Black Country news and blogs Thursday 4 July 2013
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's
33 storiesRSS feed for Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's
Blog feature
House Blessing & Wedding Blessing
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 3 Jul 13
I’m occasionally asked to conduct house blessings, which normally involves me praying around the house with the owners.
Blog feature
Discipleship Challenge
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 1 Jul 13
Reflections from Transforming Discipleship by Greg Ogden Transforming Discipleship by Greg Ogden provides some challenging reading.
Blog feature
Orang Asli Tuition
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 1 Jul 13
Another outreach project that St Barnabas Church are engaged in (which I’ve blogged about earlier) is helping to provide tuition to the Organ Asli children on Pulau Lumut, which they do every Tuesday and Friday.
Blog feature
Barnabas Children’s Home
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 1 Jul 13
As mentioned in a previous blog, St Barnabas Church in Klang runs a children’s home for children who are either orphans, or whose parents are unable to care for them.
Blog feature
Transforming Discipleship
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 27 Jun 13
Notes from ‘Transforming Discipleship’ by Greg Ogden There has been a real emphasis on church growth, but not enough emphasis on discipleship.
Blog feature
Worship in Klang
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 23 Jun 13
https://m.
Blog feature
Sermon Luke 8.26-39, Mission & Love
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 23 Jun 13
Sermon preached to the Tamil congregation at St Barnabas, Klang, Malaysia I would like to thank Pastor Viji for giving me this great honour of being able to speak to you this morning.
Blog feature
Orang Asli
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 21 Jun 13
Today I visited an Orang Asli village on Pulau Lumut, an island not far from Klang.
Blog feature
Five Habits of Life Changing Groups
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 21 Jun 13
Last night I attended one of St Barnabas’ cell groups, which was looking at what makes a good cell group, based on the course ‘ Making Your Small Group Work ‘.
Blog feature
St Barnabas Church Klang
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 20 Jun 13
I am very impressed with the high level of community engagement and outreach that St Barnabas Anglican Church in Klang is involved in.
Blog feature
Migrant Ministry Klang
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 19 Jun 13
Today I visited Migrant Ministry Klang .
Blog feature
Arrival in Klang
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 18 Jun 13
Klang After fourteen hours in the air, and a flight that took me via Dubai, I have finally arrived in Klang, Malaysia, and the home of the Revd Vijendra Daniel and his family, who have kindly opened up their home to me, and made me feel very welcome.
Blog feature
Harwich – Celebrity Infinity
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 14 Jun 13
My final day with the Mission to Seafarers was spent in Harwich, visiting the cruise ship Celebrity Infinity .
Blog feature
The Revd Simon Davies, Port Chaplain, Felixstowe
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 12 Jun 13
This interview with the Revd Simon Davies was published in FAN (Flying Angel News), Spring 2013, Issue 8 Simon works at the Felixstowe Seafarers’ Centre on the UK’s east coast.
Blog feature
Mission to Seafarers Church Newsletter
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 12 Jun 13
This is an article for St Martin’s Church Newsletter (16th June 2013), about my time with the Mission to Seafarers in Felixstowe.
Blog feature
Port of Ipswich
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 11 Jun 13
Whilst the Port of Felixstowe deals with container traffic the Port of Ipswich, seven miles up the Orwell River, deals with the smaller bulk carrying ships.
Blog feature
Mission to Seafarers, Felixstowe
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 10 Jun 13
I first heard about the Mission to Seafarers from a friend in college, which led me to work for them as a Chaplain’s Assistant in Auckland, New Zealand from 1998 to 1999.
Blog feature
Reflections from St Beuno’s: The Examen
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 3 Jun 13
The founder of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits) is St.
Blog feature
Reflections from St Beuno’s: Prayer To God As Father
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 3 Jun 13
A beautiful prayer to God as Father, inspired by Psalm 139.
Blog feature
Reflections from St Beuno’s: Sin, Insensitivity & Missed Opportunity
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 3 Jun 13
Another spiritual exercise which people may find helpful: What have I done for Christ? What am I doing for Christ? What shall I do for Christ? Meditations on sin are not a time to wallow in guilt and despair, centred on myself.
Blog feature
Reflections from St Beuno’s: A Prayer of Remembering
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 3 Jun 13
This was one of the spiritual exercises I was encouraged to do whilst at St Beuno’s, and thought I’d share it, so others can benefit from it.
Blog feature
Reflections from St Beuno’s: Entering Into Retreat
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 3 Jun 13
Here is some guidance I was given when I started my retreat at St Beuno’s.
Blog feature
Reflections from St Beuno’s: What I will take away
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 1 Jun 13
As my time at St Beuno’s draws to a close I have been reflecting on the experiences of the last week.
Blog feature
Reflections from St Beuno’s: Taste & See That The Lord is Good
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 1 Jun 13
T aste and see that the LORD is good One of the consequences of being encouraged to be silent during the last eight days at St Beuno’s, is that it has made me become more mindful of my environment.
Blog feature
Reflections from St Beuno’s: Paths
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 29 May 13
At St Beuno’s I normally meet with my retreat director at 10.15am, but on the Sunday this meeting was rescheduled to 5pm.
Blog feature
Reflections from St Beuno’s: Silence
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 28 May 13
Be still and know that I am God.
Blog feature
Reflections From St Beuno’s: First Encounters
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 28 May 13
At the start of a three month sabbatical I am spending eight days on retreat at the Ignatian Spirituality Centre of St Beuno’s in North Wales.
Blog feature
Is Pornography Good For You?
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 21 May 13
On Tuesday 23rd April 2013 Anna Arrowsmith and Germaine Greer had a debate on the BBC Radio 4 Today program about whether pornography is good for society.
Blog feature
When Disaster Stikes
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 21 May 13
Life can change in the blink of an eye.
Blog feature
Jonah and Pentecost
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 19 May 13
Sermon preached by Margaret Carter on Pentecost Sunday 2013, continuing our exploration of the book of Jonah, and connecting it to the theme of Pentecost.
Blog feature
Jonah Chapter 2
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 14 May 13
Today we are celebrating Ellie’s baptism, and continuing our study of the book of Jonah.
Blog feature
Jonah Chapter 1
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 14 May 13
Introduction If you ask people to name the best known and most popular stories from the Old Testament, the story of Jonah would undoubtedly come near the top of the list.
Blog feature
Why Bother With The Old Testament?
Rev Simon Bickersteth, St Martin's 29 Apr 13
A lot of this sermon is based on Nicky Gumble’s ‘How To Understand The Old Testament’ from the Jesus Lifestyle Series, click HERE to listen to Nick’s talks from this series Introduction I love the Old Testament, but I have spoken to many people in St…