After today’s service at St Bride’s we are invited to stay after Church to join in our Extra Big Fairtrade Brunch! Today as we "Sit down for brunch, Stand up for farmers" the focus is on how smallholder farmers have an amazing potential to fight hunger in their communities if we help can help Traidcraft support them to do this.
Read MoreA Contemporary Spiritual Paraphrase by Jon Jelfs
After his baptism in the Jordan Jesus was continuously experiencing a sense of God’s Presence. He felt drawn to spend time in the desert and this turned out to be about 40 days during which time he hardly ate. This was a time of great soul searching for him; you could say he was wrestling with his demons, the deepest most instinctual urges within the human ego. These were some of his thoughts
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poem by Dave Bradley read on Sunday 24th Jan 2016 as part of our series on refugees
Read MoreJoint statement from leaders of Inclusive Church, Modern Church and Progressive Christianity Network
In the statement following their meeting, the Primates of the Anglican Communion have expressed their profound sorrow for the deep hurt caused within the Church towards people on the basis of their sexual orientation and they affirm that God’s love for every human being is the same regardless of their sexuality.
Read MoreThe planet is currently seeing the largest movement of people fleeing violence and persecution since the second world war. Neither the market nor politics have any answers to offer, but from the deep wells of human kindness and from the compassionate heart of faith come loving actions and generous responses which are rising to meet the challenge. This January at St Bride’s is given over to a deeper exploration of the voice of the refugee and of our faith tradition. We pray for the grace to be stirred into deep reflection and loving action through the coming month.
Read MoreOn a cold December night, a few years ago, an unemployed Scouser answered the door to a group of kids having a go at a Christmas carol.
“Sorry kids, I’ve got nothing for you. I lost my job and I’ve spent everything I’ve got left on presents for the grandkids… I haven’t even got any money left for food just now”.
The carol singers went away.
A few hours later, more singing outside the same door, it’s even more out of tune than before. Another knock at the door.
It’s the same group of carol singers.
Read MoreBlog post by Warren Hartley
In September at St Bride’s, for the third year, in a row we celebrated Inclusive Church Sunday. Not heard of it before? Don’t worry, many won’t have! St Bride’s is part of Inclusive Church, a national network which seeks to raise awareness about the ways that people feel excluded by the church. It is so much more than just a single issue organisation and is committed to working for a church that is welcoming and open to all. So each year, on the third Sunday of September, we hold a special service which celebrates our membership of this network and to recommit ourselves to making inclusion a hallmark of our community
Read MoreTHIS WEEK, the community at St Bride's church faced a huge decision – whether to commit to at least ten years of major fundraising and building work, or to walk away and start afresh somewhere else. A question this big was hard to answer – the community was divided, with strong feelings on both sides. We needed to do something to help us see past our doubts and fears and hear what (and where) God is calling us to be.
Read MoreOn Sunday 11th October The Well, our Celtic Worship community gathered to reflect on migrations. Here is a snippet from this moving service or download the full thing here.
Read MoreOur LGBT Ministry Facilitator Warren Hartley shares his experience of being invited to take part in the Church of England’s Shared Conversations on Scripture, Mission and Human Sexuality.
Read MoreFor the past three months, we have been engaged in a reflective listening process to help us develop a vision for the next seven years of the St Bride’s community.
Read MoreAs part of our series examining the idea of Sacred Space, Sara shared her thoughts on how retreats can be a sacred space on Sunday 23/8/15.
Isaiah 55 Verse 3 “Give Ear and Come to Me, that your soul may live.
Read MoreIn the Sunday morning service on 16th August we continued our reflection on sacred spaces by looking at the tradition of pilgrimage, with prayers, poems, chants and images from the St Bride’s Pilgrimage to Lindisfarne in June
Read MoreA prayer by Brother Roger, founder of the Taizé Community
Read MoreBlog by Kieran Bohan, co-facilitator of Open Table, our monthly LGBT-inclusive communion service.
Liverpool Pride this year took the theme ‘Love Is No Crime’, in recognition of legislative change in the UK and the need to support our brothers and sisters around the world where LGBT people are marginalised, punished, attacked and killed, either by the state or people’s own communities.
Read MoreThank you to the young people at Pleasant Street Primary School who raised over £200 from their Enterprise Projects and have donated the money to Hope+ Food Bank.
Read MoreThis is a story written by Hannah, a member of our Open Table community, who has dedicated it to the community at St Bride's in appreciation for the hospitality she has found here:
Once upon a time there was a little church, and in this little church there lived a family of mice. Every Sunday they would gather at the back of the church where no one would spot them and they would listen to what the preacher had to say.
Read MoreA few weeks ago we were exploring the topic of POWER in our young people’s Sunday group which we call FISH. Who is powerful, who is powerless? What makes us powerful? That kind of thing. A little girl from Pakistan joined us, she was two and a half. She and her family were seeking asylum. She quickly made friends with the children in the group, communicating in gestures and drawings.
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