by ConnectTeam | Oct 19, 2022 | Community
We recently announced that Pearl Dunlop was forming a new team called the Care and Connection Team. This will be a small team led by Pearl to triage the circumstantial needs of certain groups within Connect CF and promote a culture of connection to visitors and new...
by ConnectTeam | May 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
In January and February 2022, we had teaching on the roles of leadership in a church, in particular, the role of Overseer (elder). (These talks can be found on the Connect YouTube channel under the title “Why Church?- A People Led By Servants”) At that time, Barry...
by ConnectTeam | Oct 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
In recent weeks we have announced a new pattern and fresh expressions of how we meet as a church. On weeks 2 and 4 of each month, we will meet in a whole church gathering but we will also meet as Tri-Connect groups and mid-size groups. There is always a danger of...
by Paul Paynter | Jun 3, 2021 | Community
It feels like we are at point when restrictions on meeting for public worship etc will change and will be (slowly) lifted. It has been over one year since we were all able to gather as one church in one place. All meetings have been seriously impacted, not just...
by ConnectTeam | May 7, 2021 | Community
Christians Against Poverty was founded by John Kirkby in Bradford in 1996. John believed God was calling him to leave his career in financial services and use his knowledge of the industry to help the poor. Since then, CAP has rapidly grown its Debt Centre Network and...
by ConnectTeam | Apr 8, 2021 | Mission
In 2017 I set off for Cambodia to work in the area of anti-trafficking with Iris Cambodia. The last three years have been something of a rollercoaster as I have witnessed some of the worst of humanity, yet in the midst of pain and suffering, I have been able to see...
by Hannah | Mar 19, 2021 | Community
First Steps @ Connect I think I am speaking for the entire first steps team when I say what a privilege it is to serve Christ in our local community. To show the love of Jesus to the lovely mummies and the occasional daddy that may enter the Connect Centre on a...
by William Kennedy | Mar 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
“You can’t be serious!” You may be too young to remember these petulant words of John McInroe but they have become a stock reply of many to perceived injustices or impossible demands. Alas, they are hurled in the face of Paul, the apostle, when he...
by ConnectTeam | Mar 4, 2021 | Mission
There are significant moments in life where people always remember exactly where they were when they heard the news like President Kennedy’s death or Princess Diana’s. I will always remember the exact moment when I heard a news report of a young N. Ireland woman...
by William Kennedy | Mar 1, 2021 | Romans
I remember the old rules of wrestling when 2 falls or a SUBMISSION was a victory, Now, turning to Romans 12-13 we find submission to God comes before submission to the State. Notice that all instruction is addressed to all believers – “you” is plural. We...
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