Margaret William’s Sermon 22nd June 2014
churchadmin2014-08-21T14:28:16+01:00Listen to Margaret William’s sermon reflecting on her 40 years as a lay reader in Swindon.
Margaret Williams
Painting the church red
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Lightening over Christ Church Stephen Grosvenor
Anyone looking at the Swindon skyline after dusk will be surprised to see the familiar shape of Christ Church bathed in red light. This is to mark Pentecost which commemorates the Holy spirit coming down on the apostles.
Even more surprising, Old Town was the centre of a violent thunderstorm on Friday evening which provided a fantastic sound and light show for those visiting our Community Centre.
Gifts for the Garden of Reflection
churchadmin2014-07-07T00:12:32+01:00We have received a number of generous donations towards the building and upkeep of the Garden of Reflection which we intend to mark by the installation of a plaque. This
will enable us to acknowledge these gifts and commemorate some of those, in whose memory, the donations were given.
If you would like to make a gift in memory of a loved one then please contact the parish office (01793 522832) as soon as possible. We intend to finalise the plaque wording by the end of June.
Christ Church at the Heart of Old Town
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Laurie Plant
Read about local artist, Laurie Plant’s project to create an artwork for our Community Centre and find out how you can purchase exclusive, limited edition prints of the artwork itself and many of the local elements that make it up. Visitors to our Community centre will find the artwork on the wall facing the main entrance – it comprises over 30 images of iconic buildings or features of the Old Town and beyond.
Come and see how many you can identify.
Visit from Bishop Mike – 9th June
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Bishop Mike will be visiting us on 9th June at Christ Church. Swindon Deanery Leadership team has invited Bishop Mike to lead a special evening on Monday 9th June in Christ Church.
Refreshments for 7pm; 7.30pm for Pentecost worship.
Bishop Mike will then give a keynote address ‘Increasing confidence in our Christian faith’ and then be open to questions. He will pray with us and license Simon for a further 3 year term
as Area Dean of Swindon.
The evening will also launch our 10,000 voices in the Swindon Deanery and we are looking for people to pass on their story of what God has done in their lives by way of personal witness.
Please pass the word around.
All Welcome
First Annual Friends of Christ Church Lecture -“Sacred Land – discovering the hidden stories of our town and landscape”
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We are delighted to announce the first annual Friends of Christ Church Lecture at 4pm in the Community Centre at Christ Church. by Martin Palmer. Martin is Secretary General of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) a secular organisation he founded with Prince Philip to work with each major faith around the world developing environmental programmes based upon the faith’s own teachings, traditions and resources. The lecture will be followed by tea.
We especially thank God for the ministry of Martin’s father the Ven. Derek Palmer and his wife Cecily. We welcome back members of the Palmer family today as they remember, especially Cecily, who died 10 years ago yesterday. The floodlights are lit on Sunday night for all those who have ministered at Christ Church in past years.
Alpha Course
churchadmin2014-05-19T12:57:16+01:00Alpha at Christ Church: our next Alpha Course will run on Tuesday evenings from May 13th 7.30pm-9.30pm in the CC@CC.
Alpha is an introduction to the Christian faith course which is being run in 176 countries across the world and throughout Great Britain. On Tuesdays over the next 10 weeks, we are holding an Alpha course. Alpha provides a non threatening, friendly and honest environment to consider the questions:
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Why am I here?
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What is the point of life?
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Does life matter?
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Is there a God?
Each evening starts with food and chat at 7.30pm, there is a talk over coffee, and then time for discussion – straight talking encouraged, fun guaranteed! Alpha ends at 9.30pm.
You can see a programme of topics for discussion here and download a form to join up.
If you are not sure then why not come to the first taster session on 13th May – no obligation but do let us know you are coming so we can plan food for you.
Ring Simon 529166 or Ailsa 522832 for more details or email the parishoffice@christchurchswindon.co.uk
Volunteers to support Alpha
We are also looking for volunteers to support Alpha in these areas: administration, prayer, publicity, preparing food, preparing tables with flowers, clearing away, washing up. Ideally we would like groups of people involved such as housegroups. Above all we would really appreciate you passing the word around and inviting friends to come and find out.
Simon hits the headlineschurchadmin2014-06-27T15:53:34+01:00
A Resurrection prayer from Christ Church New Zealand
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God of Many names
Lover of all peoples
We pray for peace in our nations
and in our world.
We pray for all who have the awesome responsibility of
power and decision -making.
The Cathedral was badly damaged during the 2011 earthquake. The Cardboard cathedral is a bold but controversial transitional replacement. Read about it here.
http://www.cardboardcathedral.org.nz/
We pray for the innocent victims of violence and war.
Lead us and the peoples of the world
from death to life, from falsehood to truth.
Lead us from despair to hope, from fear to trust.
Lead us from hate to love, from war to peace.
Let peace with justice fill our hearts,
our world
our universe
Read this years Annual Report and Accountschurchadmin2014-07-07T00:13:21+01:00
Links with Zambia
churchadmin2014-05-05T21:07:55+01:00For many years Swindon Town Community Trust run by Jon Holloway and Clive McGuire have developed an outstanding link with the community of Livingstone in Zambia. This has involved several visits sharing coaching and refereeing skills especially in local schools.
This April for the first time a return visit has been organised. The photo below shows the Club Chaplain welcoming the 2 players and 3 coaches to the Vicarage for tea and football in the garden. They will all be attending Christ church this Sunday.
In the photo the coaches are Baia Soko, Patrick Kasoka, Fillard Bwalya and players Mwikisa Sinyama and Albert Siwakui.There will be displays in the Community centre next weekend
On Monday the High Commissioner of Zambia , H.E. Mr Paul Lumbi, is due to arrive at 11am, He will be accompanied by Iyake Mushingi, the Economic Counsellor for a gathering to celebrate the link between Swindon Town football club and Livingstone Zambia.
Please remember the visit in your prayers.
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