New Year, New Term, Same Us
As we are shaking off that summer feeling of late nights and lazy days away (or hectic ones depending on your lifestyle and preferences), getting ready to go back to work and/or school, we want to solidify the themes we left off from before the summer holidays, to help keep ourselves and each other accountable on our discipleship journey. From February to July this year, we looked at the foundation of what church looks like for us: Habits, Hubs & Hands. If you missed this, you can catch up by reading our… Read More
God Comes Where He Is Wanted
August has begun. This month we take time to push into our habit of resting, slowing down, and listening to God. At our recent vision celebration, we remembered all God has done this year and shared the sense that September will be the start of a shift in gear for us as a church family. If you’re part of, praying for, or interested in what God is doing at Barking Riverside then take time to watch that here. This last week a number of us went to the New Wine United Summer… Read More
A Season to Celebrate
Watch our annual Vision Celebration as we give thanks for all God has done and look ahead to what’s in store.
Being Disciples & Sharing The Gospel
Contribute to the needs of God’s people, and welcome strangers into your home. Romans 12:13 On Sunday we concluded our teaching journey about who we are as Church At Barking Riverside and our main principle Habits, Hubs and Hands and how they help us on our discipleship journey individually, together and for others. Sunday wrapped up on Hands, where our last Celebration talk left off; how can we bring Jesus into our relationships with others, specifically those He has put on our hearts, or as we call it, our Hands. Firstly, we… Read More
The Importance Of Prayer
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. James 5:13-14 What is it about prayer that is so important (or should be) to us as Christians and disciples? Not only is it what we are commanded to do, but it is how Jesus lived His life; constantly praying to the Lord for clarity, guidance and… Read More
Where Are We Sent?
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favour of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved…. Read More
Love Jesus
“Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ Mark 12:28-30 The most important commandment as said by Jesus was to love thy God. And thy neighbour. But love. Thy. God. As this is the most important commandment for Him and the church, as disciples we need to live this out as… Read More
Holy Spirit, Come
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Acts 2:1-4 “Pentecost” is the Greek name for a festival known in the Old Testament as the Feast of Weeks (Leviticus 23:15; Deuteronomy 16:9)…. Read More
Job Alert!
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. Colossians 3:23-24 After a few years and on the way to getting over a pandemic, we have a few openings to join our wonderful team! The Story So Far… We are a Church of England Church plant in the new build development of Barking Riverside, London. Barking Riverside is an area of… Read More
Learn Jesus
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31-32 Over Lent we focused our Sunday Celebrations and a few blogs on Habits. These are the things we do individually to make space for Jesus in our every day lives. We specifically looked at Habits that break, those that disrupt our very busy, fast moving, modern lives; silence & solitude and the Sabbath. Last week at our Sunday Celebration, Urbain… Read More
