Colchester Baptist Church

21/06/2026

Good morning and welcome to our service today 🙌
Rev John Pulford is leading and preaching today. You are very welcome to join us! This service will also include communion.

21/06/2026

Happy Father’s Day from everyone at Colchester Baptist Church!

Today we give thanks for fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers, mentors, and all those who have faithfully reflected God’s love, care, and guidance in our lives. We also remember that for many, Father’s Day can bring mixed emotions, and we pray that all may know the comfort and love of our Heavenly Father.

To mark this special day, we’re delighted to share In This Family, a song written by our own Yosef Chan.

The song follows the story of God’s covenant family from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to all who have been welcomed into God’s family through faith in Jesus Christ. It celebrates the gift of loving earthly fathers and ultimately points us to the unfailing love of our Heavenly Father.

May this song encourage you and remind you of God’s faithfulness from generation to generation.

🎵 Listen here:
https://youtu.be/q0NvwZSo8m4

“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” (1 John 3:1)

To celebrate Father's Day, we're glad to share "In This Family" — a...

11/06/2026

Connect with God through today’s devotional!
https://www.odbm.org/en/devotionals/devotional-category/Be-Prepared-to-Share

📖 Read: 1 Peter 3:13-17

🙏 Receive: "Dear God, please encourage my heart and open my mouth so I can “give an answer” to others who need You."

❓Respond: How can you prepare for an opportunity to share your faith? Who do you know who needs to hear the gospel?

11/06/2026

Elijah prayed, and for 3½ years, there was no rain upon the land. Yet when he prayed again, the rain returned, and Scripture says “the earth bore its fruit.”

Think about that for a moment.

Fruit does not appear overnight. Crops do not suddenly grow the moment rain touches the ground. Which means before the rain came, someone had already been preparing the soil, sowing seed, and waiting in faith.

Imagine planting during a drought.
No clouds. No visible sign of change. Dry ground everywhere. Yet they still worked the field because they believed rain would come again someday.

That is what faith often looks like.

Faith is not only praising God when the harvest comes. Faith is continuing to plant while the ground still feels dry. Faith is obeying God even when you do not yet see results. Faith is trusting that God is still working in seasons that appear barren.

Some of you are in a dry season right now.
You are praying, serving, giving, forgiving, building, learning, or waiting—and nothing seems to be changing.

Do not stop planting.

Galatians says we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Seeds planted in faith are never wasted in the hands of God.

The same God who shut the heavens in Elijah’s day also opened them again at the appointed time. And when the rain finally came, the earth responded with fruit.

God knows how to send rain at the right time.

Keep sowing in prayer.
Keep sowing in obedience.
Keep sowing in faith.

Dry seasons are not proof that God has abandoned the field. 🤍🙏🏻

11/06/2026

YOU’RE INVITED!!! Come and join us at CBC on 30/06/2026 7:00pm - 8:30pm as the Watoto Children’s Choir sings, dances, and shares their stories of restoration and hope.

This is a free concert that features music from their new album, “Better Days—There Is Hope.” We can’t wait to see you there!

Register your attendance via this link…

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/watoto-childrens-choir-in-better-days-2026-tickets-1989095436997?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios

08/06/2026

07/06/2026

Good morning and welcome to our service today 🙌
Rev John Pulford & Evelyn Agyekum are leading and preaching today. You are very welcome to join us!

31/05/2026

Good morning and welcome to our service today 🙌
Rev John Pulford & Rev Tennens are leading and preaching today. You are very welcome to join us!