Author Archives: tim

Early Church – Working

A couple of weeks ago, as part of our ongoing examination of the life of the early church, I spoke about being a disturbing church, and one of the examples we looked at was in chapter 5 of Acts. What was the outcome of the early church disturbing those around them? It grew. This is […]

October 15, 2023 – 2:04 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged | Comments (0)

Early Church – Disturbing

This morning we continue our journey through Acts, seeing how the early church did things, and what we might learn from that for our own church life. Over the last couple of weeks we’ve had a merry old time thinking about caring and sharing – lovely affirming stuff. This week, however, it gets a bit […]

October 1, 2023 – 2:03 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Where is the focus?

It’s all a matter of focus. I’m sure you’ve all seen those pictures which show different things, depending on how you look at them. Is it a candle stick, or two faces? How old is the woman in the picture? Is it a rabbit or a duck? What you see depends on many things – […]

September 24, 2023 – 11:31 am | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , | Comments (1)

The Early Church – Caring

I wonder if anyone remembers these? Perhaps you had one, or your children or grandchildren. Anyone going to own up? Now, I have two admissions to make. The first is that I thought that care bears were a thing of the past, but when I googled to find a picture of them, it became apparent […]

September 17, 2023 – 11:55 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , | Comments (0)

The Early Church – Baptism

This morning we are continuing our series exploring our communal life as a church community, by investigating the life of the early church as seen in Acts. As we read how the early church did things it gives a great opportunity to highlight and celebrate, as well as to look for ways in which we […]

September 10, 2023 – 11:50 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

The Goal of Mission

I thought I might start with a little quiz this morning. I’m going to put some mission statements up on the screen, and we’re going to see if anyone knows what organisation they belong to. Inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup and one neighbourhood at a time. Starbucks To empower […]

July 2, 2023 – 11:59 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (0)

Preparing for Mission

This week is our second week thinking about mission and sharing the good news of Jesus in different ways, all building up to the Start to Stir day on the 8th of July. Last week we thought about motivation for mission – if you missed it, do look it out on our Facebook and Youtube […]

June 18, 2023 – 1:34 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (0)

Feasting

When we were looking at this passage from Luke in a more reflection mode at Rest a couple of weeks ago, I suggested that we imagine a banquet, our favourite food, the things that really get our taste buds tingling. I wonder what that might be for you. I wonder what your go to celebration […]

February 28, 2023 – 9:27 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Ash Wednesday 2023

As we begin our journey through Lent this year, some of us will be using this book, “Images of Grace” as a source of inspiration for our thinking, praying, and reflecting. As we go travel towards Easter we will be considering different images that occur in the Bible, and what new perspectives they might give […]

February 23, 2023 – 9:10 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Clean

In late 2019 we began to hear news of a new virus that had begun to spread in China. In mild cases it gave people a cough and flu like symptoms. Within six months we were in lockdown. Most people were confined to their houses apart from essential trips out. We were advised to keep […]

January 30, 2023 – 9:03 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , | Comments (1)