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G2 – a Satellite Church of The Belfrey

Here is a copy of the letter on the tables at G2 today … Dear G2,  From the very beginning G2 was established to explore new ways of doing church – as an experiment in mission and church-life.  This has

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Praying from your gut

I’m not brilliant with words, I get muddled with what means what so I keep things simple rather than embarrass myself! I’m an introvert so I process things in my head before I speak them out loud. And when it

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Laura and Bolivia

Hi,I’m Laura and I’ve recently joined G2, I’m settling in well and loving what a passionate and outward looking church G2 is. As I don’t know that many people yet,I thought I should share with you what I’m going to

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Lean in: Lent

God is on the move throughout G2. I’m seeing our community shaken and stirred with tough stuff, powerful stuff, kingdom-of-God-breaking-in stuff. Right now, as a whole church family, God seems to be saying the same thing to lots of people: lean

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Your kingdom come

Your kingdom come, Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:9-13 (NIV) Imagine life in heaven: one without anger, suffering, pain, injustice or poverty. God calls us to bring his kingdom to earth, not to

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Red Letter Christians

In 1899 Louis Klopsch, the editor of The Christian Herald magazine, published an edition of the Bible where the spoken words of Jesus were printed in red.  Klopsch’s idea – of highlighting Jesus’ words – originated in Luke 22:20 which

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Take Time to be Holy (by Cat Smith)

In 1882, William Longstaff wrote the words to a hymn entitled Take Time to Be Holy. In 2010, Phil Laeger arranged these words and set it to new music. (His version can be listened to here.) The discovery of this

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Look me in the eye

By Miriam Swaffield “Did you Facebook-stalk when you found out?” Her big brown eyes now seemed sharp, her focus trained as she stared me down across our steaming mugs of tea. “No. No, I actually didn’t. But good question, definitely

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Playboy Leadership

King Xerxes was a playboy leader. One of his first acts of wisdom as king was to throw a national party … for six months!  This extravagance was topped by a 7-day ‘after-party’ of unlimited wine, food and indulgence.  Not

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Ask Someone

Don’t wait for someone to offer. Don’t wait to be noticed. Ask someone. For the last 13 years, I have done something every fortnight that has been such an encouraging, inspiring and challenging part of my journey with Jesus that

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