Gary Bastin led an all age gathering beginning with an experiment with eggs, to see what could protect them from cracking when dropped! He then spoke about being a ‘safe place’. He concluded with this statement: We aim to be a church community of loving people who have grace for each other’s quirks, weaknesses and failures, giving space to be changed at God’s pace!

On Pentecost Sunday, Andy Taylor continued our series ‘Finding Your Place, Playing Your Part’. He unpacked what God means by ‘True Fasting’ from Isaiah 58, and where we could outwork this.

We were delighted to welcome Jonathan & Sarah Pitts, the Salvation Army Officers for Basingstoke. They brought some unique and creative teaching about four different ‘Prayer Styles’: The Sunbather, The Surfer, The Ice cream Seller and The Snorkeler. Which one are you?

It was a full on, fantastic, all age gathering! Sarah Winser, with the help of Hope Kids, mixed the ingredients together to make a cake. We prayed for those starting the Grace Nepalese Fellowship before Terry Huggett launched our new series: Finding Your Place, Playing Your Part.

Guest speaker Mirian Price, from Hub Community Church, shared her story of life with God, from a small village in Brazil to moving to Basingstoke.

Sunday 30 April was another ‘5th Sunday’ lunch together. We enjoyed a cooked meal together then heard from Simon and Andy share stories of God at work in their lives.

Terry Huggett concluded our series ‘Immeasurably More’. He recapped what we have done and encouraged to continue to pray to see God move in our personal lives and in this church…‘Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine…’ (Ephesians 3:20 The NIV Bible).

Guest Jill Rowe delivered an outstanding talk about Jesus: the words he said and the life he led. She encouraged us to look again at his revolutionary life and to seek to ‘be like him’.

Easter Sunday was a wonderful, all age creative celebration! ‘Pam & Ann’ performed a sketch about the Angel’s telling people that Jesus was alive. Mike Hollow read a thoughtful poem about what Easter means. Together we ‘flowered the cross’, raised the roof with joyous singing and finished with ‘Bingo Bucket’ Easter quiz

Andy Winser continued our series ‘Immeasurably More’. He spoke about the importance of developing our personal relationship with God.