In May we worked together as a church to discern what Jesus will have us do next. And we discerned these four priorities to give focus as we move forward. Fostering passionate spirituality re-founding CFS on Jesus and in a closer relationship with him. Building deeper connections forming stronger relationships [...]
An opportunity to continue reshaping the church From 30th May to 1st June, CFS met to explore how we can develop as a spiritual community for the adventure ahead. The discussions that took place over these three days revolved around four church priorities that we established in May: Fostering passionate spirituality: CFS should be re-founded on [...]
Are you ready? Grab your sleeping bag, pack your torch, and prepare for bonfires: Fire Camp is back. Following the success of 2017, Fire Camp is happening again from the 27th to 31st July 2018. Buried away on the east coast of Mersea Island, Essex, FireCamp is not your usual Baptist gathering. Its committed [...]
Congratulation to Hannah Moore for winning a national mental health award. After being short-listed to the final five, Hannah was unanimously awarded first place for the 'Outstanding Service User Achievement Award' in mental health. Hannah has spent the best part of 12 years in psychiatric hospitals struggling with her mental health. Despite her challenges, she [...]
Life and Soul group launches at the Southchurch Shared Space shop. A new group is starting on Tuesday lunchtimes 12:30-2pm in the Shared Space store in Southchurch. It is called Life and Soul. Each week starts with a bring and share lunch and then chat about life stuff, soul stuff and other stuff. The [...]
Bless Jesus. Friday 1 June 2018 7:30 - 9:30pm An extended time of worship to express our love to God - blessing Jesus. In singing, prayer, communion and other ways. We will honour and meet with the God who loves us. Jazz and her acoustic guitar are joining us for the evening to lead musical [...]
Thursday 31 May 2018 10am - 3:30pm Join us for brunch cooked in the wood fired oven. Then we learn how to make bread and discover how we can use our blessings to help those around us. Being generous as God is generous to us. Take your freshly cooked loaf home afterwards t0 share! All [...]
Wednesday 30 May 10am-1pm We start with cooked breakfast and we explore who God is and how he loves to work. And then we do it! We try meeting with our loving Father through gentle prayer and meditation and let him speak with us and fill us with his Holy Spirit. Newbies and wise-heads alike, [...]
Church from Scratch member and newly published author, Angela Lucas, has written a book inspiring us to seek exciting and purposeful experiences in our later years. On her 82nd birthday, Angela was challenged to walk the ancient Camino de Santiago way in the Spanish Mountains. A physically demanding pilgrimage, it saw her overcome a hundred kilometre trek [...]
It doesn't disturb you in the same way when you have listened to the Easter story again and again. You lose the drama of it. Our Easter Sunday gathering at the Iron Age Roundhouse in Hadleigh Country Park sought to change that. Easter in a new way Huddled around a log fire, we shared the [...]
