Ocean Church

16/10/2026

If you are around tomorrow morning, we will be on Hamworthy beach serving up some brekkie. All welcome. It's a social.

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This photo was from the last gathering we had at Shell Bay. Was brilliant to have the awesome Sally Anne Taylor with us talking about how blessing was important to the Celts and the impact it made on the Christian faith. If you were thinking of coming along but haven't made it yet, tomorrow is a great time to bring your friends and family and any questions you might have.

12/10/2026

Si picked up rocks along the coast path and carried some of them for miles - uphill, before breakfast. What weights are you carrying that no one asked you to pick up?

Walking some of the South Coast footpath with groups from Ocean Church has been a great experience recently. There have been lots of time to enjoy spending time in nature and appreciating the beauty of our surroundings, as well as the chance to go deeper in conversation and relationships. On my fir

05/10/2026

We were made for connection. And in a world which is becoming disconnected, what does it mean to foster healthy connections to God, the world around us and the world which lives inside of us.

I was waiting in the optician's this week when a familiar song started playing. Without realising, spontaneously my foot began tapping to the beat. You know what I mean; it has happened to you. I was alone, but somehow, I felt connected to the music. Music gives us connections to the world around

28/09/2026

Every heard of the language of thin places? A spece where heaven meets earth? In this blog, Si reflects on his own experience of those places.

As a student, I visited a chapel attached to a monastery in Normandy. The group I was with sang a simple acapella chorus. It felt ethereal, special, as if access to God had somehow been made closer. There was a sense of uniting with the thousands of others who would have sung in that building over c

15/09/2026

What on earth is a blessing and why do people use them? In ancient traditions blessings have been a powerful way of bestowing God's goodness and grace onto others. What could they mean for you?

Or a blessing blog… Diving into Celtic spirituality with Ocean Church- something I know little about- one thing that has struck me so far has been the abundance of blessings. Blessings feel like something that I, and perhaps others parts of the wider Church have moved on from. I vaguely remember

08/09/2026

We have just started a series on celtic Christianity. One of the early discussion was around whether somoene was good, right from the beginning or not.

Shortly after the birth of one of my sons, we were visited at home by a medical professional, checking on our general well-being. During the early days of parenthood, family and friends want to bring gifts, to cuddle the newborn and offer kind words to dampen the shock that the impact of being so

07/07/2026

https://www.oceanchurch.co.uk/blog/the-importance-of-creativity

I started my day thinking about creativity and how it impacts our daily lives.  It made me think that it showed its hand very early on, right back in Genesis chapter 1. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.”   You could say it was the biggest light bulb moment i

30/06/2026

Have you ever considered getting lost as a spiritual discipline? Something which might help us grow as human beings? In this latest blog, Si reflects on his own experience of being lost and how, perhaps, it's part of the human condition.

Have you considered getting lost as a spiritual practice? I read about the concept in a book by Barbara Brown Taylor. Possessing an inherent poor sense of direction, I thought it might be fun to take myself off on a run to Canford Heath, take a path I hadn’t been down before and then meander my wa...

15/06/2026

Is a leap of faith a spectacular swallow dive? Or perhaps a series of mundane trips, falls and stumbles? In this post Ben takes an honest look at the series of steps which make up a life of faith.

I was in Zimbabwe. The day before I had enjoyed one of the most amazing experiences ever: seeing the incredible Victoria Falls. Today was different. I looked over the edge, heart pounding. I could make out the water in the bottom of the river Zambezi, far, far below. It had seemed like such a good

09/06/2026

What happens when you reduce the noise in your life? Chris and Rachel explore together some of the benefits of staying quiet once in a while.

Over the last Bank Holiday weekend, my wife Jenny and I visited a garden centre.  We saw the statue above, and I just had to buy it.  So, if you come to our house and venture into the garden, you will see it displayed in all its glory in one of our flower beds. For me, it provokes