The Eden Church, Edenbridge
For the glory of His name, for the good of His Kingdom, and for the welfare of His people ...
Deuteronomy 6v18
"Do what is right and good in the Lord's sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land that the Lord promised on oath to your forefathers ..."
The Word
We believe that our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, is the sole and absolute authority in all matters pertaining to faith and practice, as revealed in the Holy Scriptures ...

Welcome!

If you are visiting our website for the first time, we hope you find it friendly, informal and honouring to God. Please feel free to explore this website and who knows?

... join us on Sunday? We meet on Sunday mornings at Riverside, Edenbridge, at 10:30am.

We also meet for a Bible study on the first Sunday evening of each month (6:30pm), and praise and sharing on the third Sunday evening of every month.

Alternatively, if you have children, why not come and join us for "Messy Church" - see in the [info] section for details. We would sincerely like to hear from you and look forward to you visiting us again.

Proud Mom

Mitchell, a regular at "Little Fishes", practised spelling with magnetic letters on the refrigerator: "cat", "dog", "dad", and "mum" had been proudly displayed for all to see.

One morning while getting ready for the day, Mitchell bounded into the room with his arms outstretched. In his hands were three magnetic letters: G-O-D. "Look what I spelled, Mum!" Mitch exclaimed, a proud smile on his face.

"That's wonderful!" she said. "Now go put them on the fridge so Dad can see when he gets home tonight." That Christian education is certainly having an impact, she thought, happily.

Just then, a little voice called from the kitchen.

"Mum? How do you spell 'zilla?'"

Quote of the week ...

"Jealousy is counting someone else's blessings rather than your own."

Please pick up a little extra while you are shopping to help the God’s Hand’s food bank continue!

An Olympic prayer for our community

We stand in the mighty name of Jesus and bless you, Edenbridge that you might prosper under the mighty hand of God.

We bless you that justice and righteousness might take their proper place within your boundaries. We bless you that the favour of the Lord might rest upon you and give you peace.

We bless you that the Father’s compassion might fall upon your people. We bless your poor that they might be lifted up.

We bless you that the knowledge of Jesus might come in amongst you like a flood.

We bless the people of God in this Edenbridge, that they might rise up with servant authority and become a people of blessing.

We bless you that the joy of the Lord might be your strength. Amen.

(Ffald-y-Brenin Trust, 2012)

More than Gold, the umbrella group for church outreach during the Olympics, is encouraging as many Christians as possible to join the prayer events or simply be a ‘prayer presence’ in their communities during the torch relay.

CLICK HERE to visit their website!

More news about the new centre

There is more news on the Kent County Council website about the new community centre including a new picture and a plan produced by David Franklin. It's well worth a read!

Click HERE to read the article on the KCC website.

The Gospel and Jelly Babies

On April 8th Graham drew our attention to the fascinating story of Bassett's Jelly Babies.

Click HERE to read those colour definitions again!

Mission giving - Help meet our target

We gave ourselves a challenge at the recent Church meeting - deciding to increase mission giving to our Baptist Mission societies to a total of 10% of church income. Projected income for 2012 at present is around £60,000, so as a start we’ve asked Heddwyn to send £250 per month to both the Baptist Missionary Society and Home Mission. Good steward that he is, Heddwyn pointed out that our projected expenditure was already £69,000. So it’s up to us all to soothe his concerns and review our giving! We are also aiming to cover the underpayment from last year too ...

Click on the "Just Imagine" graphic at the top of this article to read the latest encouraging "Just Imagine" report in the BUGB Transform magazine ...

To read the whole magazine online click on the link in the bottom section of our website (under Baptist links).