How the Vicar sees what’s happening at Ascension?’ Annual Meeting Sunday 25th April 2010

Eph. 2.17-22 – All find a place in the Temple of the Lord
Luke 13.22-30 – The Narrow Door

22 Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he went, always pressing on toward Jerusalem. 23 Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?”

He replied, 24 “Work hard to enter the narrow door [...]

It’s not within our control! Roberts thoughts for the Spring

Welcome to Easter! As some-one said, ‘Not that old story again’. Hmm…. Well for some reason it won’t go away. Will you come and hear the story again? For we are planning to tell it in word, picture, music, action – starting on Palm Sunday (28th March) through Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and on to [...]

Where is God in all this?

by Bev Samways

It’s the last thing anyone wants to hear.  Even when you hear the words it is like it is being spoken to someone else.  Cancer.  So many questions………… what does it mean to me? will it hurt? How will my family cope? what about the future? is there a future?  Lots of questions, [...]

Faith in Action—News

This project by Sue Weaver’s and Kath Brownell’s Cell Group has been running for just over a year now and it is encouraging to see how people are living out the Christian model of life described in Acts 4, vv.32-35 (“all the believers were of one heart and mind….and there were no needy persons among [...]

Children’s Church and Activity Tables –

Some great events have been celebrated – e.g. kids coping with the lions’ den, dramas and face masks. We love to have children with us for worship and to learn the ways of Jesus.

This Showstoppers!’ programme goes on to the end of April (full details available on colour programmes cards in church….) after that there will [...]

Challenging Lifestyle

our Spring & Summer series  based on Jesus’ teaching  in the Sermon on the Mount

this continues, having thought so far about integrity, giving, God’s plans found in the Old Testament fulfilled in Jesus, and a great launch by Archdeacon Andy on ‘How to live under God’s Blessing’  … Blessed are the poor in spirit, those who [...]

‘The God-worshippers’

a day ‘for those involved in heart of worship in their Church’. Sat 15th May at Trinity Cheltenham 10am – 5pm.

These New Wine days at Trinity Cheltenham (and elsewhere) are incredibly refreshing and resourcing – not least being with Christians from other places. The main speaker is Kenny Borthwick, a northern Scottish preacher several of [...]

The mAc* project

*mission Ascension crypt

The picture (right) is a ‘before’ picture! We shall have to wait a bit for the ‘after’ picture!  

We wrote last issue about this exciting plan to create a new Church & Community Youth Centre out of our Crypt – to include glass balustrading and graphics on the way in; sofas, film [...]

Youth and Children and Families Workers

A group of us have been working and praying on what to do to carry forward the work Tom has been doing, and how to use the new platform that the mAc project will provide for youth work in our community. We have also realized that with new families having joined us, our Noah’s Ark Toddler [...]

More Great Financial news from 2009…..

We reported last issue how for the 1st time in a few years we ended up over £2,000 in credit at the end of last year. We’ve had a deeper look at the figures since to prepare our accounts (thanks Mark!) and yes, our general giving went up 9% (in a year of Credit crunch!) and [...]