Join us for lunch after church. Each Sunday one of the families in our church open their home for lunch. Everyone is welcome whether you're just visiting or looking for a church family to call your own.
Our life stories matter, they tell of God's faithfulness, they encourage and comfort, they reveal truth and they inspire and urge others to live life to the full. This Sunday, we are looking forward to hearing the testimony of Gillian Saunders.
We look forward to welcoming Andrew and Rachelle on Sunday 19 April. They have been involved with church planting in Canada for the last 17 years and are part of the International Salt and Light team.
![Luke 24:13-32
13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him.
17 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?”
They stood still, their faces downcast. 18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
19 “What things?” he asked.
“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. 20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; 21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. 22 In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning 23 but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. 24 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.”
25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?” 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
28 As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther. 29 But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. 31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. 32 They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-6/660372558_1372645448241367_7393090258816506796_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=102&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiRkVFRC5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=J3rQqZNOA24Q7kNvwGsQY3P&_nc_oc=Adqd5Dw1EA7lODPnAMBVSa06Mds9j9Av7dRMahZNV5jozoWmN7gIWuy6xkx4RGl-Y8I&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=faebMDCLHqDuJrOjLfto5g&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQFciJwNCcyf-b0nrRoAWkTIbb0Ja2tE0fuAMooyxXf1l5krTioySgg7Lro8csJemk2i8r3E78Un&oh=00_Af0udFbM9R07qoROkTaa3h0F_r3AiYqLRxN8mnOmizu-Dg&oe=69E1AF40)
![This easter join us to celebrate the most incredible moment in history.
[Romans 5:6-8]
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us!
Sunday 29 March - Palm Sunday
Sunday 5 April - Easter Sunday
#easter #witney #church #romans5vs6to8 #palmsunday2026 #eastersunday2026 #celebrate #bible](https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t39.30808-6/655600570_1363884519117460_1073633627980690447_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=104&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0FST1VTRUxfSVRFTS5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=47iSp-7My0EQ7kNvwG9MYGc&_nc_oc=Ado7qb5M6bgW4Ftz8Pk_3uePO5XXR2SjvBrxGnN5pMmyYFKTHIUSe4WK9UuvBnWQv-E&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=faebMDCLHqDuJrOjLfto5g&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQF_Nd17u_UDpwntCoHFanLYaSySpAi0V1lW78Jhq0Owp_0gz4SaZPcMFAgmoRZ5ggCPXEvvJ2WL&oh=00_Af1y4E4NdfZcLP9CNGYHANDDpJoylYsbVap-314loU0DFw&oe=69E1B5B3)
