Posts from January 2018

Posts from January 2018

Church Camp Weekend

What’s so important about this weekend – church camp Numerous reasons come to mind why church camp weekend is important.  The overarching role of the weekend is embedded very clearly in our mission. We come together as God’s people, we seek to be transformed through God’s word, we deepen relationships and we spend some time in worship. Can’t we do all that in small groups and getting along to church on Sundays without going away for a weekend – the short answer to that question…

Defining Greatness

How do you define greatness or worth? Some might consider such things as authority, wealth, position or the esteem of others as the hallmark of greatness. A person displaying all these ‘attributes’ might expect to be on the receiving end of great service. Self becomes the overarching motivation in thought and conduct. Mark 10: 42 – 45 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.  Not…

Be an encourager

God-centred encouragement for those in the family of God is by no means optional. Looking for ‘gaps’, finding problems, seeking to push people into a corner, elevating oneself over others are the antithesis of Christian love and encouragement. That’s not to say that building people up to do a better job is not warranted, we are to spur one another on. However, relationships that only point out the ‘inefficiencies’ seldom encourage the good and produce an unhealthy environment. Barnabas is called the “son of encouragement for good reason”, he epitomised…

Summer services

January Services – From the 7th of January to and including the 4th of February the Anchor Church service times will be 10:00am until 11:15am. AND YES, our Anchor Kids Summer programme will be running during this time.  Anchor Kids is our normal Sunday programming for kids you can find out more about it here. We will be all in together for the first twenty minutes of the service and then the kids will head off for their activities. We would love to see you all and make…

God’s grace

By the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. (1 Corinthians 15:10) Grace is not only God’s disposition to do good for us, He does it even when we don’t deserve it. God acts according to His perfect will in order to make good things happen in us and for us. God’s grace was complete and…