Grow in the grace of giving

Grow in the grace of giving

May 29, 2025 | News, QPUpdate

This is not a begging letter, it is an invitation to grow. A Generous heart is a fundamental feature of Christlikeness and therefore it is central to our discipleship. Learning to give, big-hearted and God-guided is not about what we want to extract from you but what...
When Church Hurts

When Church Hurts

May 1, 2025 | Live issues, News, QPUpdate, Teaching series

When Church Hurts It’s the issue that triggered the Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation and will, undoubtedly, be the first item in the new pope’s in-tray. I am talking about spiritual abuse, the exploitation of position and power which damages people,...
Polarisation and peace-making

Polarisation and peace-making

Jan 23, 2025 | News, The Way of Jesus

“Polarisation” is a word that is coming to define our age. Social media algorithms, we are told, double down on our prejudices, and ramp up our reactions. Civility, debate and humanity have left us, and outrage anger and aggression appear to have become virtues. Even...

Alpha Course – a testimony by Alan C

Mar 21, 2024 | News

For all my adult life I neither believed in God, nor disbelieved. My only experience of church was attending weddings or funerals – and even those occasions were few and far between. Last summer a new woman arrived unexpectedly in my life. She is a wholeheartedly...

In the Belly of the Whale

Jun 15, 2023 | News

I am a huge fan of Veggie Tales (the original classic episodes- not the new Netflix series- I hasten to add.)  As well as watching many VHS videos as a family (this will make my kids feel old!), we also enjoyed listening to that classic album, Veggie Rocks, which...

The Culture Crossing Gospel

Apr 27, 2023 | News

God stepped into my life when I was an angst-ridden 21 year old student. Suddenly I had joy, peace, purpose, and a new cause to give my life for. Within a few months I started to sense the injustice that when I was going through a spiritual crisis there was a church...
Earth Hour

Earth Hour

Mar 23, 2023 | News, QPUpdate

This week we have a guest blog from Sue Munro. It seems appropriate to share this blog this week as on Saturday it is Earth Hour and this week, while the mainstream news cycles have been distracted by frivolities, the IPCC released its sobering Synthesis Report on the...

We’re All-In this together

Jun 15, 2022 | News, QPNews, QPUpdate

We’re All-In this together This Sunday we are excited to be gathering as all ages and stages to celebrate and worship together. We will celebrate our children and young people and pray for them as they transition into new learning groups after the summer. We will...
Milestone Moments

Milestone Moments

Jun 9, 2022 | News, QPNews, QPUpdate

Milestone moments, those points and places where we stop and survey how far we have come and what lies ahead. Annual General Meetings are often milestone moments to take stock of what God has done and recall the ups and downs of a year gone by. AGM 2022 As we talked...