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Posted on March 31. Archived.

Sunday March 30th: This morning's talk by Phil Lightbody on Nehemiah 7 is available to download here.

Newcastle Passion

Posted on March 18. Archived.

With TV viewers tuning in this week to the BBC’s new controversial drama, The Passion, some 400 people in Newcastle will act out their own version of Jesus’ final hours this Friday.
At 11am on Good Friday, the members of six churches in Heaton will raise a cross and begin their “March of Witness” from St Gabriel’s Church on Heaton Road. At the same time, six churches in Walker will carry their cross from St Martin’s while another three churches will meet, lift up a cross and begin walking from St Dominic’s in Shieldfield.
The three processions will converge at Hadrian Square on Shields Road for a midday act of worship and prayer around the three crosses.
The 15 churches, representing the main Christian denominations including Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, Roman Catholic and United Reformed, are part of the Churches Together initiative. The churches will meet again at 6.30am on Easter Sunday morning in Heaton Park, to celebrate Christ’s resurrection.
For further information, contact Michael Stobbs on 0191 270 1143.

Download Day

Posted on March 18. Archived.

To download Sunday morning's (Mark 16th) talk by Roy Searle, click here.

MP3s to go

Posted on March 9. Archived.

Mike Davies's Sunday morning sermon on Nehemiah 6, plus Glen Marshal on Hosea 11 are now available to listen to or download here.

Tea with a bishop

Posted by Andy Carlisle on March 7. Archived.

I have just had the joy of having tea, one-to-one with Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham. An hour and a half in the company of a lovely, warm, generous and incredibly intelligent and thoughtful man. This arose from the Aquila Ball when Ruth bid for "Tea with the Bishop" in a charity auction without me knowing about it.
It was a breath of fresh air, and an encouragement to meet this foremost New Testament scholar and chat about all sorts of stuff. How about, for example "Do Christians go to heaven when we die?" or "Is healing in the atonement?", "How do we show God's heart for the poor without being tokenistic?" and "What is the good news?".
He doesn't believe we go to heaven when we die, as Christ's resurrection is the beginning the renewal of all things, ushering in his kingdom and bringing heaven to earth. So we don't have disembodied spirits in heaven but a renewed physical body and renewed and satisfying work to do for ever. See here for some reporting of this and here for a wealth of sermons in text and MP3 format.
The Bishop is just another fellow human being, albeit someone who is a man of God, a NT scholar, someone who attempts to put his faith into action, and a much needed voice calling us to be disciples of Jesus. Not everyone will agree with his interpretation of the Bible, but he takes his responsibility to preach and live the good news very seriously.
And incidentally, the cakes were delicious too.....

Monday's downloads

Posted on March 3. Archived.

Sunday's church bulletin, morning talk by Mark Elder on Nehemiah 5 and evening Spirit and Sharing service are now available to download as here.