One Church – Life Church Southampton

Oct 13 2022

Bridges, Boats and Buildings

By Life Church Blog Post, Faith, One Church, Phase 1 at The Boathouse, The Boathouse

You may know that God has often and persistently spoken to us about being like a life boat as a church. That means that we’re on a mission to rescue those who are drowning in all sorts of areas of life and primarily to offer them rescue in the person of Jesus Christ. I sensed that God was actually calling us to buy a building more like a boathouse; a marine skills centre; a place to launch all sorts of rescue craft from. Rather than looking for a building to gather everyone to, it was to be a building that we could send many out on mission from.

Oct 11 2022

Giving as an act of faith

By Life Church Blog Post, Faith, One Church, Phase 1 at The Boathouse

Fast forward 15 years or so and here we are having our own gift day for the refurbishment of a building; The Boathouse. There have been many gift days in churches and at Commission festival gatherings where God has prodded my heart and my wallet again and again and every time…

Oct 06 2021

One Church – Many Adventures!

By Life Church Blog Post, One Church

Exciting times! It has been so thrilling to see the church re-engaging and many new people joining us on our shared adventure, as well as seeing life begin to happen at The Boathouse. One Church We have an amazing opportunity to celebrate all the progress this Sunday as we all come together for our first One Church Sunday in two years! I really want to encourage members of...

Jul 08 2021

Staffing for the Future!

By Life Church Blog Post, Church Life, One Church

At last! From July 19th 2021 we can begin looking ahead with fresh faith and a sense of emerging into a new era in the life of the church. These last 16 months have been extraordinary. I would like to take a moment to commend to you our outstanding staff and volunteer team and interns. Together they have helped us navigate our lifeboat through some choppy waters! They have been...

Jul 13 2018

Tents, Tabernacles, Temples & Buildings

By Life Church Building, Multi Site, One Church

by Chris Kilby ‘I really don’t want a building!’ The year was 2007. Our family had just been sent out of our home church to begin again by planting a new work in Southampton. The previous decade has seen us doing all we could to buy and renovate a huge old Arthur Rank cinema in the heart of the historical city of Winchester. It had been ten years of digging deep...

Jun 20 2018

OneChurch

By Life Church community, Multi Site, One Church

by Jon Lawn Only three months...? Three months on from sending out our Lordshill site and I’m reflecting on the journey we’ve been on, whilst considering what we focus on going forward. “Has it only been three months?” I ask myself; it seems like forever! This has to be testament in part to the huge effort and commitment of all at Life Church to see this endeavour succeed. God’s grace...