Category Archives: Church

Beyond Our Dreams

By gaz | Published: February 7, 2010

I have just got back from an amazing weekend away, where we took about 20 ‘Youth’ from our Church away for the weekend. We went to Edale to stay in the Peak Centre up there. And I must say it was excellent. We did a wide range of things including Rock [...]

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Busy Busy

By gaz | Published: November 24, 2009

So here comes the Christmas season for real. This morning we did our first Christmas themed assembly, well, advent themed anyway! I have the proof copy of the Christmas magazine right in front of me as i write. Ready to go to the printers this week. Trees are going up, the Coca Cola advert is on [...]

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One thousand days of prayer

By gaz | Published: October 22, 2009

So as you know I am now working for St Thomas’ Church, Brampton. Just last week we kicked off our new prayer initiative. Cleverly named ‘One Thousand Days Of Prayer’, does exactly what it says on the tin! For the next 1000 days, we are committed to prayer. And in each year caught up in [...]

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New Job

By gaz | Published: September 14, 2009

So i have been working for just over a week now, and it has been a really great week. I can already see I’m definitely going to be busy! On Sunday i lead worship at a Youth and Children event thing in Derby Cathedral. Which went really well actually, it was a really good [...]

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Should Cultural Relevance Matter In The Church Today?

By gaz | Published: July 18, 2009

I mentioned in my last post that i would write down some of my thoughts on cultural relevance in the Church today. So here they are, you may not agree with everything! And that’s completely fine, i would love you to tell me your thoughts also because i am really interested in this topic… If we [...]

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If Starbucks Marketted Like a Church…

By gaz | Published: July 18, 2009

I came across this video on Youtube! Thought it was really funny. Obviously it is very stereotypical, so take it as being a little tongue in cheek! But i think it is also very true in many ways!! I will write a full post on this later as the whole ‘being culturally relevant’ debate really [...]

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Songwriting & Weddings!

By gaz | Published: July 4, 2009

Well, this has been a very hot week, absolutely loved the weather! And it is still very warm! I am currently sat doing sound for a wedding reception, overheating in trousers and a shirt, i had to sack in the idea of a tie halfway through because it was too much! Can’t wait to go [...]

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