In this Children and Family Service, individuals reflect on their experiences of Church, and what being a member of the congregation at Saint Mark's means to them

Starting from the story of blind Bartimaeus, who throws off his cloak to approach Jesus, Boyd Morgan speaks about how a truly inclusive community provides an environment in which we acknowledge ourselves and our calling.

‘Stewardship Sunday’ is the moment when we are asked to consider our giving to maintain our church and its activities. Michael Bayley asks us to think about what we value in the church as the way to answer the question how much we should donate.

Anne Padget uses the festival of harvest to reflect on how we can let faith into our lives

A quotation from Raymond Williams has been the focus for our Sunday worship these past few weeks: 'To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing'. This is the feast of Creationtide (Harvest Festival) and it is the subject of Jonathan Williamson's reflections

Today, baby Zephaniah was welcomed in baptism to Saint Mark's, and it is the focus for Beth Keith's reflections on the importance of nurturing in our Christian faith

The Revd Dr Michael Bayley asks us to think about the climactic turning-point that confronts us in the light of our Christian faith, our responsibilities for what should be done about it, and our hopes for the future.

The Right Reverend Tim Ellis, former bishop of Grantham, is no stranger to Saint Mark’s Broomhill. We welcome him once more to preside and preach this Sunday. His theme emerges from today’s Gospel. It speaks to the world we are living in.

Jonathan Williamson puts the military metaphors in St Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians in the context of our Christian discipleship.

Serious riots, connected with others in the United Kingdom, occurred in South Yorkshire on 4 August. Michael Bayley asks what we can do in relation to these events, and how we should understand them as Christians.