Paul Kerensa at After Hours Live

Comedian Paul Kerensa entertains at After Hours Live

Professional stand-up comedian, Paul Kerensa, visited Wisbech on his book tour. He has won comedy awards on ITV as well as helped to write hit sitcoms such as 'Dead Ringers' and  BBC's 'Miranda'. It was fantastic having someone of Paul's calibre visiting our lovely town.

Paul had the audience in stitches in no time! A great night of fun and hilarity was had by all. Octavia's Café in the grand Octavia View building that is managed and run by the Ferry Project, again played host to After Hours Live, with help from The King's Church, Wisbech who funded and co-hosted the event.

This event formed a part of The King's Church, Wisbech's involvement in the annual Wisbech Rose Fair festival. Other churches in the town have fabulous floral displays in their buildings, but The King's Church has stand-up comedy and a rally car instead (see next blog for more about the rally car!)

After Hours usually happens on the first Friday evening of every month, however with the long summer holiday happening over August and many people going away during that time, After Hours takes a well deserved rest as well! We will be back in September, so please do keep checking our website for more information nearer the time as we would love to see you there!

www.afterhourslive.org.uk

GP Taylor Visits After Hours Live

Author GP Taylor tells his fascinating life-story at After Hours Live 

New York Times best-selling author GP Taylor gave the audience at After Hours Live an unforgettable evening of stories and tales all based on his own life journey. He spoke about growing up and being expelled from school, being unable to read for many years, how he came to be an ordained priest as well as all the adventures and twists and turns his life has taken since becoming a successful author. An unashamedly Christian message given in a no-nonsense unpretentious way, Graham engaged with the audience who all thoroughly enjoyed hearing about his fascinating life.

It was also interesting to note that all of GP Taylor's books are about to be turned into movies! The first one is being released in a few months time: 'Muriah Mundi' which includes a star-studded cast. So watch this space cinema lovers!

Our next After Hours Live, on Friday 5^th July, sees Paul Kerensa, a stand-up comedian performing at After Hours Live’s Rose Fair Special! Paul has won many awards including ITV’s Take The Mike Award in 2002 and is a sitcom writer, most notably being on the writing team of BBC 1’s ‘Miranda’ and sketch shows such as ‘Dead Ringers’. This event is one not to miss! Come along for a great night out.

 

Our 2013 Wisbech Rose Fair Events

The Wisbech Rose Fair is an annual event that sees thousands of people coming to Wisbech over the course of five days in July. The event culminates on the Saturday with a wide variety of market stalls, flower displays, and a parade through the town with festive floats. Visit the Rose Fair website here.
This year the Wisbech Rose Fair is happening from Wednesday 3rd July until Sunday 7th July 2013 - and The King's Church, Wisbech is going to be there!

Friday 5th July 2013

Stand-up comedian Paul Kerensa will be coming to Wisbech on his book tour. He will be visiting us at our After Hours Live event that takes place at Octavia View Cafe from 7pm. This will be stand-up comedy at its best complete with fantastic cups of coffee and tea and delicious cake! Paul has been featured on TV as well as radio all around teh UK. He is also a sitcom writer including BBC1's 'Miranda' and 'Not Going Out'. Come along and join in the fun! Visit the After Hours Live website for more information.

Saturday 6th July 2013

Come and visit our stand in the Wisbech Market Place. This year we have teamed up with the 'Alpha & Omega Christian Motorsport Team'. They will be in town with their rally car which will be on display in the Market Place on Saturday 6th July. Come along to chat the the motorsport team as well as meet some people from our church to find out more about Jesus and what our church can do for you!

Sunday 7th July 2013

You may have been given one of our invitations before or during the Rose Fair invitig you to our special 'A Taste of Church' service. We are meeting in the Queen Mary Centre from 10:30am. We will finish at 12:15pm but you are more than welcome to drop-in and drop-out of the event at any time. During the event we will give a taste of what one of our church services is like as well as tell you about various courses and activities that we provide that can help you in your everyday life. Kids are more than welcome. Refreshments will be provided.

Click here for directions.

Church like you've never experienced before!

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! 

 



First Collection for the Wisbech Food Bank

Food collected at church today for the Wisbech Food Bank

The Wisbech Food Bank is opening in early June, so at church today we had our first ever food collection to help stock the Wisbech Food Bank before it opens. With some of the members of our church actively involved in the running of the Food Bank in Wisbech we are able to keep up to date with the need in our community as well as able to get involved as a whole church community and donate various food items.

Thanks to everyone who donated today. We ended up with even more food than is in the photo and it was very encouraging the see so many people in the church getting behind this worthwhile charity.

There will be more collections for the Wisbech Food Bank in the coming months. Please keep a look out in the church newsletter to find out when these will be taking place. However, a continuous collection point for the Wisbech Food Bank has been set up in the Oasis Book Shop (located at the end of Norfolk Street in Wisbech) if you would like to keep donating food on a more regular basis.

Visit the Wisbech Foodbank website!

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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Joel Fitzsimmons at After Hours Live

 

Local teenager, Joel Fitzsimmons, took to the After Hours Live stage on Friday 10th May 2013 for his debut full-length solo gig. His set contained a varied selection of songs including The Beatles ‘Hey Jude’, U2’s ‘With or Without You’ and Coldplay’s ‘Fix You’. Joel is a very talented musician and as such he had expertly reinterpreted other well-known songs in his own style. Outcast’s ‘Hey Ya’ was performed on an acoustic guitar and ukulele and Taylor Swift’s hit ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’ was performed as a rap! The sound resembled a Radio 1 ‘Live Lounge’ session.

Staying on the theme of variety, our next event on Friday 7th June sees the popular New York Times best-selling author, G P Taylor coming to Octavia’s Café to talk about his writing and novels. His works include Shadowmancer, Wormwood, Tersias, The Curse of Salamander Street and The Tizzle Sisters. There will be a variety of his books on sale as well as a question and answer session.