Harvest is the time when the Swindon Foodbank receives a huge percentage of its contributions from churches and schools. They always require: Long-life milk Tinned meat Sugar Tinned fruit Puddings Long-life fruit juice and Tinned tomatoes In addition we support… Read more

We really appreciated the number of people who came to our meetings on discipleship. The two meetings were essentially the same in content, but very different in style. Lots of good things came out of both. Stephen Gaukroger makes the… Read more

In order to raise funds, the local foundation YouNite is planning a to break a world record. The aim is to get 500 people to come to David Lloyd gym on Saturday 1st October for a massive Swiss Ball exercise… Read more

New Administrator: It was great to see Catherine in her new post. She got to grips with the joys of Media Shout which involved understanding both the complexity of the software and the confusing nature of the Anglican liturgy. (For example,… Read more

We interviewed two excellent candidates this week. The post has gone to Catherine and we are expecting her to begin work this week. This has been a very short vacancy. Commiserations to the unsuccessful candidate who interviewed extremely well.

The Rock Café intends to re-launch on Friday October 7th. New Times From Oct 7th The Rock will open for three hours on a Friday and for three hours on a Saturday. Specifically that means from 10:30am until 1:30pm. Each… Read more

Dave of SYFC writes: After speaking with many church leaders/youth leaders in Swindon, one thing that kept springing up was that here are no local training events for Church Children’s and Youth Workers to attend. Well just for you, Swindon YFC… Read more

Those presenting this evening were understandably nervous beforehand. Parish Share is never an easy issue to tackle. However they were surprised to receive a round of applause at the end from the representatives of the Anglican churches of Swindon. This… Read more

When: Friday 23rd September 7:45pm Where: St Joseph’s College C.S. Lewis wrote a lot more than The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. This play gives you an insight into the rest of his rich and fascinating life. Tickets from Deana or… Read more

Gerry of Bible Society is looking for 5 or 6 people to come together for about one hour one evening to discuss their views and attitudes towards Bible reading and study. Their research team is looking for ordinary Christians who… Read more

I am delighted to say that there is. We have had two people express their interest so far and, are planning to hold interviews this week. If all goes well, we can expect the vacancy not to last too long. Thank you… Read more

Those of you who know of Holy Trinity Brompton, will be aware of some of the excellent material that comes out of there—not least The Alpha Course. That has helped many churches, including this one, with their ongoing evangelism. For… Read more