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Category: baptists

  • plunging

    Last week I mentioned that I was going to a conference for larger Ministers (see here)… Here are some reflections on that conference that are written as a sort of review: I have often wondered what the collective noun should be for Baptist Ministers. If there isn’t one I would like to suggest ‘plunge’. Last week…

  • essentials

    So… the Baptist Union of Great Britain has a new logo. That’s bad news for Baptist Churches that have the old one embedded into their architecture! The old logo contained a cross, water and a fish. The new logo is explained in this diagram: (You have to recognise that the fish is swimming downwards). Oh…

  • Bless their little cotton socks

    I have spent most of today at Baptist House in Didcot at a meeting. More about that one day but what was lovely was meeting up with old friends and former colleagues from the time when I worked there. At the moment the BUGB staff team is undergoing significant change and I feel for all…

  • the real thing?

    In an effort to start the day with a healthy and filling breakfast I have been eating wheat-based, biscuit-shaped cereal. Not the branded ones that have a name that blends the content with the shape, but supermarket own-brand ones. And I can tell the difference. These fall apart rather easily, are not as densely packed…

  • All the Bells

    Colchester Baptist Church took part in a little (tuneful) way in the nationwide ‘All The Bells’ initiative this morning. Here’s a quick clip of our most melodious moment, you can find it on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj1eZqy7Fao

  • amaaaazing!

    Sunday morning promises to be amazing. Five people will be witnessing to their faith in Jesus Christ in Believer’s Baptism. I LOVE baptising people: it is one of the privileges and highlights of being a Minister (there are a lot!). It’s not so much the physical act of baptising someone, although the child in me…

  • insurance

    I had a leaflet arrive along with an order that I received yesterday. It was for ‘Specialist Golf Insurance’. For just £29.99 per year my golf could be insured. I was intrigued by the concept of ‘Specialist Golf Insurance’ so did not bin the leaflet immediately. I wanted to see what would be covered… There…

  • living up to expectations

    Yesterday the Olympic Flame was lit in Athens (although it did blow out during the ceremony 🙂 ). It won’t be long now. The Olympic Torch Relay will soon be starting around Britain, taking 70 days to run its way across the nation, igniting enthusiasm for the Games. It’s coming through Colchester on 6th July…

  • change is inevitable except from a vending machine

    I can understand why a lot of people in this country are getting exercised about what is happening to their pensions. It must be exasperating if you have been putting money away over a period of years with the expectation that you will get a certain return on them at the end of your working…

  • the future is bright, the future is God’s

    Hello, dear bloggites. I hope and pray that 2012 will bring blessing, comfort, encouragement and peace to you all. It will also probably bring a lot more bloggerel from me – you have been warned! The good old Baptist Union of Great Britain is having a very serious look at itself in the face of…