St Swithin's Walcot

Here's Tim sharing from Mark 10 on Giving Sunday. To find out more about how to financially contribute to the life of St Swithin's Church, please go to https://www.stswithinswalcot.org.uk/giving.html

As we held our APCM (annual parochial church meeting) on Sunday, we took time to celebrate what God has done in the last year and look ahead to what he's calling us to. Here are some testimonies of God and work, some insights into various bits of church life as well as Tim challenging us to step out of hiding and to shine for God.

Here’s Tim sharing from Acts 4:32-5:11 as we returned to our year-long series exploring the book of Acts.

Here's John sharing on Easter Sunday and as we opened the gospel, to look at the resurrection of Jesus, we are confronted with big question... "What do we really believe?"

As we drew together our lent series on Listening to God, we felt it important to ask this key question... What kind of God are we listening to? We were absolutely delighted to have our friend Paul Wakely join us. Paul shared on the father-heart of God and God's ongoing invitation to us to come home to Him. No matter how far gone we may feel, God longs to be in relationship with us. The homecoming...

Here's Suzi sharing from Luke 10 as we continue our All Age series looking at the parables of Jesus.

On Sunday we took time to remember what God has done in the past, give thanks for what he’s doing amongst us today and look forward to what we believe God is calling us into. St Swithin’s is here to build a thriving church in Walcot for the display of God’s Splendour. - Isaiah 61:3. This is expressed as we;- · Connect with God, with one another, and with those around us · Discover the good news of...

“You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.” - Saint Augustine. Here's Tim sharing from 1 Peter 2 and how our life's calling is centred upon a deep relationship with God.

As we continue to focus on listening to God throughout Lent, here's Tim sharing from Acts 13:1-3.

Here's Tim sharing from Matthew 13:1-23 as we took a weekend break from our year in Acts. Stay tuned for our monthly All-Age talk on the Parables of Jesus.

Here's John opening up Acts 4:1-31 to us and helping us step into Peter's shadow, an ordinary, flawed man, who grew remarkably and stayed strong in the face of incredible opposition by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Here's Tim sharing from Acts 3 as we spend 2023 journeying through the book of Acts and discovering what God is doing amongst us.

Here's Tim sharing from Acts 2:42-47 as we continue our year in the book of Acts, learning from the life of the early Church as they shared the good news of Jesus by the power of the Spirit.

Here's Suzi sharing from Matthew 13:44-46 as we took a weekend break from our year in Acts. Stay tuned for a monthly All-Age talk on the Parables of Jesus

Here's Yein sharing from Acts 1:15-26 as we continue our year of journeying through the book of Acts and as we continue to seek God's kingdom for our world.

Here's John sharing from Acts 1:1-14 as we begin our year in the book of Acts.

Here's Tim sharing from Psalm 127 and Matthew 7:24-29 as we kick started the New Year by committing to being a people of prayer before we head into our year-long series in Acts.

Here's Tim sharing from Luke 2:1-15 on Christmas Day as we celebrated the coming of Jesus.

Here's Tim sharing from John 3:1-15 as we continue our journey through Advent.

Here's John sharing about hope at our 'Carols by Candlelight' service.

Here's Tim sharing from John 3:1-15 as we continue to explore the Advent Spirit in the lead-up to Christmas

Here's Tim sharing from Joel 2:28-32 as well as Isaiah 9:1-9 and talking about God speaking as we continue to spend 2022 walking by the Spirit.

Here's Nicola kick-starting our Advent and Christmas season by helping us think about God's creative, sustaining Spirit as we looked at Genesis 1.

Here's our dear friend and former rector, Hartmut sharing with us from John 11.

Here's Tim sharing from John 21 as we draw our mini-series on Forgiveness together.