Messy Fun at Rose Fair

Messy Church set up outside the Queen Mary Centre during the big Saturday Rose Fair event last week. A craft gazebo and bouncy castle were on offer as well as a puppet show. Despite the torrential showers that most managed to dodge, the event was a success and saw many new connections made with many good conversations about Messy Church. The puppet show was a huge success, performing to an audience of about 60 people who were all quite receptive to the gospel message and Bible stories and sings being performed.

Thank you to everyone who helped in any way. If we met you for the first time at the Rose Fair - we hoe you had fun and we look forward to seeing you at Messy Church in September.

Book Your Place for 'Word on the Wash'!

Message from Helen Slipper at Terrington St Clement church:

We would be delighted if you would take a look at the Word on the Wash webpage - http://www.tsc-church.org.uk/wordonthewash/ - to see all the latest details about the programme, speakers, seminars and practical arrangements for Word on the Wash 2016.

We look forward to welcoming Hugh Palmer and Tim Chester as our main speakers.  Hugh will be teaching us from the book of 2 Timothy and Tim Chester will be unpacking Galatians chapter 2 for us under the title ' Rediscovering Reformation Joy'.

There will be a full programme for children aged 5-15 (including creche facilities for 0-5's with an audio link to the main hall) throughout Saturday 17th September - so please bring the whole family and make a day of it!

There will be four interactive seminars to choose from this year covering a wide range of topical issues - do please click on the 'Seminars' button on the webpage to browse the topics.

If you would like to support the event in prayer you would be most welcome to join us at our monthly prayer meetings at the St John's Centre, Kings Lynn, 4pm on Sunday's  19th June, 17th July and 21st August.

We look forward to receiving your booking online soon - or see you in September!

India Missions Evening

On Wednesday night Patrick Jonhstone spoke about his recent missionary trip to North-East India. Providing a fascinating world-wide overview of missionary work in the current global climate as well as predicting future problem areas and opportunities for growth, Patrick gave encouragement to the church to engage in mission on a wider scale. He also spoke about his trip as well as some of the people he encountered there and what his visit achieved.

There was time for us to sample some Indian food half way through the presentation. There was also opportunity to ask questions.

Thank you to all who came and to Patrick for an enjoyable and educational evening.

Talk by International Author and Speaker

Missionary, author (Operation World) and international speaker, Patrick Johnstone is going to be giving a presentation about his recent ministry trip to India. Come and  hear what God did during the visit as well as what is happening in the country in general. All welcome - free of charge.

Wednesday 10 February 2016
Octavia View
19:30

Our Website Makes Awards Shortlist

We are pleased to announce that our church website has just made the shortlist of the Premier Digital Awards 2015 in the 'Accessibility' category.

The Premier Digital Awards are national awards that seek to celebrate and encourage excellence in Christian engagement online. In the spirit of Philippians 4:8 thier aim is to focus attention on those people and projects that can serve as examples of best practice for the benefit of the Church.

Over 800 entries were made in this year's awards for the 16 categories available.

There is an awards ceremony held in central London in mid November where the winners will be announced which follows the Premier Digital Conference that is held earlier in the day, providing encouragement, resources and training for Christians interested in engaging with the digital world.

Visit our church website - click here now!

New song from today's service

Here is a video of the new song 'When My Heart Is Torn Asunder' that we sung at this morning's service.

We will be learning it with the band and will be singing it again in the coming weeks.

An important song for this time in the life of our church family.

Register Now for Word on The Wash Conference

A new opportunity for Christians in West Norfolk, Fenland and Holland to come together for faithful and relevant bible teaching, worship and encouragement in our Christian lives.

Registration begins 7.00pm Friday 11th September. The programme continues throughout Saturday 12th from 10.00am.

Jonathan Lamb, CEO of Keswick Ministries, will lead four main sessions from 2 Corinthians 4 and 5 on ‘Authentic Christian Living’. Afternoon seminars with Martin and Elizabeth Goldsmith will focus on cross-cultural and family issues in today’s world. The children’s programme on Saturday will be led by Kevin Baldwin of Crowns’ Trust. Kevin and his team will teach and care for children from 4-15yrs throughout all daytime sessions.

This conference is free of charge to all – but donations are welcome either at the event or made previously by direct transfer online.

For more information please visit the Word On The Wash website.

King's Church Musicians at KingsStock Music Festival

A group of musicians from The King's Church, Wisbech and the Salvation Army joined forces on Sunday and played on the main 'Impact' stage at this year's  'KingsStock' Christian Music Festival. Matt McChlery, Joel Fitzsimmons, Matt Kinsey and Clare Kinsey played well-known worship songs which had the KingsStock audience singing along and were a blessing to many who were there.

KingsStock is a Christian music festival that happens every year. It has recently changed location and is now held on the historic Moggerhanger Park country estate in Bedofrdshire.

Find out more about the festival here: www.ksmf.co.uk

New Chairperson of Wisbech Churches Together

Matt McChery (Chairperson) and Keith Aplin (Vice-Chair)

Matt McChlery was duly elected as the new Chairperson of Wisbech Churches Together at the annual AGM on 17 June 2015. He is Director of Music and one of the Worship Leaders at The King’s Church, Wisbech as well as a teacher at Magdalene House Prep School. The former Chairperson, Keith Aplin stepped down after many years of dedicated service. We wish to say a heartfelt thank you to Keith for all that he has done for Churches Together as Chairperson. He made the decision to step down as the Wisbech Foodbank is demanding more of his time and attention.

The Persecuted Church

In case you missed this great sermon about the persecuted church, watch it again here! Using the book of James, Clive Butcher looks at some history of the persecuted church as well as tackling the current modern examples of Christian persecution in the Middle East.

Video mentioned in Today's Sermon

Here is the video from the Open Doors website about persecuted Christians in Syria that was mentioned in the sermon this morning:

Magic and Giggles at After Hours Live

Tom Elliott is a stand-up comedian with a difference . . .he is also a magician. Seamlessly weaving in comedy and jokes with his magic show, Tom delighted the After Hours audience. From very funny ventriloquism with audience participation to escaping from a straitjacket as well as the obligatory card trick and some close-up magic, Tom Elliott did a great job! (You could tell by the number of people in the audience who were recording his tricks on their mobile phones!)

Tom stood in for the acclaimed comedian Tony Vino at short notice who was unfortunately stuck on a boat somewhere between Lisbon and Bristol! - Thanks Tom.

Puppet People

The puppets with their people

Today seven people from our church had a fantastic time at a puppet workshop that was run by One Way UK Creative Ministries who had travelled from Grimsby to Wisbech to run the event. They were joined by others who had travelled from Market Harborough, Bury St. Edmonds and Huntingdon as well as a few other locally based people.

Christmas goodies now in stock

Richard and Maggie from the Oasis Christian Bookshop in Wisbech have helped re-stock the church shop. There are lots of Christmas goodies that are not usually available including Fairtrade Christmas Cards, Fairtrade ginger biscuits, Fairtrade dried fruit perfect for making your Christmas cake.

The Fairtrade 'Reeal Advent Calendar' is proving to be a great success - so prder yours if they are sold out!

There is also a selection of Christmas music CDs as well as popular worship CDs including the latest release 'All Things New' from our very own Matt McChlery which will make a great Christmas gift!

Get ready for the new year with some Bible reading notes that last a whole year, or be helped to read the Bible in a year with the 'Every Day With Jesus' Bible.

Do have a look at the shop at the back of church on Sunday.

Visited by Rachel Hickson

Rachel Hickson preaching at The King's Church Wisbech

We were very blessed by Rachel Hickson's ministry when she came for a visit on Sunday 7th September. Her sermon was about 'Presence, Passion and Power'. Rachel believes God is looking for people who want to get wet with his presence and spirit, and then God will set them on fire with his passion and power!

This was a word in season for our church and touched on sereval points that we are looking to explore more deeply in the coming months.

Thank you to Rachel and to everyone who came from the church.

You can watch Rachel Hickson's sermon again here:

Terry's Testimony on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Our very own Terry was the main feature interview this Easter Sunday on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.

Listen again to this amazingly honest and open interview of a life transformed and hope restored by clicking here.

Any comments, leave them in the comments section below.

Happy Easter!

The 12 Days of Christmas

Although the big day is still just around the corner, our church had a get-together in the lovely Octavia's Cafe last Sunday where we had a 'Cafe Church' service, followed by an amazing bring-and-share lunch. The event was complete with Christmas crackers, paper hats and traditional carols.

Clive took the opportunity to talk about one of the 'silly' songs we sung and explained that the song had a deeper significance than we may first think. So why not dive into the depths of 'The 12 Days of Christmas' by clicking on the video link above?

Merry Christmas!

Our gang at the Big Church Day Out 2013

Some of The King's Church Wisbech gang enjoying themselves at the Big Church Day Out 2013

The second bank holiday weekend in May 2013 saw a group of 11 from The King's Church Wisbech pack their tents, sleeping bags, gas cookers and toilet roll into a few cars and head down to Wiston House in West Sussex  for two glorious days of friendship, sunshine and top-quality Christian music!

This was the first time a group from our church had attended the event that is growing from year to year. It features 3 stages that showcase Christian bands from around the world as well as the UK. There is also a fairground, archery, rock-wall climbing and a petting zoo for the kids. Ice-cream vans, a wide variety of food options in the food court, the Tearfund Tea Tent that serves as a music venue as well as a great place for a cream tea on the lawns.

As far as the top-quality Christian music goes, well we were spoilt for choice! Matt Redman, Hillsong Live, Jason Upton, Phil Wickham, Brenton Brown, Dave Bilbrough, Watato Children's Choir, King's Chamber Orchestra, Yazz, Amy Grant, and many more! We had a fantasic time worshipping with thousands of other from around the UK!

Watch our Youtube Videoto see some of the bands in action - Click Here! 

 



Spiritualists, Mediums and the Occult

Have you ever been involved in the use of tarot cards, ouija boards or horoscopes? Have you had your fortune told or visited a medium or a psychic? If you have, you are certainly not alone! Or are you the type of person who thinks all this is a load of hocus-pocus mumbo-jumbo? Again, you are not alone!

In Christian circles, topics like this are often avoided or side-stepped but this is a mistake! Chrisitians believe in the spiritual realm (Heaven, The Holy Spirit, Angels etc). Often the focus is rightly on the positive elements of the spiritual realms, but we ignore confronting and dealing with the darker aspects of them at our peril! The Bible tells us that:

"Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." 1 Peter 5:8

The whole area of consulting with mediums comes up in 1 Samuel 28 where King Saul chooses to consult with a meduim rather than with God. In Clive Butcher's sermon series about 'The Life of David' he coveres this whole subject and gives a fantastic insight and Christian perspective to what the occult is, wether it is ok to consult mediums or not and what we should do if we have done so in the past.

Two sermons about the whole subject can be heard (live-streamed) directly from our website.
 Click here to listen now.

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