Stoneygate
Baptist Church

We are celebrating this morning with a bit of festive silliness, including a chocolate filled retelling of the Christmas story and a twist on pictionary, as well as reflection and prayer. Chocolate nativity A long time ago, God made the world. In fact, God made the whole GALAXY.   Everything was going rather well until humans started to think they knew what they were doing without God. Life got a bit harder after that. God kept trying to help, but people kept making a FUDGE o

Readings | taken from John 1, Luke 2 and Matthew 2 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. --- In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman

This morning was the fourth Sunday of Advent and our 'Selection Box' carol service, with contributions from members of the congregation. We had musical performances and poems and prayers and reflections, with a particular focus on Mary as we lit the fourth candle on our Advent wreath. We can't capture all of it here, but we can give you a taste.   Reading | Luke 1:26-55 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to

This morning was the third Sunday of Advent, and our lessons and carols style service, with music on our fabulous organ. We also remembered John the Baptist as we lit the third candle on our Advent wreath. Luke 2:1-7 - The Birth of Jesus In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to register. So Jose

This morning was the second Sunday of Advent. Having thought about the patriarchs (and matriarchs!) as part of cafe church last week, this week, we turned our focus to the prophets. Isaiah 9:1-7 Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honour Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan— The people walking in darkness have see