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Jan 1
3 min

Services Temporarily Suspended

Below is a copy of the email I sent to the church community on January 1, explaining why we were suspending services for the time being. ...

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Rev Leigh Greenwood

Dec 1, 2020
2 min

Christmas at SBC

Although we will be returning to the building on Sunday mornings, we have decided to keep our Christmas services online, so that everyone...

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Rev Leigh Greenwood

Nov 24, 2020
2 min

Advent Ideas

Advent is a chance to prepare for Christmas, spiritually as well as practically. This year will see a Christmas like no other, so whether...

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Website Admin

Oct 24, 2020
1 min

Sunday Service - 25 October 20

This is our last pre-recorded service and is led by Revd Mark Burleigh.

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Website Admin

Sep 17, 2020
2 min

Inclusive Church

At our AGM we made the important decision to apply to join Inclusive Church...

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Rev Leigh Greenwood

Sep 15, 2020
3 min

Dreams and Schemes

I haven't yet found the off switch for my brain, and the time and space afforded by a lockdown maternity leave have sent it into overdriv...

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Pandemic and parenting: update on what's happening at SBC

Rev Leigh Greenwood

May 22, 2020
2 min

Pandemic and parenting: update on what's happening at SBC

Our minister starts her maternity leave at the end of this week, which means there are some further changes in store for us at Stoneygate...

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Rev Leigh Greenwood

May 21, 2020
2 min

Goodwill to all

Those of you who are familiar with our building will have seen the gold lettering painted on the wall at the front of the sanctuary, decl...

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Rev Leigh Greenwood

May 20, 2020
1 min

Teaching Series

Here you will find collected together links to reflections from some of the teaching series we have worked through over the last two year...

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Stoneygate Baptist Church response to COVID-19 health crisis

Rev Leigh Greenwood

Mar 18, 2020
3 min

Stoneygate Baptist Church response to COVID-19 health crisis

This is the message shared by our minister with our church community this morning. If you have any questions, or need to speak to someone...

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Rev Leigh Greenwood

Feb 26, 2020
1 min

Take up a habit for Lent

For Christians, Lent remembers the time Jesus spent in the wilderness, preparing for his work of teaching and healing. It lasts from Ash ...

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Rev Leigh Greenwood

Dec 16, 2019
3 min

Some thoughts following the general election

Prayer for the general election has been a regular feature of our collective worship for the last month. In the run up we prayed for wisd...

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Rev Leigh Greenwood

Nov 28, 2019
1 min

For a Meaningful Advent

Here is a selection of online (and a couple of offline) resources which may help you mark the season of Advent in a meaningful way. And i...

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Rev Leigh Greenwood

Jan 2, 2019
2 min

Ringing in the New Year

Happy New Year! For many of us, a new year means an opportunity for a new start, for resolutions and intentions and aspirations. There's ...

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Stoneygate Baptist Church

Dec 5, 2018
1 min

Christmas at SBC...

Join us for a very special and festive season. Friday 14 December 3:30pm | Messy Church Come along for some festive fun with crafts, sing...

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Rev Leigh Greenwood

Nov 29, 2018
2 min

Advent Ideas

As the build up to Christmas seems to get longer and busier each year, I find it more and more important to mark the season of Advent, no...

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Rev Leigh Greenwood

Oct 3, 2018
2 min

Where we go from here...

We have reached the end of our teaching series on welcome (you can catch up over on the teaching section of this blog) but in many ways t...

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Rev Leigh Greenwood

Sep 17, 2018
2 min

Inclusion is...

Yesterday morning at SBC we talked about what it means to welcome those who have been excluded, to offer inclusion in place of exclusion....

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Rev Leigh Greenwood

Sep 5, 2018
2 min

Hello!

Hello! My name is Leigh and I am the new minister here at Stoneygate Baptist Church. My first week seemed a good opportunity to introduce...

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Stoneygate Baptist Church

Jul 15, 2018
1 min

Thank you Paul

Today Paul Weller gave his last service at SBC. We would like to thank him for all his efforts as a Moderator whilst we have been searchi...

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With the country now in a third national lockdown, we are suspending services in the building until further notice. You can read more about why we have taken that decision and what we will be doing here.

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