Alpha is a series of interactive sessions that freely explore the basics of the Christian faith. No pressure. No follow up. No charge. Exploring is good. We’re built for it. But for all our searching it’s rare to find time to think, and talk, about the big questions of life; about faith and reason and … More Alpha Online
Wigan is a great place to live and work. If you want to be part of a bigger church making a bigger difference here in Wigan please explore the opportunities that we currently have to be our new Head of Youth. Click here to download detailed Head of Youth Role Profile Click here to download … More Could you be our new Head of Youth?
Pioneer Youth Chaplain Click here to download Pioneer Youth Chaplain Role Profile Click here to download Pioneer Youth Chaplain Application Form Please note: This post is funded – we are in the final stage of securing funding from the Church Commissioners’ strategic development fund of which we will receive confirmation by June … More We are recruiting – Pioneer Youth Chaplain
#prayerandcare Update: We’ve now launched a JustGiving page to complement the text giving option. Click on the button to visit the page and make a donation using your choice of payment methods. Keep giving. Every pound counts. Church Wigan staff and volunteers are working flat out with Fur Clemt, the Real Junk Food Project and … More Keeping Wigan fed during COVID-19
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth Psalm 78.1-39 Hear my teaching, O my people; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will pour forth mysteries from of old, Such as we have heard and known, which our forebears have told us. … More Praying with the Psalms – Thursday 2nd July
God is big – our problems aren’t! Psalm 77 I cry aloud to God; I cry aloud to God and he will hear me. In the day of my trouble I have sought the Lord; by night my hand is stretched out and does not tire; my soul refuses comfort. I think upon God and … More Praying with the Psalms – Wednesday 1st July
Whom have I in heaven but you? Psalm 73 Truly, God is loving to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. Nevertheless, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well-nigh slipped. For I was envious of the proud; I saw the wicked in such prosperity; For they suffer no pains and their bodies … More Praying with the Psalms – Tuesday 30th June
Shout his praise! Psalm 113 Give praise, you servants of the Lord, O praise the name of the Lord. Blessed be the name of the Lord, from this time forth and for evermore. From the rising of the sun to its setting let the name of the Lord be praised. The Lord is high above … More Praying with the Psalms – Monday 29th June
The sacrifice of doing the right thing Psalm 52 Why do you glory in evil, you tyrant, while the goodness of God endures continually? You plot destruction, you deceiver; your tongue is like a sharpened razor. You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than the word of truth. You love all words that hurt, … More Praying with the Psalms – Sunday 28th June
Uncomfortable images, but comforting words Psalm 68 – The Passion Translation God! Arise with awesome power, and every one of your enemies will scatter in fear! Chase them away—all these God-haters. Blow them away as a puff of smoke. Melt them away like wax in the fire. One good look at you and the wicked … More Praying with the Psalms – Saturday 27th June
O Lord, open our lips! Psalm 51 Have mercy on me, O God, in your great goodness; according to the abundance of your compassion blot out my offences. Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me. Against you only … More Praying with the Psalms – Friday 26th June
Doing what comes naturally Psalm 50 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you; In the shadow of your wings will I take refuge until the storm of destruction has passed by. I will call upon the Most High God, the God who fulfils his purpose … More Praying with the Psalms – Thursday 25th June
A Psalm of instruction Psalm 50 The Lord, the most mighty God, has spoken and called the world from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth; our God comes and will not keep silence. Consuming fire goes out before him and a mighty tempest stirs … More Praying with the Psalms – Wednesday 24th June
He is worthy of praise and adoration Psalm 48 Great is the Lord and highly to be praised, in the city of our God. His holy mountain is fair and lifted high, the joy of all the earth. On Mount Zion, the divine dwelling place, stands the city of the great king. In her palaces … More Praying with the Psalms – Tuesday 23rd June
