As I begin to write this the appropriate greeting is ‘Shabbat Shalom’. Tiberius has suddenly grown quiet as Friday comes to an end, and the Sabbath or ‘Shabbat‘ begins. We have had a momentous day in north-west Galilee [map]. It was another hot day with 60 to 90 minute visits to various sites and activities,…
Day 5 took us to the site of Sepphoris or Zippori, a town the first century Jewish/Roman historian Josephus described as “The ornament of all Galilee” This romanised town had spring water and fertile lands enough to make it prosperous and important but its real interest to us is that it is in walking distance…
Day 4 saw us leave Jordan and enter Israel. We crossed at the Allenby Crossing over the Jordan and this was quite a process! It was not tense but very careful. As we passed through that crossing into Israel we were led in a meditation on a hymn many will know that begins: Guide me,…
Petra of the Nabateans is not mentioned directly by name in the Bible, but it was a neighbouring civilisation that flourished south of Judea. It was contemporary with Jesus and probably had trade links that connected with the land of Israel and the Roman world. In fact the Romans took it over a century after…
Francis and Barbara have the opportunity to fulfil a long held dream to visit the Holy Land.
This special blog post series, written by Francis, will document their journey through Jordan and Israel ending up, of course, in Jerusalem.
This blog comes to advise that the Church Council is considering the purchase of a building. This was decided upon last Sunday [25 August] when the following motion was passed in relation to the church building on the Fredrik Hendrikplein in Eindhoven. That concerning the church venue on Fredrik Hendrikplein we as Council resolve to:…
A chance to explore life’s big questions and the essence of the Christian faith through an Alpha course. Alpha is a series of sessions exploring the Christian faith. Each talk looks at a different question around faith and is designed to create conversation. Alpha is run all around the globe, it’s free, and everyone’s welcome.…
In the last week of July about 45 members of Trinity Church participated in the summer camp held near Kinrooi in Belgium. The LifeStream camp was themed on ‘Choosing Joy’ and that was tested in temperatures peaking around 40 degrees with lots of excited insects. Trinity people featured in the river baptism of Rae Wright…
During the recent council away day we made the following resolution: As council we want to orientate Trinity Church to being intentional in service and mission by training, equipping, discipling and empowering as many as possible. In order to do this council recognizes the importance of everyone in Trinity Church being in a cell group…
On Saturday 22 June our Church Council spent a day together to consider matters greater than monthly management and grow as an oversight team. In preparation for this day two focus points were nominated in advance. The first was about getting familiar with the structure of the Diocese in Europe as it touches Council. The…