Bridgwater Baptist Church

07/09/2026

Thank you Lauren from Safe Families visiting us and leading the service yesterday. We are proud of to be taking part of this amazing charity makes difference to many families and children. More info check out https://safefamilies.uk/

06/09/2026

06/09/2026

Dear Friends and members today we will be streaming on FB again as we have some issues with sound again thank you for your understanding. Love a Blessing to you all. 🙏

05/09/2026

Verse of the week
1 Peter 4: 11
“If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.”

05/09/2026

Dear members and friends,
THIS SUNDAY 6/9/2026 at 10.30am – Lauren from Safe Families, Home for Good will be leading our worship, sharing stories and encouraging us to pray for the work of this charity support children and families to flourish and grow.
As part of the service Steve will lead us in Communion around the Lord’s table.
Tea and coffee will be served after the service, when there is also opportunity for prayer. Please ask a church member if you would like someone to pray with you or for you. Online services - you can view our service by using this link
https://www.youtube.com/live/qeBNsrvdssA?si=ad9tl_qYTSUjRoEA
or by going to the church You Tube page and then selecting ‘live’ via this link

Sunday Worship 10:30am

01/09/2026

This has been a week of tears.

In Nepal and Tibet, catastrophic floods have swept away lives, homes and communities. At Big Church Festival, a man lost his life, others were injured, and thousands witnessed scenes they will never forget.

Behind every statistic is a name. Behind every name is someone loved. Behind every loss is a story suddenly and painfully changed.

At times like this, words feel very small.

We naturally ask, “Why did God allow this?” I have no neat answer and deep suffering deserves more than easy answers.

We live in a world of miracle and mystery. We believe in the sovereignty of God, yet we do not always understand the ways of God. Faith is not having all the answers; sometimes faith is holding on to God when there are no answers.

Christian faith does not point us to a God who observes suffering from a safe distance. In Jesus, God stepped into our suffering, carried our sorrows and wept beside a grave. The Cross tells us God is with us in the darkness. The Resurrection assures us that darkness will not have the final word.

Today, we hold before God the bereaved, the injured, the missing, the traumatised and all around our world whose lives have been torn apart by tragedy.

An ancient prayer attributed to St Augustine gives us words when ours fail:

“Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who wake, or watch, or weep this night. Tend the sick, give rest to the weary, calm the suffering, all for your love’s sake.”

Lord, hold those whose hearts are broken. Give strength for today, hope for tomorrow, and light for the darkness.

Amen.

01/09/2026

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