A Letter to yourself!

This might sound odd but can be very powerful.

Take a few minutes to write a letter to encourage yourself in your faith journey.

Think about who you are in Christ…

You might want to write a specific scripture or prayer; or write of God’s love for you; or that He has chosen you and adopted you into His family; or that He is with you in all things…

You could use a blank postcard or write in a journal, but date it and place it somewhere to be ‘found’ at a later date. If you have a stamp, why not pop it in the post addressed to yourself or ask someone else to send it to you in a few weeks time?

You may just find that when you read it at a later date, that God speaks to you afresh.

Prayer Walking: What is it and how could I do it?

There’s nothing too scary about Prayer Walking.

It’s not about standing on pavement corners, hands together, eyes closed, feeling awkward and a spectacle! You can go alone or with someone else.

It’s about chatting to God, wherever you are, for everything around you. Prayers don’t need to be formal or long, and they can be mixed in to the general conversation – ‘what a lovely garden’ ‘Thank you Lord for the care and love put into tending this garden’.

There is nothing that is too small to pray about.

There is nothing that is too big to pray about!

Prayer walking can be done by walking around an area, or using Google maps or a paper map. It is literally being in conversation with God as you explore an area, either one familiar to you, or a new one.

As you set out, invite God to walk with you and open your eyes and ears to see / hear things that are on His heart. Praise and pray as you go. Thank God for the little things – a flower, bird song, a birthday or new birth banner in a window – and pray His blessing and light into each place.

As you ‘walk’, pray for the things around you –

Homes and the issues people are facing, businesses, schools, parks, doctors, dentists, churches, public transport, supermarkets, dangerous traffic junctions… the list is endless.

Is God speaking to you? Do you have a sense of Him as you walk? Do you find yourself praying for something you hadn’t thought of before? Have you noticed something you’ve not seen before? Are you aware of a need in the area? Do you find yourself suddenly thinking of someone who lives there? Any of these can be prompts from God, invitations to act. Possibilities of things that the church could get involved in…

You may find that your walk is interrupted by someone you know who wants to chat. You might be just who they need. You might be an answer to their prayer, so don’t see it as an intrusion, but as God placing you in the right place at the right time. Silently pray for the person, that God would steer the conversation and give you the best words to support them.

Prayer Walking is a deliberate action of inviting God to walk with you to explore the area with new sight, fresh perspective. A walk involving God. It may feel strange to begin with, but the more you do it the more natural it becomes. God is with us at all times and rejoices when we seek to walk with Him and invite Him to speak to us about our area.

Go (or sit) expecting prayer walking to have an impact. Expect results. After all, the living, loving God is walking with you!

Amanda D. is taking part in the RSPCA Pet Challenge to raise some money so they can get the old dog block refurbished and operational.

If you would like to help out then you can donate via this link:

We will be holding short 30 minute services within our building on the first and third Sunday of each month at 10.45.

These services will follow covid regulations which includes social distancing, face masks and no singing. These services will be live streamed to our facebook and youtube pages.

Rev Linda will continue to lead a full weekly Sunday Service live on facebook at 11am.

Please keep an eye on our “Church Schedules” page of our website for the latest information.

Thanks to grants and support from Warrington Borough Council community initiative fund, AED Donate and Tesco Bags for life we have installed a public defibrillator outside the church hall doors for use by anyone in the area.

In the event of an emergency call 999 and ask for the Ambulance service who can then provide the access code.

We will be holding an opening ceremony when covid restrictions permit.