Habits x NWLC23
Last year a group of us had the pleasure of going to the New Wine Leadership Conference (blog post here) and though it had been every two years pre-Covid, they put antoher one up this year in Harrogate and we were lucky enough to go again! Jeorgina Soares, our Youth and Families Lead, talks about her experience, and why it’s been important for her to go twice in a row: I felt that God was telling me to stay still. That was the feeling I was having because last year when I… 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
Kick Off Your Summer With God
“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!” Psalm 95:6 United Breaks Out is back again this year! Since 1989, the New Wine family, have gathered together in their thousands, on a showground over 2 weeks of the summer, for worship, fellowship, teaching, refreshment and, most importantly, to be empowered and inspired by the Holy Spirit. But due to circumstances of the last 18 months, it is happening online for everyone to get involved in. Though school is out and time to yourself may be… Read More
United Breaks Out – a chance to start your summer with God
This weekend would normally see many of us trekking to the East of England showground to camp in a field. Each summer thousands of people from across the country come together to have a week with nothing else to do but worship Jesus, have fun together and learn more about God, at United, the summer conference of New Wine network of churches. This year we will be camping at home, me in my bed, the boys possibly in the garden. But there is still a range of content that we can all… Read More
