Signs of Life – a Season of Encouragement
This article was created by artificial intelligence, and was the subject of a talk given at the Sunday church service on 19th July 2026
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Annual Church Report 2025
When we at Isleworth Congregational Church remember 2025, it is inevitable that foremost amongst our recollections will be the loss of our retired former pastor Antony Ball, who sadly succumbed to leukaemia at the age of 80 on 30th April 2025 following some months of illness.
Read on...Annual Church Report 2024
by Phil Andrews A large turnout of members, by our modest standards, meant that our 2023 Annual Church Meeting could not only proceed but could enjoy the input of an impressive range of contributors. Serving officers were returned to the posts that they had filled for the duration of the previous year, although it was […]
Read on...Do You Read the Church Newsletter?
by Phil Andrews If you are reading this, then I would guess the answer is probably “yes”. But it may be that you are just randomly perusing, rather than being a regular reader? Or possibly you just skim through those articles or items which happen to catch your eye? On the other hand you may […]
Read on...The Congregational – Reaching Out to 1,000 Homes… But it Could Be More!
by Phil Andrews The first issue of The Congregational, the bi-monthly A5 community newsletter produced by the Friends of Isleworth Congregational Church, has been distributed to 1,000 dwellings around the locality. My special thanks go out to Bridget and Rayne, who assisted with their delivery. There isn’t a great deal of information that can be […]
Read on...Thoughts From the Meeting to Discuss the Future of Our Evening Services
by Phil Andrews A Special Meeting held on July 14th involving Church Members, members of the congregation and guests took the bold step of venturing to imagine the unimaginable – the possible discontinuation of our poorly-attended Sunday evening service and its replacement with new activities which might better reach out to the wider community and […]
Read on...“Reform That You May Preserve”
by Phil Andrews This well-known adage, often erroneously attributed to Benjamin Disraeli, was actually coined in an 1831 speech by Thomas Babington Macaulay, the famed British historian and Whig politician. When the Whigs (the forerunners of the Liberal Party) took office under the leadership of the Earl Grey, Britain was a fractious and turbulent place. […]
Read on...Well-attended Brainstorming Meeting brings hope – but only if ideas are followed up!
by Phil Andrews I was fearing the worst when our much-heralded Brainstorming Meeting on April 6th was about to commence. It had been called to discuss the future and indeed the very survival of our Church, and yet it appeared only five people had felt motivated to attend. And yet, probably no more than fifteen […]
Read on...Save Our Church – a Special Meeting (with light lunch!) – Saturday 6th April 2024 at 10.30 a.m.
by Phil Andrews In meeting after meeting we deliberate over how we can reverse the natural decline in the size of our congregations, and of our membership. I say “natural”, because people leave us for all sorts of reasons – moving home, immobility and (sadly but inevitably) even death. And the simple fact is that […]
Read on...Annual Church Report 2023
by Phil Andrews A just-about-quorate Annual Church Meeting in November 2022 heard the various reports of the various outgoing officers and elected, or one should say re-elected, a team of three deacons to serve the Church for the coming year and our various already-serving officers. Recurring fears over achieving a quorum would abate somewhat later […]
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