Dec 21
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Christmas day…
…we will be meeting at 10.30am at Hotel du Vin. All are welcome for refreshments and Christmas celebration! Click here to findout more
Nov 17
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Prayer meeting…
…Thursday 25th November 8pm in the Moseley suite at Edgbaston Cricket Ground click here to find out more
Oct 16
Oct 15
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This Sunday…
…we will be continuing our series entitled ‘hope’ as we examine how our hope is based in the past which makes all the difference
Oct 11
Oct 08
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This Sunday…
…looks set to be exciting as we gather for the second time at The Mac to continue our series entitled ‘Hope’.
We have the added bonus of two visting speakers picking up on the Hope theme with Steve Hurd speaking in the morning on ‘Hope in suffering’ and Terry Hotchkiss in the evening on ‘Hope in healing’.
So Sunday looks set to be one not to miss!
(Remember to arrive at 10:15am for free tea and coffee to avoid disappointment)
Oct 06
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Beauty…
While watching Jeremy Paxman’s interview with Russell Brand last Friday, I was challenged by something Russell said. Towards the end of the interview he stated,“…we need to try to aspire to something more beautiful…perhaps if we were more in tune with more beautiful things we wouldn’t prioritise such peculiar notions”. As I listened I realised, I too often settle for ‘peculiar notions’ rather than beauty.
The deal is at the centre of my faith in God is beauty…
…a beauty that started through something that seemed so ugly, Jesus’ death on a cross, yet through His resurrection reveals such beauty. As what appears so ugly was needed in order that God could bring about restoration to everything including me that is broken…and that is beautiful.
…a beauty that is revealed in a future hope when God will ultimately restores everything and the world will be how it was always designed to be. A place where there is no more pain, suffering death and where God is visibly known and present.
I therefore want to be one who does look to what is of true beauty. In order to inspire me to see it realised in more ways everyday through…
…the hungry being fed
…the homeless being housed
…the distressed being comforted
…seeking peace where there is conflict
...justice being sought where there is exploitation
…ultimately through people knowing restored relationship with God.
I want to live to celebrate, reveal and enjoy true beauty.
How about you?
Oct 06
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Past the Feeling: How Arcade Fire stole 2010
With festival-stealing headline performances at Reading and Leeds and a critically-acclaimed third album charting Number 1 in the UK, Canadian indie band Arcade Fire have emerged in 2010 as genuine mainstream contenders.
The band’s third album The Suburbs is a searching, aching record that documents a loss of identity amid the pace of the modern world. It articulates a deep desire to return to a feeling that can’t be retrieved; to a time when we took time for granted.
‘When all of the houses they built in the 70’s finally fall,’ sings Win Butler on the title track, ‘[It] meant nothing at all, it meant nothing’.
So what is it about this record that has connected with the public imagination? Apart from the exceptional attention to detail (the album was 3 years in the making), the feeling of uncertainty about who we are and how we fit in is a sentiment that many people identify with. We’re scared of losing ourselves and yet scared of being left behind.
Talking about the album in June this year, lead singer Win Butler said: ‘I think in life in general you want to understand where you came from and where you are. I think that’s where people start to feel schizophrenic about their own life – when where you came from and where you are don’t make sense.’ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqEDSVUvJ7A&feature=related)
We’re all searching for answers. Where are you looking?
Arcade Fire play Birmingham LG Arena on 08 December 2010.
Download: We Used to Wait
Oct 05
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Visiting speakers…
…this coming Sunday we have the privilege of welcoming two visiting speakers continuing our hope theme. Steve Hurd will be speaking on hope in suffering in the am and Terry Hotchkiss will be speakingt on hope in healing in the evening.
