Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.

Brennan Manning

St Luke’s Church Blackburn The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese) Revitalise Trust

The ‘after’ shot.

Adding my voice to the tweets declaring full hearts, full churches, full baptism pools, full coffee urns, full-on holy carnage and full-voiced celebrations of a broken saviour who dies in humiliation, kicks darkness until it bleeds daylight & rises in glory.

First ever WAVES youth worship gathering St Luke’s Church Blackburn for young people across the area who are following Jesus!

Big love to those who brought young people from Blackpool, Inglewhite, Higher Walton, Accrington, Rochdale and Blackburn.

#youthworktribe #worship #GoodFriday

Sharing in bearing the weight of the cross as we walk in silence (yeah, right) around our estate.

#GoodFriday2024

This #GoodFriday , contemplating the enormity of it all. Betrayal, denial, fidelity, the sacrifice, the humility, the all epoch spanning scale of the love.

Last night we washed each others’ hands and feet, sang a new song written by our community and listened to stories of how Jesus loves us, finds us, saves us, restores us and calls us to love like he loves. St Luke’s Church Blackburn The 180 Project #MaundyThursday

Today we teamed up with our friends at Blackburn Cathedral SaintWilfridsCofE Blackburn College Chaplaincy and The 180 Project to explore, with a few hundred young people, the story of Jesus becoming an outcast so we can be included.

And we got free coffee.

And the sun shone.

#fullheart

There may have been hailstones outside, but we had a whole lot of fun with the St Luke’s Church Blackburn family today in the (slightly above zero) church today.

This is what Saturday afternoons are made for!

#bungeerun #switch #hotdogs #familyonamission

A warm Lancashire welcome to Rev. Dr Joe Kennedy, our next Bishop of Burnley, seen here with @bpblackburn and Jill Duff. More details: bit.ly/43wqfDO The Church of England Blackburn Diocese Board of Education @cottrellstephen Burnley Express Lancashire Post BBC Lancashire Lancashire Telegraph

Humbling to be part of a community who are practicing the discipline of returning to each other and returning to God.
Daily.
Hourly.
We’re all in recovery from sin.
We’re all in need of friends who will walk us home.
St Luke’s Church Blackburn

‘May we walk this day in the way of the cross, and always be ready to share its weight.’

Excited that this is happening St Luke’s Church Blackburn next weekend. Might this be something for you?
#recovery #hangups

Great to be with church-planting friends from across the North West as we’re reminded that we’re not clever enough, passionate enough, resourced enough, trained enough to do what’s needed IN OUR OWN STRENGTH. Let’s be liberated by our limitations & make allowances for them.

The Rachel I want to be when I grow up…

Spending the day with lay youth leaders and clergy from rural parishes in The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese) as we explore what it looks like to inspire young people to explore Christian faith (and in turn are inspired by them!). Youthscape #Essentials Bishop Philip Jill Duff Cindy Rigney 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✝️

What a blast celebrating #InternationalWomensDay with Woman Alive Rachel Gardner Jane Dodds AS/MS 🔶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Premier Christian Radio premier.plus/inspirational-…

LOVED spending the morning with the incredible women attending the #InternationalWomenDay celebration in Blackburn. Excited for St Luke’s Church Blackburn Safe Haven project ‘Known’ for local women needing a safe space & good community, launching this Thursday. Blackburn Life The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese)

‘Strong women don’t have ‘attitudes’, we have standards.’

Marilyn Monroe

#InternationalWomensDay

Amazing night St Luke’s Church Blackburn with a visit from some of the players from Blackburn Rovers WFC ! Role models matter & these young athletes were inspirational, kind and loads of fun as they played dodge ball with young people. #InternationalWomensDayEve #thisgirlcan The CofE in Lancashire (Blackburn Diocese) Bishop Philip

Practise run for #WorldBookDay2024 tomorrow…

#Lordoftherings #Galadriel