People who think Christmas can’t happen this year because of a shortage of HGV drivers haven’t understood what Christmas is all about. For £4.50 you can buy a Real Advent Calendar for children or grandchildren. That will explain why we… Read more

Multi Media Operator We use Media Shout 7 to display words, pictures and videos during the service. We will need people to operate that system. Young people as well as adults are involved. Sound Desk Operator This is slightly more… Read more

18 Advent Calendars for sale at £4.50 each. We want to share the message of hope, faith and love that is at the very heart of Christmas. The Real Advent Calendar allows us to do that. It includes a Christmas… Read more

For many years we have held a wonderful communion service in James Wilks House once a month on a Wednesday afternoon. The James Wilks residents were joined by a number of church members from the neighbourhood. Bishop Viv was a… Read more

If you’re worshipping remotely, you don’t get to hear John playing the drums, nor meet your friends face to face. But, then again, you wear what you want, have an easier start to Sunday, and don’t have to worry about… Read more

Rather than spread our gifts too thinly this year, we made the decision to focus on The Filling Station. Swindon Food Collective have so much food they only want hygiene and cleaning products this year. In this respect, they are… Read more

We appreciated people going to sit downstairs when they arrived in church last week. We opened the balcony in the end, but only when it was necessary and in a way that meant we could control that number of people… Read more

The Filling Station has re-started after being forced to close temporarily because of Covid. It has operated in Swindon every Thursday for over 20 years, and supports 50 homeless people, or those at risk of homelessness, each week. During the… Read more

The success of the vaccination programme has been a massive answer to prayer, but, while it has transformed the outlook of the pandemic, it has not eliminated all risk. We still need to carefully manage the risks from Covid-19. Over… Read more

If all those who were intending to go into the balcony last week had gone upstairs there would have been 21 people adults and children up there out of an in-person congregation of 57. In other words, 37% would have… Read more

The music group kept worship going during lockdown. Now we can come back to church we know which members of the music group are happy to play and sing and which are shielding. Where do we go from here? Alison… Read more

We are going to be looking at the book of Ezekiel. Most people know about The Valley of the Dry Bones but the rest of the book is a mystery. As a young man, Ezekiel’s future was all laid out…. Read more