Positive Steps Winter Wellbeing Project is an opportunity to connect with others and join in a range of arts, craft and music activities designed to support your wellbeing this winter. For Brunswick and Ardwick residents aged 50+ Everyone is welcome, particularly Black, Asian and other minority ethnic people.

Zoom sessions with run on Tuesdays 10-11:30am starting on 24th November. The project will run through to February 2021. Come to as few or as many as you would like to. Full details are on this leaflet. Supported by Buzz and S4B. Please email Mo for the Zoom code.

Third week back to meeting solely via Zoom found us looking at another picture of the Church from the passage in the Gospel of John where Jesus says "I am the Vine and you are the branches". Simon led the service from the church building and all others taking part (prayers, reading, song leading etc) did so online. Judith was our speaker, and we had creative things to do at home. Here are a couple of them – thanks Judith (the other one!) and Jenny.

Newly appointed HeartEdge rep Andy Salmon dropped by our church recently (pre-lockdown #2) to see what was going on. Here’s what he filmed, including one or two familiar faces!

To comply with the new lockdown we have reverted our Sunday morning service to being solely on Zoom. The technology did its thing (just like Paul's letters used to do with a far earlier form of communication) and we met, shared, prayed, worshipped and learned together. As usual, a number of people took part, reading, leading prayers, worship, teaching, and (of course) notices. Here is a screenshot, plus a couple of pictures from our service packs.

​We're back again next Sunday at 10:45am. All are welcome. Please send an email for log-in details.

Coming soon – Saturday November 14 from 7:30pm on Zoom – the Tear Fund Big Quiz 2020. We will be joining with hundreds of churches and thousands of people for ONE BIG QUIZ.

It's free, it's for a good cause, it's going to be a lot of fun. To join in, send an email. We'll send you all the details you'll need. Meantime, dig out that thinking cap. Check supplies of tea and cake. Oh, and we've been not very reliably informed that chocolate is good for brain power.

One more from Sunday morning's service where we looked at different pictures of the church and used our creativity. Tool late for yesterday's post, but the comment from Sueli deserves a post of its own:

"For me this pattern represents our diversity at church but also the way we are connected and intertwined by our faith."

​Amen to that.

In our All Together service on Sunday we looked at different images or pictures of the Church. As has been the way this last few weeks (but changing again from next Sunday - more here) some of us were in the building and some were joining in via Zoom. We had a quiz identifying different images of the church from the Bible from pictures on the screen (such as vine, sheep, temple). Then all were encouraged to come up with their own images using modelling clay, crayons and paper. Here are some of them – quiz part two. How many can you work out?

Here's a 6 minute whizz through Brunswick's 2020 so far, as put together for our AGM the other night. As it says at the start: A year we won't forget in a hurry, but lots to be thankful for!

Brunswick's Covid-delayed AGMWAD (Annual General Meeting With A Difference) is tonight at 7:30pm via Zoom. As well as the usual business such as choosing a new Church Council and other officers and reviewing our finances we will also be celebrating what God has been doing with us and through us in our community during this difficult time. We have a STACK of stories, pictures, videos and updates to share. As well as cake (of course). More info here. If you would like to join us, please send an email.