Whaw! What a nice swimming pool! Not for swimming, though, but for the first baptisms in the very young ecclesia in Anderlecht. Before the start of the ceremony, overlooking the program. We were delighted to find those who started to train with members of the Brussels-Leuven ecclesia to become the first members of the recently… Read More May 5 a day to remember for the ecclesia in Anderlecht
En plus de 130 ans d’existence de la Newbury ecclesia, il ne s’est pas passé beaucoup de choses positives dans nos presque vingt ans d’existence, mais maintenant il y a un certain espoir pour de nouvelles acquisitions, avec de futurs baptêmes.… Read More 2023 Decembre 3 – Le jour des nouveaux baptêmes
03 December 2023 looking back at 130 years of history of the Newbury church and the many baptisms that came out of it.… Read More 2023 December 3 A Day in two ways important
Call for baptism course.… Read More Sunday night Zoom Meetings
Appel pour un cours de baptême.… Read More Réunions Zoom du dimanche soir
The preceding months have been truly blessed with the welcoming of several Iranian brethren into the Newbury ecclesia. It may be called a wonder how many Iranians wanted to be baptised in England. But last Friday we were also able in Lille, to welcome one of the French Bible students as a brother. Philippe Sanchez… Read More Welcoming Phillepe Sanchez as a new brother
It has taken a long time that we did not come together in real life. We had and still shall continue with the Zoom and Hangouts Meet meetings. In Belgium we are not yet up to the moment for coming together safely, but in the United Kingdom we thought it would be nice to arrange… Read More Back again some time for walking
The landlocked multiethnic country located in the heart of south-central Asia that got in the news every day for twenty years, got special attention when America decided to leave that region of a continuous endless war. For millennia great armies have attempted to subdue Afghanistan, officially Islamic State of Afghanistan. Its significant mineral resources remain largely… Read More Afghanistan 2020-21 report – 9/11 – 20 Years on – A land in shambles
All members of Newbury ecclesia were asked to rate their experiences of the different ways we have so far tried to integrate these two first languages spoken (we did not include Spanish!) There were 25 replies – 28 English speakers and 7 Farsi. The five methods brothers and sisters were asked to comment were 1.… Read More Review of integration of English and Farsi results
It was really incredible and great what we could see developing the first half of 2021. In Newbury 22 baptisms and two transfers have occurred in the last 6 months, for which we are enormously thankful to our heavenly Father. It does pose some issues for how we help brothers and sisters at distance and… Read More 1st half of the year 2021
For months we joined with Newbury and other places to have one internet service in English and Farsi. It was great to join with so many believers from all over the United Kingdom and Belgium. Ecclesial Weekend in Newbury – “It is remarkable to think that we are now a family of believers at Newbury… Read More Ecclesial weekend in Newbury: 2021 September 24-26
Brothers and sisters in Christ grow up with the bible in their hand. We have our daily bible readings, our regular bible classes and regular services with full chapter readings and exhortations. Mrs. Hilary Higgins might not have the techy skills for digging out a couple of holiday snaps – the sort which are of… Read More When you need to get to grips with what the Bible says
Thank you Newbury meeting for your generous support for work amongst poor communities out on the Eastern Plains of Colombia. Quite a few of these people were previously growing the illegal coca plant. Now with the help of Christadelphian Meal a Day of the Americas and Newbury funds Lemongrass is being produced (see the photos… Read More Thank you Newbury meeting
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Next week on Friday we are going to England for the week-end. There shall be no services in Mons, Leuven or Brussels, because we expect everybody to join us with the Newbury ecclesia at the Kingslere C of E Primary School. We would really like all our members to be able to ask family and… Read More Newbury Fellowship day: Building The Body
We plan to hold the Mencap Fayre on Saturday 29th September this year. We usually hold it in Spring but are going for an Autumn event on this occasion. Amongst the stalls the Newbury ecclesia is running will be Art/Craft, so for those with a skill in this way we’d be pleased with your help here.… Read More Mencap Fayre 2018
A Note for your diary – Saturday 29th September God willing Newbury ecclesia plans to hold the Mencap Fayre on the above date this year. They usually hold it in Spring but are going for an Autumn event on this occasion. Amongst the stalls the ecclesia is running will be Art/Craft, so for those with… Read More Mencap Fayre
Around twenty five young people aged around fifteen converged on Newbury for a weekend of praise and fun. A good and varied programme was arranged by Fiona and Lauren – who were kept far too busy to take photos, sorry folks – culminating in a lively praise session on Sunday after lunch. Many others worked… Read More Newbury Youth Weekend March 23rd – 25th
In the preceding articles we looked at the reasons why it is not so goo to have one person to be in isolation. We also argued that the person or persons living in isolation should know and feel they are not on their own. In a way it might be the task for those who… Read More Being in isolation #7 Mission work
Intro Last year, for the Newbury ecclesia, I gave a bible class about our Belgian situation of isolation. From the beginning of our existence we could not count on many members and can we not say we had many contacts and exchanges with worldwide members and other ecclesiae. We every year where happy to receive… Read More Being in isolation #1 Baptists making an important choice
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