News Summary
 Weekend of Prayer
The
weekend of prayer,
concluded on Sunday 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
 Baker's Blog
Peter Baker our minister has the
latest news for
Aug & Sep 2008 ...
Sermons On-line (Update
26th July 2008)
The sermons on-line system at: www.highfieldschurch.org.uk/sermons is
now fully working. You
can search by theme, preacher, service time and date range.
Recent Sermons up to 15th June are
available. Sermons for July will be posted as soon as
they become available from the recording team.
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
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