Category: town centre
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a his story lesson
Two lions from Colchester Zoo were walking down Colchester High Street. One turned to the other and said, “There aren’t many people around today, are there?” [It’s a good joke, but you could add the punchline: The other one said, “You can talk!!!”] Yesterday afternoon Christians from across Colchester gathered together in the town centre.…
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paying ATTEN-SHUN!
Last night I was at the barracks of the 16th Air Assault Brigade in Colchester. I was invited (along with lots of other people) to a presentation about the Brigade’s recent deployment to Afghanistan. I wondered what I was going to. It was entitled ‘Military Operational Presentation’ and I was not sure whether it would…
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making the most of our location
I spent today travelling to and from Oxford, and attending a meeting in Oxford about churches in Town Centre locations. That very much describes our church (see www.colchesterbaptistchurch.org.uk if you want an idea of what our church looks like and where we are placed in the town). It was very helpful to hear what other churches…