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‘We exist to equip people with the tools they need to build God-centred relationships, especially for those who are single or dating’. That’s what I say when people ask what I do, and this often leads to further questions about dating apps, knowing when to commit, breaking-up well, and many questions like this.  Recently my friend asked a question that I...

I stopped ‘going to church’ 35 years ago, when I became involved with a Christian community near London. I wholeheartedly embraced their mantra – ‘Church is what you are, not where you go.’ As a 'new church' we did not meet on a Sunday but on a Thursday, so that weekends were free for people to enjoy time with family, friends...

Worship in groups doesn’t have to involve singing. God has given us a wide range of creative gifts we can use to praise him. The following ideas will work well in small groups.   Write a Psalm Many of the psalms were originally written and used as hymns. Select one to read out, then ask everyone to write their own. Emphasise that the...

Across Wales at the moment we are seeing so many healings! Since May 2014 we have heard about, collected stories, had testimonies and seen with our own eyes over 700 healings!! Steph is a third year student in Swansea Uni and this is her healing story: ‘I had pain in my hip since I was 17 which progressively got worse over the...

If a couple of students came to me with a great vision of doing a banquet for the homeless, I would say "Go for it!" That's not what James Brown from St Thomas Crookes, Sheffield said to Ian Shepherd and Rebecca Emerson when they came to see him. They had a dream to go beyond the regular food on the streets...

Worship and politics; you rarely see these two words in the same sentence. Andy Flannagan does, but he has the privilege of leading worship in Parliament. With a national election approaching, he considers whether, on a deeper conceptual level, there really is a connection? Worship is fundamentally about who we bow the knee to. We may worship at the altar of...

many churches are asking how we can help students to live well, stay healthy and lead sustainably in such a fast paced and often over-worked culture.  As statistics soar, mental heath and wellbeing are becoming increasingly discussed topics. Biblical exhortations to ‘remember the Sabbath’, to come to the God who ‘leads us by still waters’ and to ‘be still and know that I...