Category Archives: Courses

A reminder to join us for our Lent Course this year on how we might deepen our discipleship as followers of Christ.  This would be a good course to attend for anyone who sees themselves as a follower of Christ. … Continue reading →

James and I, along with 14 other parents, have just reached the end of The Parenting Children Course.  It has been a brilliant course giving us all invaluable wisdom and guidance as we juggle the demands of being parents. The … Continue reading →

Dear Neighbours, Itchen Valley Parish are running a Parenting Children Course at St John’s Itchen Abbas from Tuesday 22nd January in the evening.  The course will be led by Julia and James Wright who are parents of four young children … Continue reading →

Please do consider joining us for the Parenting Children Course developed by Nicky and Sila Lee of Holy Trinity Brompton church London https://themarriagecourses.org/try-parenting/the-parenting-children-course/ at St John’s Church Itchen Abbas commencing January 22nd 2019 which will be led by James and Julia … Continue reading →

My Faith: What about prayer? Welcome to the fifth and final session of our My Faith course. Tonight we are considering prayer, and like our session on the Bible last week, we want this to be a practical session. I … Continue reading →

My Faith: Should we trust the Bible?  Ps 119. 1-16  Prayer 119.33-35 ‘Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I will observe it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with … Continue reading →

What about evil and suffering?  Itchen Valley Churches My faith: How do I reply when people ask me why? One of the main objections that people have to becoming a Christian is the question of evil and suffering.  People can … Continue reading →

The elephant in the room A number of blind men were taken into a huge tented enclosure by a king. In the room was an elephant.  The blind men were individually led to different sides of the elephant and asked to … Continue reading →

This is the talk that Amanda gave on the first evening of our recent discipleship course on the question of whether there is any real evidence for the Christian Faith. When I was preparing for this talk and thinking about … Continue reading →

Last night I spoke on this subject for about 25 minutes to a group of about 20 people in St John’s Itchen Abbas.  I am not proposing to put up a transcript of what I said but if you want … Continue reading →