Taste & See

Hope Central gathered as normal, we opened with a minutes silence to centre ourselves on Jesus, we then considered His journey from the adulation of Palm Sunday; Monday driving out the traders from the Temple Courts [the court of the Gentiles]; Tuesday in the temple again being questioned by the Pharisees “You shall love the…

We cancelled Hope Central last Wednesday 13/03 as Mandy and myself felt overwhelmed with our current situation, which started the day we posted “The Battle”. Mandy’s Step Dad collapsed that Friday and in the early hours of Monday morning he had a cardiac arrest and was put into an induced coma. The medical team suspect…

Hope Central wasn’t on this week as we had a Team meeting but many of the community gathered at Nando’s to socialise and be together, which is good indication that our community is bonding. So why this post…. Well, some of us gathered at St Mary’s on Tuesday this week, to stand together in prayer…

Hope Central gathered as normal, we opened with a word about calling out to God when we are fearful and how He sustain us and give us peaceful sleep. We then went on to share test and testimonies, this was a beautiful time of vulnerability and praise. We prayed and then we postured ourselves for…

We had a guest speaker from Epping Forest Community Church this week at Hope Central   We started in prayer, followed by great time of sharing testimonies and test.   During team prayers before the start the meeting we had prophetic insight on firm foundations which tied into a Word for the Day, which we…

We had social this week at Hope Central joining together today to celebrate Valentine’s Day together as a community with pancakes, table tennis, pool and board games.  We had a blessed time of sharing testimonies and tests. It also so happened to be Ash Wednesday the start of lent. We explained the name “Ash Wednesday”…

During our team prayer and fasting day on Saturday 3rd Feb, the Holy Spirit revealed to us that we need to be more intentional when we worship at Hope Central. So we did things a little differently this week.  We started with prayer and then moved onto a time sharing our test and testimonies, which…

Tonight, at Hope Central we had a newcomer join us which is always exciting. We had lots of testimonies shared tonight that were very encouraging, the community are getting bolder at sharing both tests and testimonies. We spoke about being salt and light in the world and how important it is to be like Jesus…

We had another great evening at Hope Central, with testimonies being shared and worship. We had fewer there tonight but a real good feel of the friendships that are forming. During worship there was picture shared of a tightrope walker traversing across a great chasm [Mathew 7:13] broad is the road that leads to destruction…

Hey it’s good to be back. We finished off 2023 with a Games Night and started 2024 with a Social at Nando’s both were well attended and we are so encouraged to see friendships developing as our community grows This week we were so pleased to see a good number return from their Christmas Break…