Above Bar Church, Southampton

23 September 2013

The growing needs of our local food bank

On Sunday morning, like many other churches in the UK, we had a harvest collection of food for needy people. In Southampton, our local food bank is Basics Bank, part of Southampton City Mission which this year is celebrating its 50^th anniversary. As you can see from the photo, we were pleased to collect a large amount of food, which we trust will make a real difference. And it will, but ...

In first quarter of this year, Basics Bank has seen a 50% increase in demand on the same period last year

18 September 2013

One man’s ongoing journey back to faith

Paul Kinvig is a singer songwriter whose day job happens to have been running large corporate businesses…

He became a Christian as a teenager and played at Greenbelt and Easter People events supporting the likes of Graham Kendrick & Paul Field. During these early days Paul had a number of worship songs published and sung in churches particularly in Australia.

Whilst working his way up the corporate ladder Paul was a worship leader and a lay preacher on the Methodist circuit but the higher he cli

8 September 2013

A heart-warming note to all at Above Bar Church...

A heart-warming note to all at Above Bar Church...

Dear all,

I went to The Above Bar Church the first Sunday I arrived in Southampton as a respect for my mother, Dora Hall who died the previous Thursday . She loved your church and all it stands for. It was the first time I’d been in a house of God for over 45 years apart from weddings and funerals. I made my way to your door that sunny Sunday morning with an air of trepidation; why? because I perceived I would not be made that welcome because I

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