Paul grew up in the Wirral and worked for many years in law, finishing up as the practice manager of a medium-sized law firm. He also served three terms as an elected councillor on Wirral Council and was the Cabinet Member for Social Services and Health. Converted later in life, he felt the call to… Read More
Suffolk Coastal March meeting were privileged to host Reverend Piers Bickersteth Piers came to faith in Jesus whilst working in property development in Sydney in his 20s. After theological training in Sydney and Oxford, a curacy on Merseyside and 4 years working for the Proclamation Trust, Piers was appointed Rector of Arborfield and Barkham (just… Read More
Suffolk Coastal Filling Station launches its 2019 programme on 24th January with Jonathan and Paige Squirrel. Jonathan and Paige are Regional Directors for Filling Stations in the East Anglian Region, as well as being Leaders of The Beacon Church in Bacton in North East Norfolk. As well as their message to the Suffolk Coastal Filling… Read More
After this beautiful, long, hot summer, we are excited about starting up our Filling Station meetings again and we have some great speakers to take us through the autumn. On 22nd September Rev Clive Howard will be speaking to us and will take Psalm 63 as his theme. Clive is well known to many locally as vicar of St… Read More
Suffolk Coastal Filling Station is delighted to welcome Paul Crooks as our July speaker. We think we are experiencing turbulent times in this country at the moment, but Paul has a special knowledge of how life is for Christians in the Middle East, having worked for many years in Christian ministry in the Arab world. Amongst many roles,… Read More
Our speaker at the June Filling Station meeting is Edward Carter, Canon Theologian at Chelmsford Cathedral in Essex. In 2013, Edward pioneered the God Movie Project, which aims to make connections between the Christian faith and the ‘ordinary’ things of life using the medium of film. The project uses people’s hobbies, interests and life stories to make… Read More
Ten Suffolk Coastal team members joined nearly 100 other East Anglian Filling Station team members at a day to remember near Diss on Saturday. James Nickols and Richard Fothergill led an inspiring, exciting and challenging day which began with a fabulous worship session and then we heard about the vision and growing work of Filling Stations throughout the… Read More
As a young man, Paul Cowley lived in a squat, entered a life of crime, did time behind bars and served 16 years in the army. Then he discovered an Alpha course and in 1994, gave his life to Christ. Since then he has taken Alpha into prisons, founded the William Wilberforce Trust and has been… Read More
Our March meeting falls on Maundy Thursday and will have an Easter theme, so we do hope you can join us if there is no service in your own church. We welcome, as our special guest, Harriet Molyneux, who will share with us her story of medical service in West Africa with the Mercy Ship and her calling to… Read More
We had a great start to the New Year and welcomed lots of old friends and many new faces to our first Filling Station meeting of 2016. Worship leaders Chris & Von inspired great singing and praise before Jack Timpany spoke to us. A young marketing executive with L’Oreal, he has just returned to the office having… Read More
