past events

Adrian Plass and Jeff Lucas are renowned for their ability to express the silly side of Christian culture, and to cut through our pretensions and foibles with incisive wit.



The Seriously Funny Tour is a no-holds barred celebration of 21st century Christianity. Breathtakingly honest about themselves, their most embarrassing stories are some of the funniest moments of the evening, which is full of honesty and realisation, as well as anger, despair, and joy mixed with the reassurance of God's love for this world.

When God wants to begin a new work in the world. He almost always starts by speaking into the heart of one person. Drawing up the courage to listen, obey, and share the vision with others, these are the people we call leaders.

Over the years we’ve come to appreciate just how critical leadership is to church vitality. We have observed that a church’s effectiveness in pursing it’s God-given mission is largely dependent on the character, devotion, and skill of its leadership core. This is why WCA's focus is to elevate the quality of leadership within the church. That leadership could be formal or informal, staff or volunteer, full-time or bi-vocational, clergy or laity. It doesn’t matter where the leadership comes from; it just matters that it is present.

WCA recognizes that the leadership core of any church includes leaders from the businesses, education, government and social sectors. The Global Leadership Summit welcomes leaders from all these sectors and fully believers that the maximum influence and impact of the Church is felt when all of it’s Christ-centered leaders are at the forefront of establishing and growing well led local churches, companies, schools, governments and social enterprises. This is the Church at its best! This is when God’s love and care inevitably spills out into our neighborhoods, towns and cities through acts of love, justice, mercy, service and restoration.

Each year, we do our best to provide a world-class leadership training event that challenges, inspires and serves the leadership core of every church.

Come along to a Fashion Show with YFM and Travelling Trends on Friday 14th October, 7pm at Testwood Baptist Church. Try on and buy this seasons high street fashions at prices to suit all.

Tickets must be bought in advance at £5 each, with all proceeds going to support the work of YFM. Ticket price includes one free drink on entry.

Tickets available at the Welcome Desk, or call 02380 860320.

Contact YFM for more details.

Debra Searle is a lady who knows what it is to face obstacles in life and yet find ways to conquer them. She set out to row (yes row!) across the Atlantic with her husband, a 6’5’’ professional oarsman. Disaster struck and after a few days at sea he had to be rescued. Debra decided to carry on rowing alone, arriving in Barbados three and half months later! Debra will be sharing the highs and lows of her amazing journey across the Atlantic and all that has happened since. This is not a talk about rowing – this is a talk about living life to the full!



About Debra

Debra Searle is a professional adventurer, TV presenter and author. She’s also one of the most sought after motivational speakers in the world, working for the likes of Microsoft, IBM, Nokia and many more. This is a rare opportunity to hear her in the public domain. You will not be disappointed!



Who's the evening for?

Anyone looking for an entertaining evening that will be both inspiring and challenging. Suitable for adults and young people (Year 7+).



Tickets?

Tickets are £5 per person (concession tickets available). Tickets can be obtained from the welcome desk at Testwood Baptist Church or by phoning 023 8086 0320.



Timings & Venue

Monday 6 June. Doors Open at 7.15 for a 7.45 pm start. Testwood Baptist Church, 283a, Salisbury Road, Totton, near Southampton, SO40 3LZ.

Phatfish have made an impressive impact on the UK Christian music scene for the last decade. Live they have led thousands in worship at all of the major UK festivals including Newday, Soul Survivor and Spring Harvest, sharing stages with artists that range from Matt Redman to Delirious. They have also toured in the US, Canada and Europe



In the studio they have clocked up 10 widely acclaimed albums and are responsible for the worldwide hit "Holy Holy, Lift Up His Name" and more recently the anthems "There Is A Day" and "Amazing God". They feature on numerous compilation albums, often in partnership with premier publishers, Kingsway Music.



Since their formation in 1994, Phatfish have held firmly to their original aim: to write, play and record songs that glorify our amazing God and communicate His love and His purpose for us.



Select any Phatfish track and you'll quickly notice that the lyrics are rich with sound biblical truths that lift the soul and strengthen faith. Listen with a trained ear and you can't mistake the impeccable vocal quality and faultless musicianship that only comes with genuine commitment and experience.



Their most recent release 'In Jesus' features the two newest additions to the band, guitarists Jos Wintermeyer and Ben Hall.