Category: Articles

Articles such as the ones from the monthly magazine.

  • Cambray Open

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    Join us on 8th to 10th September for our Heritage Open Day, open to all…

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  • What does God want for Cambray?

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    ‘What does God want for Cambray?’ This was the opening question posed at our recent Pastors & Deacons Away Day. Marcus Honeysett, our invited guest to help Cambray through a review process, was quick to assess our shared understanding as a Cambray leadership team. We soon established that we are very committed about: ‘Encouraging and…

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  • A Personal Pentecost

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    ‘Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit‘ (Galatians 5:25) Given this has been Cambray’s Bible verse and motto for 2015, and it is now November, I wonder the extent to which we have each found ourselves living and walking life with the help and power of God the…

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  • All one in Christ Jesus?

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    ‘Living above, with the saints we love, that will be glory; Living below, with the saints we know, that’s another story!’ You have probably heard this old ditty, which tends to make us smile because we all understand that getting along with others in the church can at times be challenging. We are all so…

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  • Venturing into ‘deeper waters’

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    ‘I hear, and I forget I see, and I remember I do, and I understand’ Jesus called disciples to follow him, not just to believe in Him. His training school involved teaching followers with words (they heard), as well as showing the power of His words (they saw). But in Luke 10, for example, Jesus…

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  • Easter People at Cambray!

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    Easter People at Cambray Easter 2015, and once again we meet together to remember the pivotal events in the life of Jesus that first Easter weekend. Along with Christians around the world, we will commemorate and celebrate the anniversary of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The events that first Easter are rooted in…

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  • Receive ‘The Daily Remembrancer’ direct via email

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    James Smith wrote these daily meditations on God’s Word as an act of love and support for his people in the 19th century. As one of his successors at Cambray, I have set myself the task of re-typing them, slightly updating some of the language, with the hope that many of the Cambray church family…

  • Lifeboat Station or Exclusive Club? Discuss.

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    During my 25 years of church ministry, one story has come to my attention again and again since I first used it as a sermon illustration in the early 90’s. You have probably heard it before, but I use it here as the basis of my February piece, in the hope that this will be…

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  • Verse of the Year 2015

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    This year’s verse of the year is Galatians 5 v 25. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

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  • 2015 Resolutions and Life in the Spirit

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    As we enter a new year, it is customary to list our new hopes and priorities, sometimes described as ‘resolutions’. Apparently the majority of New Year Resolutions made last January (according to a YouGov poll for The Times) centred on exercise, weight and health.  Although ‘New Year Resolutions’ tend to receive bad press in our…

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  • Introducing THE DAILY REMEMBRANCER

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    Pastor James Smith selected these Bible verses and wrote daily thoughts for his people in the early 1840’s. Demand for them grew quickly and by 1846 over 30,000 copies were in circulation. They continue to encourage and strengthen many disciples around the world today and readers will quickly realise just how relevant God’s Word and…

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  • What do you [want] NEED for Christmas?

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    As we come to the final edition of another year’s Cambray magazine production, I wish to thank Michael Hews our multi-gifted editor and Jackie Champion for her professional eye with design layout, and the excellent team who print and collate our church magazine every month. It is a major means of communication and enables the…

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  • INVESTING 100 DAYS = 2,400 HOURS

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    ‘There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven’ Ecclesiastes 3 is a very helpful companion as we try to figure out wisdom for life and work. There is indeed a time to work and a time to rest! And I have been immensely privileged to be granted a sabbatical…

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  • NEW WINE, OLD WINESKINS

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    Tim Welch reminds us of the issues he raised when he led a discussion at a recent Church Members’ Meeting on future church structures. He plans to say more to us about these issues when he returns from his sabbatical. The old wineskins of organisational life at Cambray are creaking and straining. The spiritual fervour…

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  • Badminton

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    Join us on a Monday evening in the Rodney Hall for a fun evening playing badminton (18+) 8-10pm.

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  • Ladies

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    Tuesday Afternoons, 2.30pm meet with other ladies for a variety of speakers and topics, singing and a cup of tea or coffee.

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  • Boys 7-11

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    Every Tuesday evening in Term time Livewires runs in Rodney Hall.

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  • Girls Brigade

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    Every week in Term Time, Wednesday evening 6-8pm in the Rodney Hall for a varied program.

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