We hope you can join us – 4pm at St Peter’s. There will be the usual activities, music, video clips, refreshments and an all age talk from the Bible. 4LIFE is great for anyone who has questions about Christianity, or you’re not sure what you believe. There is space to ask questions and opportunities to […]
As we look back over the past twelve months, we’ve all faced so many changes and challenges. We asked a few Mums how God has helped them through this last year.
Our friends from Houghton have asked us to share the Houghton Echo on our website. Due to the continuing constraints of Covid 19, it hasn’t been possible to print a hard copy of The Houghton Village Echo this time, but an online version has been produced instead. View Houghton Echo here.
“Do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.” Hebrews 13:16 God calls us to love our brothers and sisters and to support and encourage one another, in the good times, but even more so in the challenging times. We want to be able to show […]
Songs to Encourage Here are some great songs to enjoy and sing-along-to which will encourage us to keep looking to Jesus. Although we aren’t able to sing together at the moment, we can still share Christian songs and hymns with each other which will remind us of truths about God and encourage us trust in […]
We all have loads of questions at the moment. For some of us it’s ‘What’s God doing, and why doesn’t he stop this?’ Others of us might be asking ‘Why don’t people admit that there can’t be a God in charge of the world – isn’t that now obvious?’ In this time of uncertainty, our […]
Christmas Services This year, we will be having a mix of online and physical services – so you can choose what suits you best. All our services will be on YouTube. Some will be pre-recorded and others will be live-streamed from St Peter’s, so you can come along to the physical service. Please see below […]
Many of the usual concerts and services won’t be possible this year, so instead we wanted to bring the carols to you. Everyone is welcome to join us for some favourite carols. Wrap up warm, bring a hot drink, torch or lantern, and come along for about 20 minutes of socially distanced festive singing. Here […]
Church Family Weekend 2020 It was great that so many of us were able to take part in the weekend – enjoy the Quiz and Treasure Hunt (in spite of the rain!) and be encouraged by the teaching sessions. Thank you very much to everyone who helped make the weekend possible. All the sessions are […]
We are starting to take steps to re-open our church buildings and are looking forward to gradually welcoming people back. Please see our latest update for more details – Church Update September 2020 From Sunday 6th September, St John’s, Houghton, will be open for gathered worship. This is an opportunity for anyone from any of […]