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Running the Race - Mark's Blog

Dear Oaks, I spoke last Sunday about how we run the race from Hedonism to Holiness.  Today I want to reflect just a little more on how we keep running the race with perseverance. Probably from a dark dank prison cell... [Read more of this entry]

Summer 2010 - Featured, Sunday Service

It’s summer – hurray! Sunshine, picnics, cricket, the smell of sun tan lotion… From 25th July – 22 August, Oak Tree won’t have services in Twyford School Café – but between 4:30pm and... [Read more of this entry]

Market this week… 10th July 2010 (last market for 3 weeks) - Market Church

Transform the Rest God likes rest. God wants you to rest. He sets apart specific time from the very beginning for work to stop and rest to be taken (Gen 1:31). It seems to me that Sabbath (time of rest) is about our relationship... [Read more of this entry]

Oak Tree - Mark's Blog

Dear Oaks, England v Germany in the world cup at 3pm on Sunday. Watch the match or go to Oak Tree? Well it’s a no brainer as they say! Subject to confirmation I am hoping to have use of a TV at Twyford from 4pm to... [Read more of this entry]

Market this week… 26th June 2010 - Market Church

How do we distinguish between rich and poor? The haves and have-nots? Those who choose much and those who don’t have much choice? Addicted to shopping and entertainment or addicted to drugs and alcohol? Mentally well... [Read more of this entry]

Market this week… 19th June 2010 - Mark's Blog

It’s an inflatable church! And this week our church is going inflatable on the market square in Acton! We will be having, alongside the regular stall, a MarketFAMILIES inflatable gladiator duel! Don’t get... [Read more of this entry]

Market this week… June 12th 2010 - Market Church

Market Football So the World Cup is fast approaching! And I was thinking… The Market stall is just like football really. It’s a team game, individual confidence and skill is important but it’s how those... [Read more of this entry]

Mission and Community - Mark's Blog

Dear Oaks, So as we journey through my thoughts on what I truly value for Oak Tree we get to the third value that I mentioned in my AGM talk. Number 3 is mission and community. Now on the face of it those two may not appear... [Read more of this entry]

Presence and Transcendence - Mark's Blog

Dear Oaks, What is it that we truly and fundamentally value about being a church? You may recall that in my previous message, and at the AGM, I said that we needed to have a conversation about our values and our vision. ... [Read more of this entry]

We are in the midst of a Volcanic Smog - Mark's Blog

Dear Oaks, First let me give you an update on Christians Against Poverty.  Today three members of the public have confirmed that they wish to attend our Money Course starting on 5 May.  Two of them being members of the... [Read more of this entry]