Isleworth Congregational Church
Twickenham Road, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 7EU, United Kingdom
We were able to hold Church Meeting in May as under the new rules we were quorate, and that there was not a great deal to discuss was hopefully indicative of an operation that is running smoothly. It is always nice to finish early, notwithstanding the wonderful company. Much of what was discussed had to […]
Read on...by Rev. Antony W. Ball That’s what this diagram is called, according to the famous ‘Wikipedia’ – I’ve long been familiar with it without knowing its name – and, the encyclopedia tells us: “The Shield is not generally intended to be a schematic diagram of the structure of God, but it presents a series of […]
Read on...by Caroline and Rosie Andrews Last time I delivered a sermon, I spoke about my ideas about transgenerational trauma. To recap, this is the idea that the effects of a traumatic experience are passed down through generations. As I said, very little is known about the science behind forming memories; however, perhaps it is the […]
Read on...by Rev. David Howarth Did any of you watch the King’s Coronation, either from the comfort of an armchair or, as we are so close, the streets around Buckingham Palace and Westminster? As we know, as part of the celebrations, the King and Queen have encouraged communities to hold their very own celebrations in the […]
Read on...by Donald A.G.Burling The Jews were an agricultural people, and their year tended to follow the harvest program. This began immediately after the Passover festival, when firstfruits of green barley were presented in the temple. They were then told to count seven sabbaths before holding a sort of interim harvest festival, before they began to […]
Read on...Attendance at our Easter services was extremely disappointing – especially Maundy Thursday and Good Friday – but a little better on Easter Day. Let’s hope and pray that the spring weather will encourage more people to come to worship with us. At long last! We were finally able, last Wednesday, to hold our first ‘proper’ […]
Read on...by Rev. Antony W. Ball This is an ultra-traditional depiction of the ascension, which St. Luke mentions twice1, but is not really described in scripture. Such artistic representations as this must inevitably be offered in a spirit of “as good a guess as any”, because we are not actually told anything about Jesus’ appearance – […]
Read on...by Donald A.G. Burling My title is borrowed from Phil Andrews’ article in last month’s newsletter. I have never taken the helm of a big ship, but I have had command of a small motor cruiser on the Thames, and even on that there was an appreciable delay between turning the wheel and any change […]
Read on...The February Church Meeting was unfortunately not quorate, which in fact made it not a Church Meeting at all but a “Meeting of Church Members”, the difference being that whilst business could still be discussed and ideas deliberated upon no binding decisions could be taken. It was a shame, because there are so many matters […]
Read on...by Rev. Antony W. Ball Trouble is, we don’t even know for sure who that ‘disciple who had reached the tomb first’ was, we’re just told that ‘he saw and believed’. We think it might have been the apostle John (the writer of the Gospel) who mysteriously refers a couple of times1 to ‘the disciple […]
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