Upton Baptist Church - News

Dear friends, Are you at home alone at the moment, or with your family? There are so many challenges we are facing just now aren’t there? I’ve been thinking there is one particular challenge we are all faced with, which can be so difficult at times. And that is having love for each other. 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 tells me that even  if I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. So how are we to be loving at home when we are with each other 24/7? Or for some when you are having to spend so much time alone? What does this love look like? It is such a small word and we think we know what it might mean. But what, in practice, does this ‘lo...

The below was written by Liz Thompson - one of our Church Members who is also a Paediatrician. She's put together some helpful thoughts on how we can pray well for our Health Workers amidst the current Coronavirus Pandemic.  There's a lot of talk about NHS heroes - but essentially these workers are simply human beings placed in difficult circumstances. Most of us do not feel heroic and everyone has their own level of anxiety and frustration, and are just muddling along the best we can, trying the do the best we can for our patients. And as impe rfect Christians, we are not immune from feelings of being overwhelmed. Below are some suggestions for your prayers: 1. For those planning and making decisions about services, increasing capacity in hospitals and intensive care - that there would be wisdom and clarity 2. For adequate equipment - in particular, personal protective equipment such as masks and aprons to be in adequate supply with clarity as to when and how to...