Category: Church Matters

Every autumn our leadership team goes for a weekend away to Pleshey, a beautiful Essex village, which still retains its

Expectations at death vary enormously. I have just had dealings with a very ‘loud’ non-church family whose loved one had

A friend of mine was telling me about a visit to another church. The sermon was interesting, but not uplifting.

A minister-friend of mine has recently gone through a sticky patch. Some of his church members accused him of being

In February 2006, after having conducted 16 weddings in two years (which is a lot for a Baptist church, where

The other Friday Caroline and I had been invited to attend a Ruby Wedding party which took place in a

45 years ago – on 26 August 1967 to be precise – Caroline and I were married in Chester Street

The traditional church rites of passage deal with birth, marriage and death. However, there are other events in life which

Two years ago we appointed a young man, Matt Rowe as our ‘intern’ for students and young adults with a

As an authorised person for the registration of marriages in my church, I am responsible for copying the entries in