Category Archives: Minister’s blog

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Update about Jonathan

17 December 2023 Jonathan & Claire will be leaving their ministry at LBC on 14th January 2024, having served at the church since the summer of 2015. Jonathan is taking up a role as ‘Head of Clergy Development’ working for the Diocese of Manchester, helping support and train those new to ministry across the city. He […]

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Update from Jonathan – End of Plan B restrictions

26 January 2022 Dear all, Plan B restrictions have come to an end, for us as a church family this takes away any legal requirements (mask wearing, distancing etc) for those attending the church premises. However, we do want to ensure that church remains as safe a place as possible to attend, to enable this […]

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Letter from Jonathan (21st July 2021)

Dear LBC Church Family, The 25th July marks a significant change for us for a church family. It is the first time in over 16 months where we can open the building freely and where corporate sung worship to the Lord can once again take place. There are now no legal restrictions on communal worship. […]

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Letter from Jonathan (16th June 2021)

Dear LBC family, Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding It says this in Proverbs 3:5-6 and it’s a timely reminder in all our ways to keep trusting the Lord, to celebrate his faithfulness and commit our ways to him. I’m sure we’ve all heard the news […]

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Letter from Jonathan (3rd March 2021)

Dear LBC, I hope you’re keeping well and looking forward to the Spring and Summer? God is faithful and good and let’s keep pressing onwards together as we look ahead to the days when we can start to see each other again. Last week the government announced it’s planning to ease restrictions following which we’ve […]

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Letter from Jonathan (1st December 2020)

Dear LBC family, Advent is a time of waiting, the hope and joy of the coming of Christ at Christmas reminds us once again that God works in his timing and everything is in his hands, he is merciful, loving and kind and longs for us to draw close to him this Advent and Christmas […]

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Letter from Jonathan (4th November 2020)

Dear Church family, Paul writes in Romans 8 v38-39:  For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus […]

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Letter from Jonathan (28th October 2020)

Dear Church family, We have now entered Tier 3 which for all of us living in the Warrington Borough adds further restrictions to our lives as we head into the second part of Autumn. We can now confirm that advice to churches does indeed remain the same and Tier 3 brings with it no additional […]

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Letter from Jonathan (10th September 2020)

Hi everyone, I’m sure for many of us the news of the new restrictions limiting socialising to 6 people has come as quite a shock as it has widespread implications across so many spheres of life. Listening to the PM however, he has confirmed that churches are still able to hold services providing there is […]

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Letter from Jonathan (12th August 2020)

Hi everyone, I hope you’re having a refreshing summer, enjoying the warmer weather and the rather nice sunshine! It’s my prayer that wherever we are over the coming weeks whether we’re staying at home, or able to get away that the Lord refreshes and renews us ahead of the Autumn. We met as a church […]

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