When the angel spoke to the Shepherds at the first Christmas, the glory of the Lord shone and the Shepherds heard this: “I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people.” When we’ve heard or seen something often enough, we tend to lose the wonder and awe of it. Recently […]
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Cambray supports CAP
At Cambray we are committed to the work of Christians Against Poverty and partner with them to see lives changed through the reduction of debt and poverty. We run a CAP Money Course, a revolutionary money management course that gives delegates the opportunity to learn skills that have a lasting impact on their finances. Please […]
“Consecrate yourselves”
Recently on a Sunday morning I was talking about the ‘Life of Faith’ of Abel, and I started with a [true] story of a Pastor in the US gambling town of Reno. He was asked in a conference ‘What has being a Pastor in Reno to do with gambling?’. His reply was shocking and unexpected […]
Looking back, Looking Forward
It’s summer! The sun is shining, the days are warm, and we even had amazing weather at our Church Picnic too! For some schools the holidays are just days away, for students they have already begun, and for some pupils there are only three weeks left until the long summer holidays. This is a time […]
Where are you going?
Summer is coming! Have you planned your holiday yet? Are you already dreaming of sunny beaches and lazy days? I guess most of us who are able will plan the usual beach holiday, or maybe something slightly more adventurous. But, have you ever thought about using your holiday to do something more? And what if […]
Summer People
The sun is here (well, as much as we get in the UK)! People you’ve not seen all winter are coming out from ‘hibernation’ in front of TVs, log fires and blankets. Fair-weather runners and cyclists have returned to the streets. And people are dining ‘al fresco’ in gardens and on streets all around the […]
Being Witnesses
God uses individuals A couple of Sundays back we looked again at what it means to be a Witness for Jesus. Of course we know that Jesus says “You will be my witnesses“ (Acts 1:9). The interesting thing is that there is no exclusion or exception clause in that. The reality, as I mentioned that […]
Which way now?
Members Meetings should be about more than reports and voting. They should be a place where we celebrate together God’s goodness to us as we look back, where we look forward as the leaders share where God is directing us to take the church, and above all where we pray for God’s powerful work in […]
“Follow Me”
I wonder who you would follow? It’s amazing how often we choose to follow people we’ve hardly met! The recipe that we hear of on TV from a TV Chef, though you’ve never been to a restaurant of theirs; The advice of a random person you pull up to on the street to ask directions […]
“Welcome Home”
These are words that most people look forward to. There is something so wonderful about coming back home after time away. Even if it’s only after a day away at work rather than weeks away, coming home is so comforting – ‘Home, sweet home!’. I wonder if you’ve ever thought of church as ‘home’? Of […]
Small Groups
Small is beautiful essential Like many churches Cambray Baptist Church has Small Groups. And like many other churches Small Groups can look just like various other ministries in the church, such as Men’s ministry or Children’s work: if I’m in that category or interested in that sort of work I can get involved, but if […]
Examining our Vision
Clear Direction During Christmas Holidays many families decide to out to ‘walk-off lunch’. It’s a great idea! But it’s also helpful to have an idea of where you might go and how you will get there. When sight-seeing it’s amazing how it is possible to ‘bump into’ things to see. But if you have a […]
Reading the Bible the New Year
With all the build up to Christmas, have you thought about the New Year yet? Specifically, have you thought about how will you be reading your Bible regularly next year? It can be difficult to work out the best plan for reading your Bible. But more than that, it can be difficult to find time […]
Listening to Jethro
We are coming up towards Christmas. I wonder if you’ve started planning for Christmas yet? Maybe the mere thought of it fills you with dread! All those things to do; All the family coming to stay; All the visits to other family to get in; All the presents to buy, and wrap, and hide, and […]
Ringing out for Jesus
When I moved to Somerset I might have had dreams of moving from a city to the country, blissful country views from our new house, and the peace and quiet of the countryside. Little did I know that the manse there would be on a busy main road looking out onto a junction to a […]
Liberation-Shaped Mission
As part of our new summer series Little People, Big God, we are embarking upon a journey through the book of Exodus, taking 12 sermons to cover the first 20 chapters. Exodus is perhaps a more contentious book in Christian theology than we may realise. To see why, let’s remind ourselves of the process of […]
Growing & Changing Together
Growth in a church – both spiritual and numerical – always involves change. In any church, excepting the tiny minority who simply do not want to grow, there may still be something in all of us that says ‘I want the church to grow … but not to change’. Yet, growth is change. There are […]
Living In The Light: Money, Sex and Power
Money, sex and power. Weapons for good or for bad? Far from seeing these as an unholy trinity of temptation and vice, God in fact created all three to be used for his great aims in human history. Using Not Abusing We hope to spend January and February in our morning services exploring how […]