St Michael's, Twerton

Seven

Rich — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:00:26 +0000

Coinciding with the New Year is a new book which we will be reading together as a church up to Easter. Written by Richard it’s about Discipleship. The main thing is to make the main thing the main thing. This may be hard, but it is not beyond us. The kingdom of God is available to every one of us. It is within reach. It is at hand. It is near. Practical and accessible, this book sets out a framework which will enable you to success in your desire to follow through on your commitment to being a disciple. Seven short chapters outline a rule of life that is easy to remember and possible to achieve. Jesus offered us life. Seven is about joining with others to experience it.

If you want to read it online you can click here Seven

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Christmas Services

Rich — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:14:12 +0000

Christmas service times over the next couple of days

Midnight Communion – 11pm

Christmas Day – Family Communion – 10.15am

New Year’s day – Rec House – 10.15am

Looking forward

Rich — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:32:05 +0000

Christmas means different things to each of us. For us as Christians we enjoy the whole season of celebration and festivity with an added pleasure. For in this season we look forward, not just back, to the day when the Prince of Peace will come and bring with him the reign of God over all creation.

Jesus’ name given to him at his birth was Immanuel – God with us – and it is this hope that gives us such hope and joy.

If you want to come along to services this Christmas you can be sure of a fantastic welcome. Look out for our services times.

Peace be with you.

The life I always wanted

Rich — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:03:31 +0000

What does being a Christian mean to you? What is the most important part of it all? How do you feel you are doing? Does it all make sense? Do you want to know God better? Have you ever thought something ought to change?

Jesus came to offer us a life in his kingdom and as a church it is our main aim to learn how to live this life well. Church people call learning about this life ‘discipleship’. Over the next year discipleship is going to take centre stage in our thinking and living as a community. Some of us have been disciples of Jesus for a while. Others have only just signed up for the journey. None of us feel we’ve got it licked and all of us want to grow in our life with God.

As the summer time comes to an end and we enter a new season together it is our aim to build each other up and see each other grow and mature. Together we are committed to being and making disciples.

Join us, if you want to make this your own goal. Join us is you want to discover the life you always wanted. Join us if you want to sign up as a student of Jesus. It will be worth it.

Summer Time

Rich — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:32:20 +0000

It’s great when summer comes and regardless of the weather we all look forward to the slightly slower pace that this holiday season brings. Summer is a good time for stuff we don’t normally have time for – hanging out in the garden having a BBQ, going on trips to the sea, going overseas, relaxing with a book. As a church August is always a slower time for us and it gives us time to recharge our batteries ready for the new school year in September. Take the opportunity to reflect about your own life with God. Take time to check on your most important relationships. Summer time is a gift to us. Perhaps write some things down that you feel God is saying to you, or read through a gospel and pick up a Christian book. Why not try and go for a ‘prayer walk’ with God in the country side? What ever you do this summer, may the goodness of God touch you every day.

Revolution

Rich — Wed, 25 May 2011 11:55:52 +0000

It was a fab weekend! Just getting together, sitting down in the sunshine, going for a gentle stroll, enjoying a cup of coffee, eating great food, were all fantastic, but it was the quality of the the teaching and the sense of what God was saying to us through each other that will really last. During the morning David and Myrtle Lawrence presented us again with the invitation and challenge of Jesus to join in his revolution of love. Once again we were moved and excited to see ourselves as change-makers, system-breakers, culture-shapers. We were encouraged once again to see how this revolution was always intended to extend to the edges of human life. God was coming to bring his kingdom of love and forgiveness and healing to a world longing for justice and freedom. Invited to take Jesus at his word and to believe in him, we have become his disciples. Like Peter, James and John (Jesus’ three closest disciples) we looked at how Jesus left us with some incredible resources for living in the kingdom and seeing this revolution through. Later in the afternoon, God seemed to speak in a different mode as we reflected together about what had been said and began to notice how central prayer was in this revolution of love. And so we committed ourselves to forming ‘houses of prayer’ right across the area as centres of blessing. The day ended with a Hog Roast and Ceilidh in the evening. And you can’t help smile whenever you think about it all… Thank you to everyone who helped with food, money, putting away, washing up, chatting… It was brilliant.

Houses of Prayer

Rich — Sat, 07 May 2011 12:36:04 +0000

A few years ago it seemed clear that god was reminding us once again about the centrality and importance of prayer in our lives. We talked together about how Jesus entered Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and went looking for the life of prayer displayed by the people of God at the time and how angered and disappointed he was with what he found. We also talked about the invitation god was offering us to participate in his mission to our loved world by joining him in prayer. This led us to latch upon the phrase ‘house of prayer’ and we were encouraged to both make our own homes ‘houses of prayer’ right across the community, and also to see our own church building as a ‘house of prayer’.

The heart of God has not changed and once again there is a call from God to meet him in prayer – either in our own homes or together at church. All over the country and the world we are seeing the blessing that comes when people pray and the church lives up to its calling as the renewed temple of God to be a house of prayer for all nations.

Join others on Tuesday evenings from 7-8, or set up your own ‘house of prayer’ at work, at home or at the weekends.

And remember – every prayer makes a difference.

Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil
for the Kingdom
the power and the glory are yours
now and for ever
Amen

Dwell

Rich — Wed, 04 May 2011 20:09:14 +0000

At the same time that God is looking for a ‘house of prayer’ in which to dwell we find ourselves thirsty for the reality of his powerful and peaceful presence in our lives. Stepping out of the rush and noise of our lives we are launching a new service called DWELL. Our heart is to create a space and time which will enable us to dwell in God’s presence without distraction, to sense his nearness and to draw close to him. Using music, silence, images and prayer we are committed to finding God and finding ourselves in him.

So come. Come if you are thirsty and hungry for more of God in your life. Come ready to share and to believe. Come ready to love and welcome. Come as you are.

Restoring the Foundations

Rich — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:55:27 +0000

All of us are damaged and broken in some way or other. All of us fall short of the ideal. All of us struggle with sin. All of us, at times, feel wretched about ourselves.

Restoring the Foundations is a weekend course that will enable you to find healing, restoration and refreshing. Developed over many years experience the course will gently lead you through a series of exercises and reflections that bring the power of Jesus’ words to bear on your life. We are delighted that Liz and David Ayton will be coming to lead this weekend course here in Twerton. Having ministered as a couple over many years they will be introducing the concepts of RTF and equipping us to help others to find freedom too.

The cost of the weekend is highly subsidised and is a remarkable £10!

Let Tory know if you want to come.

Ephesians

Rich — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:34:28 +0000

We are really excited to be starting a new series on Sunday mornings through the summer – Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Bursting with energy, praise, love, passion, wisdom and thanks, this letter is one of the high points in the whole New Testament. From start to finish Paul is caught up with a big picture of what God is doing through Jesus and his Church putting things back together again and making all things new. Some have likened it to going on a ride on the London Eye and taking in the view of the city which previously we couldn’t have seen. Sundays at 10.15.