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Welcome to the Eccles!
My journey of following Jesus began largely through the Eccles in 2004. I spent my early years in traditional churches with my parents, but somehow never believed in God. However the first time I ‘saw’ God was through the way he was working and shining in the lives of a motley group of people who mostly would meet at ‘The Eccles’. My desire was to know who this Jesus was that they said was the priority in their lives. Eventually I discovered Jesus for myself and His love he had for me and He became number one in my life too.
The Eccles is basically a bunch of ordinary people with (lots of) ordinary issues who are passionate about being made whole through Jesus, loving and serving God, each other and the people around them.
We meet together in a hall on Sunday afternoons and in smaller groups through the week. However it is through our day to day lives our faith is expressed, any meetings are only as good as they enable us to do that! The meetings are fun, interactive and unpredictable! We do nothing because we think ‘we should’. If it doesn’t bring life, we’re not interested. That’s right, I look forward to church.
We’re encouraged to be ourselves-accepted for who we are, enabling the mess in our lives to be in the open enough to be dealt with. This enables us to work towards the freedom Jesus offers and to be closer to Him and each other. Only out of an intimate relationship with Jesus and each other can we walk obediently with Him in our daily lives, praying and working towards seeing God’s Kingdom on earth.
Ben
Our next Sunday meeting will be on 5th February at St William's Parish Hall at 4PM |