Posted by: Andy Wilson
on Dec 9, 2011
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The Occupy movement has become the latest to use the slogan "what would Jesus do?", something that has been questioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury. But where did the slogan come from and is there ever an answer to the question posed, asks Stephen Tomkins.
Posted by: Emma Kinani
on Jul 10, 2011
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Why - we ask. No reason, God says. But ... No but, God says, I just do.
Posted by: Emma Kinani
on Jun 28, 2011
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We have to try and remember to stay humble. Sometimes there are people around you who may not necessarily wish the best for you. BUT, don't act in haste to hate them back or be mean to them. Continue to pray for them and allow God to work his special magic. God loves us all. The last weeks have been testy, but I thank God for the good counsel in the church and pray that we can be motivated to remain humble. I again thank God for the joy in my heart, not because I deserve it, or because there are no troubles, but because He has blessed me/us with people in our lives and in the church that genuinely care. What a nice warm feeling that is.
Posted by: Emma Kinani
on Mar 24, 2011
Facebook – yes, most of us use Facebook. The beauty is you can control whom you want to be a part of your circle and what kind of posts you choose to upload. I have found it to be a blessing to many as I post Biblical verses and inspiring God given accounts of my life on it. It reaches many and they have attested to the fact that it changes their outlook on life. Some have written to me saying they feel inspired or it made their day.
Since my settings allow everyone to view my posts, even people I do not know have written to me with words of kindness and given testimonies of how the word of God has moved them. This is in keeping with our theme to be witnesses for God’s purpose, and help bring more people to Christ, and acknowledge his power and love.
I thought I would post this extract for you: “Hey love, 're'u an aspiring priest of late? nway i love your biblical quotes.”
Posted by: Adam Thomas
on Mar 23, 2011
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Dear Friends, since we last wrote much has changed and life has been something of a roller-coaster. We are very grateful that God is at the controls. As we write God is amazingly putting many things in to place and enabling us to continue to move forward into all He is asking of us.
Posted by: Clare Nonhebel
on Jan 29, 2011
It was always my ambition to be a writer. It outlasted my other ambitions (ballerina, dairy farmer) and other careers - carer for young disabled, social worker, optician's assistant, secretary, and PR executive.
I've written stories ever since I could write. My first novel was 100 pages long, written in biro in a couple of exercise books, at the age of 13, and only my sister was allowed to read it. By my twenties, I was seriously writing a book. I'd heard how difficult it was to get published, and how you should never send the whole manuscript, only a couple of chapters as a taster. So I was caught out when, having sent three chapters of my first adult novel to Penguin books, an editor wrote back and asked to see the rest of it. I had to ask her to wait six months because I hadn't written it yet!
Posted by: Clare Nonhebel
on Jan 29, 2011
Former sex offenders released into the community are probably the nearest parallel to the lepers of Jesus’ day, feared, reviled and shunned. Paedophilia seems to have become the unforgivable sin, with no biblical basis for this belief.
Posted by: Andy Wilson
on Jan 22, 2011
I'm so excited that the MultiMedia Group has reached such a landmark stage in its development.
Posted by: Adam Thomas
on Jan 12, 2011
GBC members Adam and Rachel Thomas are off to Bosnia soon. Read their fascinating newsletter here and subscribe to future ones if you would like to.
Our Journey
Posted by: Beryl-Ann Fondam
on Nov 18, 2010
I am writing this blog to share how excited I am about my first video camera training session. On Tuesday after work I met at Andy Wilson's house for a training session on how to use Andy’s video camera. (Hopefully, the church will have it’s own in due course.) It was very educational and insightful and I am glad I have such an opportunity to learn new technical stuff. I love the fact that it is very simple but at the same time some of it can be complex. I had an overview of the professional Sony NXcam video camera, with 20x optical zoom. I have done some videoing and editing before—actually quite a lot—but that has always been with a small home video camera. I actually do a lot of projects at work using videoing and editing as evidence for our clients base learning curve.
Posted by: Andy Wilson
on Apr 30, 2010
Visitors to the Greenford Baptist Church building on Sunday mornings might have a bit of a shock these days. There are now so many people attending that we have to lay out extra chairs! In fact, at Easter Pastor David Wise reported we had the largest congregation ever!
Posted by: Lynda Wilson
on Jul 20, 2009
Last week whilst Andy and I were on holiday near Portsmouth, we listened to the local news on the television one evening and heard an interesting story about a budgie. It seemed that one had escaped from an aviary and the owner thought he would never see it again.
Posted by: Andy Wilson
on Jun 29, 2009
June 27 maked the Men Behaving Godly weekend away Each of us was given a list of Bible verses and the list was entitled, "Keep it close to your heart". Here are the verses (NIV).
Posted by: Andy Wilson
on Jun 25, 2009
Only one day to go until around 16 of the aptly named Men Behaving Godly group (MBG) - goes on its annual pilgrimage. This year we will be enjoying two days in the Windmill Farm Conference Centre, Oxfordshire.
Posted by: Andy Wilson
on Jan 1, 2007
I really enjoyed the New Year's Eve Celebration in our lovely warm church building - it was a fantastic night out with around 100 people - mostly church family but with a few visitors. The doors opened at 10.00pm and we were welcomed with tea, coffee and mince pies (enough already)!
Posted by: Andy Wilson
on Oct 31, 2006
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I have the privilege to report how excellently Greyham Bryant's "Tell your story" session went at the Barnabas discipleship group tonight.
Posted by: Andy Wilson
on Oct 29, 2006
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Today in Church, visiting guest speaker Professor Greyham Bryant started teaching a series on Spirituality.
Greyham also explained the wonderfully simple and natural way of how to "Tell your story". This can be practiced in discipleship groups or between friends. Part of the benefit of this is to learn how to share your faith with others in a very natural and acceptable way. So, here it is in Greyham's own words.