Why train for gospel ministry?
By Tom Day, 10 Dec 2020At the end of August 2020, I packed my bags to leave north London where I had been studying for 3 years at Oak Hill Theological College. I previously had only lived at home (a small town on the south coast) before college, and moving...
Behold Him
By Gerry Straker, 01 Dec 2020Please join us for our Christmas series at Church by the Bay. All our live and in-person services are risk assessed and covid-secure. Please book in using our booking form. The services will also be live-streamed. Behold Him... Date Title Bible Venue Sunday 13th Dec Come into the world Hebrews 10:5 Alhambra Sunday 20th Dec Come...
Track and Trace
By Gerry Straker, 30 Nov 2020Between Monday-Friday 7th-11th December 5pm-7pm pick a time of your choosing with your household to track and trace the nativity around the West End of Morecambe. This is a Christmas treasure hunt with nativity scenes and the Christmas story on videos to collect! Covid-secure and risk-assessed. Wrap...
Christmas at Church by the Bay
By Gerry Straker, 19 Nov 2020Some Christmas cheer in lockdown II - come join us at Church by the Bay to hear some good news... On Friday November 27th at 8pm is our Christmas women's event: making a rag wreath online together. It costs £5. A bag for the night will be delivered to all guests...
Announcing a new venue
By Gerry Straker, 23 Oct 2020Meeting together is so important. The physical gathering of church is not a bonus for some of us who can make it, rather it’s what we were created and saved for. Many blessings attend us when we attend Church! Read more on the theology of...
We've gone contactless
By Gerry Straker, 23 Oct 2020Credit cards, Oyster cards, smart phones, and now people too have gone contactless. Outside our households or bubbles we are not allowed to touch one another, and this is seriously bad news! I recently watched a short BBC video on touch.[1] Experts told me: Touch is underestimated...
Why we do C3, our small groups
By Gerry Straker, 18 Sep 2020At Church by the Bay, like many churches, we have small groups: our C3 teams. We call them C3 teams so that we have to explain our Church vision! Cherish Christ by hearing the gospel Love Christ’s Church by living the gospel Change Christ’s world by preaching the...
Time to come back to Church
By Gerry Straker, 18 Sep 2020The book of Hebrews is written to Christians under great pressure, and the writer urges them to persevere and carry on meeting: 'not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day...
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Unnatural Enemies by Kirsten Birkett
By Pam Tailyour, 21 Jul 2020This really is not my usual pick and I wondered what I’d got myself in for when I started it. When I showed it to my mother in law on video chat, she giggled! My thoughts were confirmed – uh oh. But…I think I actually enjoyed it. Birkett...
Christ and science 4
By Gerry Straker, 20 Jul 2020We're picking up our little series, based on our back at the beginning of June, which you can watch here. It’s my hope that these articles will: Help you think rightly about science and Christianity in the face of pressure and misinformation. Get you excited about God, His creation, and...
