Afternoon Tea for our Young@Heart group (over 50s). It was a lovely afternoon full of laughter and chatter, and of course tea and cakes on the best china we could find. We were musically entertained by Beth who sang beautifully. Shall we do it again? Definitely. Watch this space for the date of the next one.
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Our first Sunday of the month All Together Service today had an Eco theme as we continue as a church to try to learn about and address the climate crisis. Not only that, we had a breakfast of hot rolls and drinks before the service and a Bring and Share lunch after. If you like the sound of that, we'd love to have you join us. Here are some photos from this morning. A less well-known part of Easter, but an important part of the lead up to Good Friday, is what is known as Maundy Thursday. This is when we remember Jesus' last meal with his disciples – where he shared bread and wine with them and said it represented his body and blood – and washed their feet as a sign of how we should all serve one another. Deep stuff. Here are some photos from our recent Maundy Thursday service.
Here is the video of our Zoom link up last Sunday with Robert and Claudette from our mission partners Operation Restoration Christian School in Trenchtown. Latest news from them about the school, news from us of our Refurb Thank Offering donation to the school.
 Easter 2022 Services at Brunswick Church:
Today at our Sunday morning service we linked up with one of our mission partners, Operation Restoration Christian School in the Trenchtown area of Kingston, Jamaica. The school does an amazing work in this deprived area, providing young people with education whose families otherwise could not afford to send them to school. We linked through Zoom with Robert Dixon, the principal, who has visited us in the past, and also teacher Claudette, who brought us the latest news from the school. The purpose of the link was to tell them about the Thank Offering we have taken as a church. We decided to give away this special offering to the school in gratitude for God's provision for our Refurb Project, and were able to tell Robert that £10,000 will be donated to their work. 
Our sports-based community fun day Sports-tacular2 was a spectacular success. Lots of activities, loads of people having a good time, a great meal from Cracking Good Food - and the official opening of our Refurb project. This is the reason why we undertook Refurb - life in all its fulness for our community. Big thanks to all who helped make it happen.
A video interview with Simon following on from our recent VIP visit, where he talks about the amazing story of our Refurb project and our Sports-tacular2 community event at which we will be formally opening the refurbished hall and which is THIS SATURDAY. Are you coming?
 This morning we had the pleasure of having both Year 5 classes from Medlock School visiting the church to learn about what Christians believe about the Easter Story. The children went round 6 different stations each telling a part of the story using volunteers and props. See if you can follow the story from these pictures of the 6 stations. Find out more about Experience Easter here. |
