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Kingdom Seeds in Local Soil

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Kingdom Seeds in Local Soil

This month, we are invited to step into a nine‑day journey from  15 to 23 May that weaves across the whole Diocese of Bristol—an adventure of prayer, story, and hope. Join the Bristol Diocesan Pilgrimage 2026, in walking and praying together, sewing seeds of God’s kingdom in every corner of our diocese.

On Wednesday 20 May, the pilgrimage will be in our Deanery: Kingswood and South Glos. At around 1pm it will be stopping at St Michael’s!

Find the full details of the route on the Diocese website – click on the button below

Route details for 20 May

A Journey rooted in Prayer

Each day will follow a gentle rhythm of prayer, reflection, and fellowship, pausing at local churches and schools to pray for God’s work in each community and deanery. Here is the special pilgrimage prayer.

Not able to join in person – why not join in with the virtual pilgrimage?

Click here to join with the virtual pilgrimage

Thy Kingdom Come

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Thy Kingdom Come 2026

Thy Kingdom Come (TKC) is a global ecumenical prayer movement that invites Christians around the world to pray from Ascension to Pentecost for more people to come to know Jesus.

This year’s Thy Kingdom Come is all about the presence of God through His spirit.

The God who is with us in the everyday – in the joys and sorrows of life (and everything in between) and the One who, through His spirit, longs to reveal Himself to those who do not yet know Him.

From the story of Ruth to the story of Gideon, from the story of Elijah to the story of the early church who waited for the promised Holy Spirit to come- over the 11 days we will explore a different Bible story each day, which demonstrates God’s transformative presence, power and love at work in the lives of people and places.

The hope is that as we pray for our five people, they will also experience the life-changing love of God and choose to follow Him.

More info on Thy Kingdom Come can be found at thykingdomcome.global

Novena written by Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally

The award-winning Thy Kingdom Come App is back this year! Packed with inspirational films, prayers, Bible readings, reflections and space to ‘Pray for Five’, The app is a one-stop shop for all you need to journey throughout the 11 days of Thy Kingdom Come. 

Download the app – iPhone  |  Android

Plant Swap

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Plant Swap

On Saturday 10 May we are hosting a Plant Swap from 10am to 12pm in St Michael’s Centre. It’s running at the same time as the Repair Cafe and will be in the Lower Hall.

A great opportunity to share any surplus plants with others and swap for something different or buy plants, for a small donation, if you don’t have any to swap. If you have grown too many seedlings or have divisions of plants then bring them along to share with others.

It’s a fantastic opportunity to share surplus plants and pick up new plants. We ask for a small voluntary donations if you don’t bring any plants to swap. All proceeds will be donated to North Bristol & South Gloucestershire Foodbank.

If you have grown too many seedlings or have divisions/cuttings of plants or self-sown seedlings, then bring them along to share with others.

All plants welcome: Tomatoes, Veg, Flowers, Herbs, Houseplants etc.

Please label plants and bring them in single containers ready for people to take away. 

If you have plants to share, or if you would like more information, please contact Rebecca Bishop via the office, or just bring along your plants on the morning.

Service

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Service

From 19 April, we are looking at the practice of Service, as part of our teaching series, Practicing the Way, where we learn habits to help us become more like Jesus, and develop a Rule of Life.

We will be exploring the theme of Service and following individual sermon titles each Sunday

  1. Love
  2. Hiddeness
  3. Availability
  4. Family

These sermons can be seen on our Rule of Life: Serving playlist on YouTube

YouTube Playlist

This Practice is also perfect to use with Life groups, with detailed videos and resources available to Life group leaders

The Rule of Life podcast also has a series on service, which is available on Spotify.

Serving Together

Serving together is right at the heart of everything we do. Most of our activities are run and facilitated by volunteers. We hope that everyone will find a way to get involved. 

Some teams require a certain level of skill or experience whilst for others, no previous experience is necessary.

Either way, we would love to help you connect and find ways of getting stuck in.

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