Visitors to the Greenford Baptist Church building on Sunday mornings might have a bit of a shock these days. There are now so many people attending that we have to lay out extra chairs! In fact, at Easter Pastor David Wise reported we had the largest congregation ever!

Who is responsible for all this growth? Well, of course its all down to God. He has so blessed the church recently. We not only see a numerical growth in church membership (currently nearly 200) but also a growth in regular Sunday morning worshippers.

It's more than numerical growth, however, its growth in spirituality too. Many church members are meeting  in small groups during the week to pray together, study the Bible and meditate on God's word (the Bible).

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Last week whilst Andy and I were on holiday near Portsmouth, we listened to the local news on the television one evening and heard an interesting story about a budgie. It seemed that one had escaped from an aviary and the owner thought he would never see it again.

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June 27 maked the Men Behaving Godly weekend away Each of us was given a list of Bible verses and the list was entitled, "Keep it close to your heart". Here are the verses (NIV).

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Only one day to go until around 16 of the aptly named Men Behaving Godly group (MBG) - goes on its annual pilgrimage. This year we will be enjoying two days in the Windmill Farm Conference Centre, Oxfordshire.

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Our bible teaching videos, on sister website GBCweb.tv, are second-to-none when it comes to quality and relevance, however, today we have pleasure in announcing that our videos are being edited using professional grade software. You can identify the upgraded videos by the new title sequences (they wouldn't look out of place in a Star Trek movie).
The benefits: starting today you should notice an increase in picture quality. You should also notice that the new videos run smoother on older/slower computers and over slower broadband connections.

Your comments and feedback about the quality improvements (or any problems) are much encouraged - please email me or write a comment below?

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My half century is coming up on 11 December and I would like to ask anyone who knows me not to get me a card or present but to make a donation to the Pattaya Orphanage Trust. I have supported this charity since my brother, who lives in Thailand and works in many of the Far East countries, introduced me to them. I even had the pleasure of watching some of the children give a Christmas Carol concert when I was out there in 1998.

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Blogging is not something I have really had the urge to do especially as I'm out 4 nights of the working week and weekends seem to be eaten up with rushing from pillar to post. However, I went to a seminar in the central Ealing Library about breaking into the freelance writers' market and I suppose it spurred me on to at least do this if nothing else. No reputation, money or deadline rests on this and it may be a way to hone writing skills.

Anyway, not sure how often I'll be back but all we can do is .....watch this space!

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Don't laugh, this isn't a fairly story—last night 16 members of the Barnabas discipleship group were doing the third in the series of Bible studies about Angels. We sat around the fish pond in the cool of the evening and it was a lovely end to probably the hottest day this year (so far).

However, we started the evening with two additional singers to practise a beautiful gospel song called "So You Would Know". We are practising this to sing to the church in a few weeks time. I must say - with so many beautiful voices singing about our lovely God in the small confines of our living room I tried in vain to hold back tears of joy.

If you aren't in a home based mid-week discipleship group yet why not speak to Andy or Lynda Wilson. You will be made to feel most welcome.

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Ok, I'm not Jeremy Clarkson, these weren't chariots of fire and this is not a professional car review. But I was driving some very hi-tech 4x4 vehicles over some laughably dangerous off-road terrain in a farmer's field, along disused railway paths and through some dark and dingy woods. It was all part of the Mitsubishi Motors 4x4 Day in Marlborough.

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The Hudson family only returned from the hospital on Wed 5 March - a couple of days late due to our baby Sarah-Rose's jaundice. This has almost disappeared now.

The community midwives' visits have been really helpful, especially as this is a new experience for us. It is taking a little time to adjust to the Sarah-Rose's feeds and the rests Noemi needs to get in-between - and the new activities that we are being confronted with. I am now at home for a while so that I can support Noemi in full "Dad" capacity.

Sarah Rose is turning our lives up-side down but we wouldn't have it any other way.....even with the sleepless nights and crying - it's all worth it!

Sarah Rose was born on a very special day - 29th February, so she will only have a birthday every four years.

We want to say thanks for all the cards, gifts and prayers from those at our house group Barnabas and from other church members at Greenford Baptist and CCL (Noemi's Brazilian Church).

If anyone out there feels that perhaps God is not hearing or listening to your cries or prayers just take a moment to see what he has done for us in producing such a special child after all this time (eight years).

God is Good all the time!

The Hudson Photo Gallery

Click Read more... (below and to the right) to see Noemi and Tony's beautiful baby Sarah-Rose.

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Tony Hudson has sent a text to let us know that their long awaited and much prayed for daughter Sarah Rose was born at 2.53 am on Friday 29 February, weighing 3 kg (approx 6lbs 9 oz). Noemi had a long labour, but apparently all is well. What a relief - Praise God!
Sarah Rose will have one birthday every four years !! so she is a very special little girl.
We all thank God for this miracle baby.
You can also leave your congratulations etc. for Tony and Noemi in the Comments box below. If you are a WebMember please log in first.

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Video blogs are rapidly gaining in popularity. Most people have got something on their mind and if its interesting and broadcastable we can post it right here on the GBC WEB TV VideoBlog. The VideoBlog is in the GBC WEB TV section

So, come on, contact me Andy Wilson to chat about the possibilities or leave a comment below - we would love to give you a few minutes of free video time - you can supply the video or we will shoot it for you. The floor is yours!

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OK, so the following quote is not original but applied to our website and to some of the great technology around the Church, it is very true:

At Greenford Baptist Church we believe in using timely technology to teach the timeless truth.

My thanks to Mister Robertson for the quote.

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I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.

The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm.

Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe

So there!

As long as first and last letters are in the right place, the human brain can sort it out.

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It was always my ambition to be a writer. It outlasted my other ambitions (ballerina, dairy farmer) and other careers - carer for young disabled, social worker, optician's assistant, secretary, and PR executive.

I've written stories ever since I could write. My first novel was 100 pages long, written in biro in a couple of exercise books, at the age of 13, and only my sister was allowed to read it.

By my twenties, I was seriously writing a book. I'd heard how difficult it was to get published, and how you should never send the whole manuscript, only a couple of chapters as a taster. So I was caught out when, having sent three chapters of my first adult novel to Penguin books, an editor wrote back and asked to see the rest of it. I had to ask her to wait six months because I hadn't written it yet!

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I have just come across an excellent (and totally free) spelling checker that adds on to Windows Internet Explorer.

This is ideal for writing in the blog section of our website—or any other section for that matter.

This add-on is good for entering text in all on-line forms, including job application forms.

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Recently added to the GBC website is a fantastic interactive feature with the following points:

1. you can make comments about individual articles and videos
2. and Reply to other people's comments
3. on most pages in the website
4. and also make general comments about the website in the Guest Book for Visitors Comments (which is under the Home menu)

You could write a practise comment below, however practise comments are only temporary and will be deleted. It would be much nicer if you left some real comments elsewhere on the website.

If you are a WebMember please log in before writing comments.

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Hi, WebAuthor here. It was a dream of mine for a quite a while but now I have created this new and exciting feature on our website. It’s a TV station called GBC WEB TV and it’s only available on our website.

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Friday 23rd March 2007
I didn't go running today. I returned home at nearly 10:30 pm from a meeting which started at 08:00 pm and had already made my mind up that I was not going to go running, only to receive a message from Steve that he was not running that night either.

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This inspirational video is guaranteed to inspire you, whether you are a marathon runner, like our friend Adam Thomas, or you are a more sedate person. You will probably need a tissue, by the way.

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