The Christmas season is in full swing which means mulled wine and mince pies are back on the menu! Kicking off the Christmas season here at Hope Church we had the tremendous pleasure of having the Kings Chamber Orchestra perform their array of ‘classical tunes with a festive twist’. Gerard Le […]
Recently we had the privilege of having with us Wendy Mann and a team of people from the Kings Arms Church in Bedford. They spent some time with various leaders in the church on Friday night as well as leading the Ladies Day on Saturday. It was great to have […]
As I was walking to the MBC earlier this week I couldn’t help but notice another of the all too common newspaper headlines bemoaning people claiming benefits. Without doubt this is one of the key battlegrounds for all political parties as we run in towards a General Election. Whatever our […]
According to the Centre for Social Justice, debt is one of the five major pathways to poverty in the UK. For those already struggling with the costs of day-to-day living, adding the repayments, interest and charges associated with debt can often be the tipping point. The mental health problems […]
From Monday 28th July to Sunday 3rd August, you would have not wanted to be near Norfolk Showgrounds… 7000 young people from around the UK and overseas descended there for a week of much laughter, fun, games, fancy dress, ‘kotching’ (apparently the new word for relaxing…), seminars and incredibly loud […]
Through August we looked at the book of Ruth in our short series “A Woman Who Met God”. For centuries Christians have seen the relationship between Ruth and Boaz as a picture of the Christian’s relationship with Jesus Christ – our Kinsman-Redeemer. As we looked at Ruth’s encounters with Boaz, […]
We are coming to the end of an era! Virtually 24 years to the day we became Winchester Family Church, we will again be changing our name – this time to Hope Church Winchester . Between now and the end of September we are working hard to get practical details […]
I love a good story, especially a true-life story about who Jesus is and what He is doing; a gift of money someone receives at just the right time, a headache disappearing after prayer, pain going from a 9 out of 10 to a 3 out of 10 after being […]
Hello, and welcome to the final week in our series on Good Neighbours. Previously, we’ve thought about how to get to know our neighbours better, how to take positive steps to build relationships with the aim of becoming friends with those who live around us. This is all so that […]
We are coming into an important season for us as a church which will culminate in us changing our name to Hope Church Winchester at the beginning of October. At our last Family Meeting I took the opportunity to share about what ‘replanting the church in the heart of the […]