Category: Blog

  • Blog 12 – Sadaga

    Last month’s blog focused on Associate Minister Sarah Matthews’ reflections as she said goodbye to ECFC. Today our blog comes direct from Sadaga’s 20th anniversary celebration full of vibrancy, colour, flavour and multi-lingual Arabic and Englishness at ECFC. To some extent this was a coming of age for Sadaga looking forward to their future of…

  • Blog 11 – Farewell

    Blog 10 focused on Harry’s work with Elam Ministries, the sadness of Iran’s situation and the hope of Jesus, growth of the Iranian church and an amazing testimony. Today’s Blog 11 shares a bittersweet moment for Sarah Matthews who travels to London to start full-time ministry as Vicar of St Andrew’s Walthemstow. We are thankful…

  • Blog 10 – Elam Ministries

    Blog 10 – an ECFC multi-voiced blog , today we hear from Harry Fenner Crawley about his work for Christian mission organisation, Elam Ministries, and the growth of the Church in Iran. With Farsi translation. Elam Previous blogs 8 & 9 focused on the situation in Iran; with perspectives from Babak on the protests in January (Blog 8), and Radmehr…

  • Blog 9 – Poetry and Creativity

    An ECFC multi-voiced blog about what’s happening at ECFC, today we hear from a Poet, Radmehr, about his personal journey and the situation in Iran Poetry  ECFC blogs are partly about people’s voices and their creativity, where the very broad range of distinctive strands of the ECFC story can weave together. In the last ECFC blog, Babak reported on the…

  • Blog 8 – Iran’s recent protests and a call for compassion

    Blog 8 – a multi-voiced blog about what’s happening at ECFC, today we hear from Babak Shokravi about Iran’s recent protests and a call for compassion. A Call for Compassion Last month’s blog was about looking forward to the celebration of Christmas and the coming of Jesus. As we try to come to terms with…

  • Blog 7 – Looking forward to ECFC’s Carol Service

    O Come let us adore Him Our Christmas carols have some of the most amazing lines of awe and wonder in them, I wonder which ones have stood out to you over the years and which ones you are noticing as you think about the words you sing this Christmas? Last time Debs reflected on…

  • Blog 6 – December 2025

    An ECFC multi-voiced blog about what’s going at ECFC. This week ECFC Chaplain Debs Munn reflects on her work now and over the past four years in our locality. Watering holes Thirsty people come to a watering hole knowing them to be places of connection and refreshment. In the case of the woman at the well who met…

  • Blog 5 – October 2025

    Blog 5 – October 2025

    Love Stapleton Road This months blog is about the Love Stapleton Road meetings hosted over the last year at ECFC. With reflections from Sarah Matthews and Penny Gray. About a year ago, Police Support Office Sarah Westlake came to ECFC asking for a regular hire of our Worship Space for a Police led Community meeting.…

  • Blog 4 – September 2025

    Blog 4 – September 2025

    Being Ourselves and Joining in Our last blog featured the powerful example of being called to action to seek justice in our community. Living out our Christian values in the community brings our faith to life and makes it real. This fourth ECFC blog looks at the ECFC value of ‘Being Ourselves and Joining in’. At the end of a…

  • Blog 3 – August 2025

    Blog 3 – August 2025

    This month we look at the ECFC value of Justice featuring Rachael Bee. Blogs 1 & 2 focused on the ECFC values of Welcome and Connection. This time we reflect on how we are involved in acts of justice within our own context and congregation at ECFC. We hear from Rachael Bee who came to…