Anne Calver
Rev Anne Calver is associate minister at Stanmore Baptist Church and is on the Spring Harvest planning team. She is a speaker and a writer, with her two latest books Unleashed (co-authored with husband Gavin) and Baby Change released this year.
Klopp’s message to the church
30 June 2020Klopp invited one of the world’s best surfers, Sebastian Steudtner, to training to help the players learn how to ‘calm their mindset’ – focus and believe for more (some of them were able to hold their breath under water for up to three minutes by the end of it). The team found that they were better equipped to perform under stress. It’s interesting that one of the verses for the church in this season has been “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). The stillness leads us to Jesus and…
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What's at the heart of your Christmas?
29 November 2017 However, we feel increasingly challenged to make a point of Jesus being the 'reason for the season’, not just the presents, chaos and food. There is something about the build up to the 25th that needs to be reversed and reclaimed. Rather than just preparing earthly things like food, drink and houses, it should be a time of preparing hearts, minds and souls to recall the Messiah making his entrance into a broken world. Our heart cry is that relationships would be more important than stuff,…
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