Next Steps

I wonder if, like me, you get to do a bit more reading in the summer holidays? You know, sun lounger, swimming pool, cold drink… good book?

If you are looking forward to some time away and need a good read (or if you’re not going away and fancy a good read anyway) can I recommend you take a look at EBC’s ‘Next Steps’ area?



























This little corner of our reception space is for members of the EBC family to peruse books and courses that we especially recommend and there are four areas: Explore, Discover, Partner and Embrace. The idea is that the resources here will help you take a ‘next step’ in your journey of faith, guiding you through some really fascinating questions along the way!

Here there are books about science, the evidence for Jesus, the tough questions that non-Christians (and lots of Christians too!) have about Christianity. There are books that will help you discover why we do church the way we do it (which is hopefully welcoming and not confusing!) and books that will help you through the tough times.

These books here are free for you to borrow and there’s no need to sign them out or anything. It would be great if we can get them back at some point and if you want a copy to keep we recommend Quench Christian bookshop (just ask for Fiona is you’re not sure!).

Normally the books are recommended by at least one of our team of Elders, and since we usually recommend books to each other, you can be sure that if it’s in our Next Steps area it will very much be tried and tested, like this one, “Good Catastrophe” by Benjamin Windle, which Philippa recommended to me recently:



Do please keep using the area – we keep an eye on it to make sure it’s well stocked and it is very encouraging when the books fly off the shelves (and nice when they eventually come back, too!). I wish you very happy holidays – and a good read or two!

Simon