BETHESDA – A PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER
Jesus said “Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples—when they see the love you have for each other.”
- We try to follow these words by loving each other and offering support whether that’s spiritual, physical, practical, emotional. It may be a friendly word, a prayer, a smile or a hug - we want to encourage and value each other.
- We meet in small groups in the week, such as for a weekly lunch, a group discussing and praying about living out our faith and some Bible study groups, including one on Zoom.
BETHESDA – A PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY
Jesus said ” I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me a drink, I was homeless and you gave me a room, I was shivering and you gave me clothes, I was sick and you stopped to visit”
We try to follow these words by practical means. Volunteers in Bethesda help by
- Offering advice to those in debt (Trowbridge Debt Advisory Service)
- Helping in a local secondary school with mentioring
- Being part of the Trowbridge Town Chaplains team
- Collecting food for the local Storehouse foodbank
- Caring for people in our everday lives with the people we know and meet at work or in our leisure time.
BETHESDA – CARING FOR WORLD ISSUES
God looked over everything he had made; it was so good, so very good!
- We believe in the principle of Fair Trade church and we encourage others to buy goods from workers who are given a fair wage.
- Recycling, the use of plastic and use of renewable energy are areas we are working on and promoting in church. We are people who care for ‘Creation.’
- We sponsor students who are learning vocational skills at the Nile Vocational Institute in Uganda
- Bethesda supports the work of Tearfund
- We link with two people ministering with BMS overseas
BETHESDA – A COMMUNITY CENTRE
Our building is an asset to offer to the local community. It is used by many different groups such as:
- An organisation that helps people find work
- Rainbows and Brownies
- A choir
- Arts Together
- Trowbridge Gaming Club
The church rooms are available to hire at a reasonable rate – please contact us.
BETHESDA - ENGAGING WITH THE CHURCH IN TROWBRIDGE
We are members of CATA (Christian Action in the Trowbridge Area) The CATA group of churches work together to display the love of God in our town.