Discovering life together
We all know that women have many different roles all at once. Often this is talked about as an ability to 'multitask' - doing more than one thing at a time, thinking about more than one thing at a time - and often this is contrasted with the singular approach of men. Well, regardless of whether men are able to do more than one thing at a time, it is undoubtedly true that most women, most of the time, are carrying out many tasks at once.
As a church (a gathering of disciples) we want to be a community which helps and supports one another in being faithful to God in everything we do - small and large. And in a life that seems always so busy and when we so often feel overwhelmed by all the demands that there seem to be on us, we want to help one another to find the space, the time and the capacity to hear from God and abide in him. That's why we are increasingly choosing to carve out time, as women, to get together and chat, and pray, and think, and relax - and not only to do things... Formally, we meet in formation groups, small house groups, and at other times - but more often than not we pop into each other's homes for coffee, call each other up, pray for each other on the street, go shopping for one another... little things than put our faith into practice.
The reasons for all this are simple: we simply long for relationship, community, encouragement and growth.
Look out for some new events we are hoping to do together on the 'coming up' page...
For the display of his splendour
Tory is keen to attend this Women's conference in May. Let her know if you are keen to join her, to sort out lifts and to find out more... richardandtory@tiscali.co.uk
"On Saturday May 10th 2008, we will be holding our annual day for women - For The Display Of His Splendour. Hosted by Karen Bailey, with Hils Grew and the Trinity Women team, worship will be led by Jules Woodbridge and the guest speaker will be Debbie Wright from Trent Vineyard.
The conference will be held at The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham’s premier conference facilities. Parking at the venue is free. Nursing babies are welcome, but there won’t be any child care facilities provided. For more information, please email conferences@trinitycheltenham.com "
When we think of church many people instantly think of a building and the
things that go on inside it. We want to change that idea and turn it on it's
head. We want people, when they think of St Michaels, to think instantly of
people - people like themselves - people making a
difference. We hope that St Michael's is different. We love to get together to
worship God and to encourage each other as we attempt to follow Jesus' teachings
but we don't want to be known primarily for our services. We want to be known
for other things - friendship, concern, authenticity, community, enthusiasm,
joy, giving, life. Having said all this, we know we're nothing special - just a
group of ordinary people - like you.
Websites are great - they look good... but they are not the real thing. Please
do have a look around our site and find out what we're about and what we're up
to, but the best way of getting to know what we're really like is to get in
touch or turn up at one of the things we're involved in. We'd love to hear from
you...
