The Kingdom Looks Wobbly but it is Alive!
I just returned recently from a middle eastern country (sorry to make that sound so frightfully glamorous and mysterious – I can’t tell you which one as it’s not totally safe for the people there) after visiting church planting friends. My friends and I met on theology training as
Hidden in the shadow of His Hand
The season we currently find ourselves in is an odd one. It’s neither here nor there. We had left our former church to start a new one, except we had then deliberately chosen not to launch publicly until early 2017, instead taking our team through a ‘soft launch’ period. This was with
How River City Church came to be – Part 3
As a church Jubilee felt they had heard God say EAST EAST EAST (Part 1), meaning we should start a church in the East of Hull. Then John and I had felt God speak to us as a couple and say EAST EAST EAST (PART 2) to us, confirm we were to lead the church […]
How River City Church Came To Be – Part 2
It had become fairly apparent that God was leading Jubilee to start a new church in the East of Hull, the question now was who was going to lead it? Who did God want to work through to bring it to life? Who would we send out as part of the team in order to […]
How River City Church Came To Be – Part 1
I’ve been meaning, for a while, to try to record our journey of planting River City Church. There are a number of reasons for this 1) so that we don’t forget what an incredible journey we’re on; 2) to remind ourselves it is Jesus’ idea and not our own; 3) to list some of the
Miraculous House Move
If there’s one message God’s been teaching the River City Church so far, it’s that he cannot be boxed in or limited. The part we play is to simply show up, step out and see what God will do. Ever since Jubilee announced its church plant would be in the East of Hull, we (my […]
Strip clubs, knives and addiction
“I do not need safety as much as I need Jesus.” This is fast becoming my ‘mantra’. I find myself repeating this lyric from a Rend Collective song rather more often than I would like. For a long time I have lived a rather comfortable middle class existence. I have taken my saf
10 Incredible Things Since Taking a Leap of Faith
God spoke to us about moving to start a new church in August last year. Since then it has been a painful but exciting journey of transition. We are now living in East Hull and will soon transfer our children to new schools. In only a few months we will begin to meet together on […]
Let’s Begin Digging A Well
In Genesis 26 Isaac is on the search for water. Not just any old water, but ‘living water’. By this the Bible means not just a well that has water at the bottom of it, but a well filled with a source of water that ‘bubbles up, that flows’, where the well does not need [&helli
Committing ‘Career Suicide’ to Plant a Church
When you were in your twenties what did you hope your life would amount to? A flash apartment in the capital? Posh car? Award winning career? I did. But then, at the age of 20, I became a Christian and a lot of that changed. I still wanted all those things but something new began […]
