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, […]
Winter’s Purpose
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 […]
Feeling Overwhelmed? Discover Peace!
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 […]
Frantic or Focused?
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 […]
Growth Takes Time
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 […]
Always and Forever Love
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 […]
Who Will You Invite to Alpha?
Sometimes the “yes” takes you by surprise. I’ve been praying for my little brother for years and we’ve had countless spiritual conversations over those years. But as you know if you have a family member or a friend like that, you grow used to their rejection and even if you continue to share, you don’t […]
Celebrating Alpha
I often get asked how many people attended Alpha and to share the stories of those who came to faith. These are definitely things worth celebrating, but one question I rarely get asked is how many people invited to Alpha or to share a story of someone who invited to Alpha. Those stories demonstrate the […]
New beginnings at Alpha
Every person’s journey in faith started when another person was bold enough to share theirs. Who was it that helped YOU to discover faith? The Alpha team are such an encouragement to me because every individual is aware of their testimony…being invited to explore faith, invited to participate in Alpha, and invited into becoming a […]
Emotionally healthy
How did your family of origin handle conflict, emotions, and stress? British culture is true to its stereotype – the “stiff upper lip” and “keep calm and carry on” sayings you’ve heard ring true in my personal experience. Handling life and its challenges with poise and perseverance, grace and grit, are the values I inherited. […]