Train of Thought

As I write this, it’s Tuesday morning and I am on the train heading into Oxford for another day of training at Regent’s Park College. A stretching day lies ahead, as is always the case on such Tuesdays.

Over the years, I’ve come to appreciate, more and more, a truth that I learned a long time ago in the gym. That is, it is the difficult, stretching times, the times when we are well and truly out of our comfort zones, that are the very times which develop us.

As my favourite Austrian philosopher (Arnold Schwarzenegger!) once wrote: “Don’t worry about pain. It means growth.”

Clearly, with the year we’ve had, we are in just such a hard, painful and stretching time. But take heart! God is in it with us, and will use this time to be about His work in us and through us.

May God richly bless you, even as He stretches you.

Much love,

Simon

Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle. (Psalm 144:1)

Simon Lace, 29/10/2020

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What do I have to wear?

We are a 'come as you are' sort of people and have no formal dress-code for our Sunday services.
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What time do I need to be there?
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On the 4th Sunday of the month we run our All-sorts service which starts at 10:00am.

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Services

We would recommend you turn up 10 minutes before the service starts so you have a chance to say hi!
If you have children that need signing in to the children and youth work, they need to be signed in from 9:50am.

Parking

There is plenty of parking both out the front and at the back of the building. Just follow the signs!

How safe is my child in your care?

We run separate children and youth work during our 10:00am service, which is run by a group of volunteers who have all been DBS checked.

Children ages 11 and under must be signed in and out by their parent/carer. The youth can sign themselves in and out.

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