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On Sunday everybody is invited to come and share breakfast with Inspire Church. EVERYBODY! Nobody will be excluded whoever they are – and if we run out of croissants, coffee or orange juice, we’ll go and get some more. Please … Continue reading →

One of my favourite books in Arundhati Roy’s novel called The God of Small Things. It is sometimes the small stories that matter most. And this week we are considering two parables about small things – mustards seeds and yeast. … Continue reading →

This week we begin to explore the parables of Luke’s gospel, starting with one of the most well known – the parable of the sower. We’ll look at what a parable is … and what this particular parable might mean. … Continue reading →

Happy New Year everyone. Once again we’re going to begin the year by exploring a gospel and this year it is the turn of Luke. We’re going to look especially at the many parables that Jesus tells in that gospel … Continue reading →

In case you were wondering … there will be a short service tomorrow morning. A circle of chairs, some singing, some prayers, a Bible reading and our reflections on the year gone by. Bring yourself. You are enough. 10.30 – … Continue reading →

On Sunday afternoon we’re going to gather for our annual sing-song at the Bluebell Pub on Barlow Road. Our carol singing will start at 4pm for about an hour. Do come along! In the morning we’ll have a very simple … Continue reading →

This Sunday is really going to be very special as Inspire Church performs its own nativity musical – While Shepherds Watched. Featuring a cast of just about everyone – young and old – complete with shepherd outfits and fine voices … Continue reading →

This advent we are in ‘waiting’ mode – trying to take time out to avoid all the Christmas hype and simply ‘wait upon the Lord’. So it’ll be a quiet service of reflection while the children (and quite a few … Continue reading →

The shops are positively begging us to leap into Christmas and who would blame anyone for looking forward to some festive fun? But advent is a time for waiting. Waiting for good news. Waiting for the longest night. Waiting for … Continue reading →

So our series on protest is drawing to a close but we finish with a flourish as we think about the Israel-Palestine conflict and the protest of our very own Roz Hughes who recently travelled out to pick olives and … Continue reading →