Stoneygate
Baptist Church

Luke 2:41-52 (NIV) Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went...

Luke 2:22-40 (NIV) When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to...

Those of you who are regular readers of the blog will already know that we have moved away from sharing audio recordings of services, and...

Matthew 2:13-23 (NIV) When [the Magi] had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child...

God is with us! God is with us indeed. Hallelujah! We began this morning by lighting the candles on our advent wreath. We left the second...

Before this reflection, we heard Luke 2:1-7, John Betjeman's Christmas, and a performance of O Holy Night. We also sang O Little Town of...

This morning was our carol service, a selection box of offerings from members of the congregation. It's impossible to capture it all in a...

This was our annual Gift Sunday service, when we invite donations of items for a local charity to pass on as gifts. This year we are...

As a community committed to the work of peace, we have been praying for Israel-Palestine, but it also felt important that we say...

Before we come to our reading, I want to start by setting the scene. It will be a familiar one I’m sure, from nativity plays and...

This year Advent officially starts on 3 December, the fourth Sunday before Christmas, although many calendars and devotional will start...

Matthew 25:31-46 (NIV) “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the...

Matthew 25:14-30 (NIV) Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. To one...

Micah 4:1-5 (NIV) In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be...