News Archive
 Weekend of Prayer
The
weekend of prayer,
concluded on Sunday 7th September with a
Launch tea for Hill City Church, Trevethin,
and Rev Phil Jenkins leading us in worship on the theme 'Prayer
and Partnership in Mission'.
A week of prayer is now planned for
January 2009
The website is changing!
This website will be changing in a
progressive and stepwise
fashion over the coming weeks until it is:
being delivered entirely
via a new content management system (Plone 3.0)
has had a completely new design applied
(designer wyattgraphics)
The new
sermons section will be available immediately from the new site.
As part of this process the design is
changing to a white and green look. Further refinements will be
made to the design over the summer.
Apart from a fresh look, the new site will
primarily improve ability for content to be managed by content owners and
provide more responsive ways to interact with the site (e.g. automated RSS news and events feeds)
Third Certificate
Awarded to Highfields
Observant Highfielders will have noticed
two awards displayed between Jenny's office door and the lift entrance
in the foyer.
- We gained a Bronze Award soon after
the building's completion, to note efforts made to ensure that the
building is welcoming to those who have visual, auditory or mobility
impairments.
- Soon afterwards, it was decided that
the church should support Fair Trade principles by buying only Fair
Trade certified tea, coffee, sugar and hot chocolate for church
events. A Tearfund/Fair Trade Foundation certificate was awarded for
that decision.
- In 2007, information on the church
building and on energy usage by all the staff, along with a small
number of participating household scores, was submitted to the
Church Climate Change Campaign run by Tearfund. The scores obtained
for environmentally sensitive practises resulted in Highfields
gaining a Gold Award, which will be displayed alongside the other
certificates in the foyer.
All three certificates are challenges for
us to continue to apply the gospel in all areas of our life. Care for
the weak, the poor and the environment is high on the Biblical agenda.
These certificates should remind us as we
go in and out of the Church Centre that - 'The earth is the Lord's and
everything in it; the world and all its peoples' (Ps.24:1).
Christianity
Explored - 28th April 2008
The course
Christianity Explored is
for those who want to find out what Christianity is really all about.
It consists of Seven evenings (& one Saturday) of presentations,
informal discussions and good food!. The current course
commenced 28th April 2008 with a taster session, and is held on Monday evenings from 7:30pm.
If you would like to take part or would like further information,
please email
office@highfieldschurch.org.uk or contact Highfields Church Office
(029 2065 0740)
BBC Radio 4 - Daily
Service - 24th March
On 24th March, Peter Baker our minister,
led the Radio 4 Daily Service from Cardiff. The theme was "The
scriptures fulfilled".
The service included the following hymns
and readings:
- This joyful Eastertide
- John 20:1-9
- Christ the Lord is risen again Rutter
- In Christ alone Townend/Getty
A
recording was available until Monday 31st March on the BBC "listen again"
facility.
Book of the Month: "The Cross of Christ" by John Stott
Why is the universal symbol of the
Christian faith a gruesome reminder of a horrible means of execution?
This magnificent book explains the significance of the cross and
answers the objections commonly brought against Biblical teaching on
the atonement. The cross is central to our faith. This
book will help you understand why, and what it means to live as
Christians under the cross.
Price £6 - from the
bookstall
Christianity
Explored - 21st January 2008
The course
Christianity Explored is
for those who want to find out what Christianity is really all about.
It consists of Seven evenings (& one Saturday) of presentations,
informal discussions and good food!. The current course
commenced 21st January 2008 and is held on Monday evenings from 7:30pm.
If you would like to take part or would like further information,
please email
office@highfieldschurch.org.uk or contact Highfields Church Office
(029 2065 0740)
Why Bother with
Creation?
Tearfund Church Climate Change Campaign -
Household Survey
You don't have to travel hundreds of
miles to help the poor in practical ways. By making simple, small
changes to everyday things you do, you can start putting the brakes on
climate change right where you are, today.
Use the
printable survey
form (pdf) to record before the end of October:
* Please email your scores to
tearfundcampaign@highfieldschurch.org.uk by 31st October 2007
Christianity
Explored - 8th October 2007
The course
Christianity Explored is
for those who want to find out what Christianity is really all about.
It consists of Seven evenings (& one Saturday) of presentations,
informal discussions and good food!. The next course
commences 8th October 2007 and is held on Monday evenings from 7:30pm.
If you would like to take part or would like further information,
please email
office@highfieldschurch.org.uk or contact Highfields Church Office
(029 2065 0740)
 facethebook
We'll be offering an interesting new
opportunity to learn and grow together on Sunday nights in October
called facethebook.
The Issues we will be covering over the
four week period will be:
In addition to our core commitment to
teach the Bible rigorously, during these evenings we will include time
for refreshments and break out groups. Songs and hymns will flow into
a message designed to raise questions and stimulate discussion.
More details ...
 A
Hymn-writer in Wales
 Stuart Townend,
the contemporary hymn writer, will be in Wrexham in the coming weeks leading
worship at the inaugural
North Wales Men's Convention, was interviewed
by Peter Baker last week for BBC Radio Wales
All Things Considered.
The programme was broadcast on Sunday 30th September and repeated on
Wednesday 3 October. The download of the programme was still
available Sunday 7th October via the following link
'Just Looking'
Mondays July 2007
'Just Looking' is a series of evenings, run by Highfields Church,
which aims to give an opportunity to think through the basics of the
Christian faith over coffee and cake.
Themes which are covered over the four
week series are:
- Does it matter what you believe?
(9th)
- Isn't being good, good enough?
(16th)
- Is Jesus the only way to God?
(23rd)
- How do you know it's true?
(30th)
Monday 7:30pm to 9:00pm
areyouconnected?
23rd June - 8th July 2007
'areyouconnected'
was a series of events, run by Highfields Church, designed to help
people think about their life and what they are living for.
The events for these two weeks
included: Schools Work, Family Days, Kids Special Events, Youth Band
Night, Youth Talent Show, International Student Event, Popular
Classics evening, Women's Event, Men's Event, Coffee Cake and Company
event, Community visiting + 'meal with a message' in people's homes.
Sermons On-line (Update
30th June 2007)
Highfields Church now has a selection of
recorded sermons on-line at: www.highfieldschurch.org.uk/sermons. You
can search by theme, preacher, service time and date range.
We hope to regularly have recordings
available from the previous week shortly, however we are not quite at
the stage where we can guarantee that the process is quick and
reliable.
 "Emerging
Church - riding the next wave or battling a Trojan horse?"
Christian workers
and leaders as well as Bible College students are invited to a
seminar on 9th
March by Don Carson (Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School, Illinois, USA) on the very relevant challenges
posed by the Emerging Church phenomenon in the Christian world today.
BBC Radio Wales -
launches first ever BBC religious podcast throughout the UK
 Peter Baker is a regular broadcaster on Radio 4 and presenter of
the BBC Radio Wales Religious affairs programme
All Things Considered. Recently the programme launched a
podcast facility for this programme. You can hear again the
current week's programme.
For any other information contact
Highfields Church office 029 2065 0740 or email office@highfieldschurch.org.uk
BBC Radio 4 Sunday
Worship 9th April 2006 8:10am
1.8 million people were reached on Palm
Sunday
morning as Highfields Church in Cardiff broadcast the morning service
live on Radio 4 at 8:10 am. Rehearsals were held on
Saturday evening
at 6pm. This morning the congregation arrived at 7:20am in
order to be ready for the Service to go out live at 8:10am on BBC Radio 4.
You can read a transcript of the service on the
BBC
Religious Programmes Website. Photographs of the October
2004 broadcast service rehearsal
show what it was like to be
involved.
Jo Williams -
Thanksgiving Service - 28th February 2006
Dear Friends
So very many people both at Highfields
and throughout the world have followed the Jo Williams story and
subsequent to her death and funeral there have been numerous requests
for a copy of the service. Well one of the best ways of making available
that very special occasion is to place it on our website. You will be
able to hear it all or you can download a printable version of the
sermon text.
I hope that you can draw inspiration from
the
event and as you do so give thanks to God for Jo Williams whose
life and death spoke to many of a passion for the Gospel of Christ.
Yours in Christ
Peter Baker
Sermons On-line (Update 18th November 2005)
Highfields is piloting placing a
selection of sermons on-line. The first selection were available
in a new section of the website - www.highfieldschurch.org.uk/sermons.
A "server-side" trial version media player is now operational. We are
currently seeking feedback.
During the period of this pilot, issues of accessibility, audio
quality, thematic relevance
and currency will be investigated and checked.
ITV's My Favourite Hymns (Easter 2005)
Members of the congregation took part in a TV recording of an
Easter Service led by Peter Baker of Highfields Church Cardiff and
including the Cambrensis Choir and the performer Rob Lacey at
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral on November 23rd 2004 at 3pm for ITV's
My Favourite Hymns.
BBC Radio 4 Sunday
Worship 24th October 2004 8:10am
Over a million homes were reached on the morning
of 24th October as Highfields Church in Cardiff broadcasted live
on Radio 4 at 8:10 am the Morning Service. You can
see pictures
of Saturday's rehearsal or
read a transcript from the
BBC
Religious Programmes Website.
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