Stoneygate
Baptist Church

This morning we celebrated Pentecost...cafe church style. We started by rolling back to where we left off on Easter Sunday, hearing about Jesus' post-resurrection appearances and the ascension from the Book of Belonging. The story talked about heaven cracking open and God's dream coming true, so we prayed some of our dreams for the world. We then heard the story of Pentecost, when God's spirit came to be with the disciples to help them to live in the world and serve others an

Acts 2:42-47 All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favour of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. We are now onto week four of our series looking at holy habits or spir

John 4:1-26 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. So he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. Now he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was abo

I said on Sunday that I said I would share some of my favourite resources on the blog this week, then sat down to do it and realised what a huge task I had set myself. So rather than trying to come up with a definitive list, here are some things I have been blessed by recently. I hope they bless you too. Read The Book of Belonging by Mariko Clark | Those of you who worshipped with us over Easter will know how much I love this children's Bible. The stories are woven through wi

Luke 2:41-52 Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. When they did not find him, they wen