19th June 2016 A classic Church on the Roundabout Sunday

Every Sunday that we get together as a church is always a special time, but some stand out as extra special! I walked away from this one thanking God that it was everything that we hold close to our hearts. It all started with coffee […]
Fringe Festival Blog 2016

Day 0: Thursday: This surreal day started on Wednesday night when festival organiser John Giddings was invited to a prayer concert put on by Island churches to pray specifically for the festival. That night it was arranged that three of us would meet him the next […]
First ever Walking Church a great success

On Sunday 8th May, as an official part of the IOW Walking, over 50 church members aged 1-70+ and walkers joined in this first event of it’s kind. We set off from the Church Centre and made our way to the Pan Mills Meadows nature […]
IOW man helps Syrian refugees

This is the report from Ian Johnson, who recently went out to Greece to do his bit in helping in the awful refugee crisis that has developed there. A Trip to Lesvos – to report the situation that I encountered – information for supporters February […]
Fringe Fest 2015 Songs

[youtube]HJtM_LOTRPU[/youtube] Artists: Tony Atherfold, Tony and Sue, Jodi with guitarist Tony Murphy, Little Stevie Williams
FRINGE FEST DAY 3

A busy day, and so good to see over 70 of the church there mucking in with everything from BarBQs to music to cleaning toilets, bracelet making to bin emptying and also plenty of fruitful conversations. The day started with a festivalesque time of communion, […]
FRINGE FEST DAY 2

After being visited by our MP Andrew Turner yesterday, today it was the turn of BBC’s Casualty Staff Nurse Rita (Chloe Howman). Yes, of course we charged her phone for her! There was so much yummy food, including Cecille’s Noodle Bar, “Beardmore’s BBQ” and loads of […]
FringeFest15 Day 1

Radical for a church to start the day with a time of prayer, but we did today, then at 9:15 we opened our doors to a steady stream of people, some of whom we had met from previous festivals, but mainly first timers. It was […]
Blogging Elim100 Leaders Summit 2015

Well I have to say, Harrogate International Centre was a top setting for a top conference. Yes there was a lot of talk about 100 years of the Elim Movement, but the real emphasis was, as one speaker put it, “The God of NOW“. We […]
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