Church
Twickenham Road, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 7EU, United Kingdom
by Phil Andrews These immortal words appeared on the front cover of a recent Church newsletter. They were unqualified, not conspicuously pertaining to any article or inclusion therein. Thus I assumed the slogan to be a space filler, something inserted to occupy a large, empty void which might otherwise have left the reader with the […]
Read on...by Phil Andrews I became a member of Isleworth Congregational Church towards the end of the previous millennium, having reconnected with the Church following a chance encounter with the then Secretary Pat Burch in the spring of 1998. I say “reconnected”, because I had previously been involved with Isleworth Congregational as a teenager back in […]
Read on...by Caroline Andrews There’s a table in our Quiet Room presented to a Mr. Stonebridge, who was the person ministering at the Church when Dilys Williams, Pat Cole and (later) Trisha Lumm first attended the Church. Dilys and Trisha were both regulars at our Sunday School and Pat Cole was in the Girls’ Life Brigade […]
Read on...by Phil Andrews It has been many years now since Isleworth Congregational Church first launched its website, but the recent improved version provides us with a whole range of opportunities to reach out into the wider community, as well as to interact with one another at our own leisure, outside of organised Church activities. Just […]
Read on...by Rev. Antony W. Ball …to all who did receive Him, to those who have yielded Him their allegiance, He gave the right to become children of God… Jn i 12 (NEB) Last Wednesday evening, our Church Meeting asked me to write an article for our newsletter on what it means to be a Church […]
Read on...By Phil Andrews One of the many advantages that a real “live” church meeting has over an assembly held via Zoom is that it enables real debate to take place without the inevitable acoustic issues which arise when more than one person tries to contribute at the same time. Anyone who has tried to actively […]
Read on...by Elizabeth Crewes The weather was dry and bright, a good omen, the Lord blessed the venture; as the days either side were very mixed with cloud and rain. Chairs were placed in the grounds of St. John’s with social distance respected, the sound system was plugged in and a run through of the hymns […]
Read on...by Phil Andrews When Jesus sent his apostles forth to build His church, I wonder if He envisioned quite the diverse array that that simple command would engender two thousand years down the line? Catholic churches, Orthodox churches, Protestant churches low, high and somewhere in the middle – all of these love and worship our […]
Read on...Eph i 23 (NEB) by Rev. Antony W. Ball ‘INDEPENDENT CHURCH 1848’ is carved into the stonework on either side of the main door of our church building (note my small c) but our Church (capital C) was ‘born’ at the first Congregational Church Meeting which was on June 14th 1849, although regular services had […]
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