First things first
Every church is unique because every group of people is unique and made up of a bunch of unique people. That's taken for granted... but while we all have our own particular styles or approaches or feel I guess we all want the same thing - to put the most important things first.
"The main thing is to make the main thing the main thing"
Here at St Michael's we help each other remain focused on the main thing by
summing it all up in four words:
+ Worship
+ Community
+ Discipleship
+ Mission
And that's why we have this logo...
We want to be known for our
enthusiastic worship, our authentic community, our intentional discipleship and
our commitment to mission. If you can think of anything else that we are
missing - let us know!
If you are looking for a place to seek God, or a group to explore how to get the best out of life, or are looking for some healing and forgiveness, or are wondering what it all means, or are needing time out to think, or our looking for purpose, or are wanting to make a difference - then please do consider joining us in our life together. We are all different ages, and different backgrounds and have been working out these things for different lengths of time. You are very welcome.
If you want to find out more please do get in touch...
Our services are
10.15am most weeks
(except the first Sunday of the month when they are at 9.30
and 11)
richard@stmichaelstwerton.co.uk
At the last 'annual meeting' I wrote this:
"We must make our aim to being a visible community that tells the story about
the kingdom of God. We are about mission. ‘In here’ is for ‘out
there’. We believe that our primary calling is to be
something rather than to do something. We want to be a visible community of
people in Twerton that communicates the message of the gospel through every bit
of the way we live as well as the words we use. We want to be like light, salt
or a city on a hill in this part of Bath. This is the focus of our life together
and hopefully shapes every part of our worship, our teaching and preaching, our
discipleship programs and our desire to build up a strong community life
together. We want to be the good news to our community. (Matthew 5:13-14, Romans
10.17, 2 Corinthians 2:15). We see ourselves as a ‘missional community’. Our
primary mission objective is to continually grow in our Christlikeness as a
community, “that [we] may declare the praises of him who called [us] out of
darkness into his wonderful light… liv[ing] such good lives… that [everyone] may
see our good deeds and glorify God.”
Just as the Word of God became flesh, we believe that we have to embody, or flesh out, the truth and reality of the kingdom of God so that others can receive it too. Our primary focus is on being the church. Mission is not something we ‘put on’ or ‘do’ as an extra, but something that we are all called to in every sphere of live we belong to. We are more concerned about being the church rather than doing church or going to church. We are learning to see mission as something we are constantly involved in, whether we are praying, breaking bread, working, taking the kids to school, or bringing up our children. Similarly worship is not something we do on Sundays but encompasses the whole of our lives. Discipleship is not restricted to teaching on Sundays or attending home groups (although we ought to make the most of these times) but it is something that is happening in every part of our day – at work, at home. And we do not simply see Community as being about tea and coffee after services, but about genuine and deep relationships of honesty, vulnerability and spontaneity where we live in and out of each other’s lives.
