By Rachel White, Assistant Pastor Ellis and I are in what I like to call the “taxi” season of parenting. We split camps and one parent takes one kid to an activity here, and the other parent takes the other kid to an activity there. If we are lucky, we can sneak in a little […]
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By Rachel White, Pastor of Next Steps It was so inspiring to see answers to prayers from 15 years ago when we visited Oxford last Fall. Walking around the city reminded me of countless prayer meetings and the hopeful anticipation during the season we lived there that God would answer those prayers with large numbers […]
By Rachel White, Pastor of Next Steps If you’ve ever found yourself thinking “faith in Jesus should change the way we live and the world around us” James is the book for you and I’m excited that tomorrow we start our sermon series in James: Faith That Works. I grew up in a Christian home, […]
By Pastor Rachel White, Pastor of Alpha & LifeGroups I look up to my Mum (Mom for all you Americans!). She is creative, hard-working, cares deeply for her family, and has been a steady rock for our family. In my teen years she was a single Mum and it was in that time that I […]
By Rachel WhitePastor of Alpha & LifeGroups The Alpha Weekend is coming! Please pray for our Alpha guests to experience the love of God and life-changing power of the Holy Spirit during our time together. We’ve been so excited to see each one of them making steps forward in their faith journey this Alpha season, […]
By Pastor Rachel WhitePastor of Alpha & Lifegroups As a flower grower I’m very aware of the changing of the seasons. The winter is, practically speaking, a time for the garden to rest. It is a time for the gardener to plan, even though everything on the surface looks, well, dead. It’s not a very […]
By Pastor Rachel WhitePastor of Alpha & LifeGroups “Cast all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7). Is there anyone else who needed to hear those words today? The new year is exciting, hopeful and full of fresh potential, but the energy and momentum it takes to get those new […]
By Pastor Rachel WhitePastor of Alpha and Lifegroups Has it ever struck you how long the Christmas story took? I’m not even talking about how long before Christ was born that prophecies were given about his coming. I’m talking about how long Zechariah had to wait to get his voice back after he was struck […]
By Pastor Rachel WhitePastor of LifeGroups & Alpha One of the many lessons I’ve learned from spending time growing a flower garden this year has been that growth takes time. As the cut flower season ends, I’m already planting seeds for next year, seeds that won’t look like flowers until maybe May! That’s a long […]
My household in my teen years was predominantly female. You’d frequently find me and my sister hanging out with mutual girlfriends, wearing one other’s clothes, doing each other’s hair, and watching chick flicks with our mom (always with the all-important Galaxy chocolate bar!). My poor little brother had to put up with a lot! Now […]