Alpha
Alpha
Life is sometimes complicated and often hard, so: How do we navigate it? What's the goal? What's the ultimate purpose in it all? How do we enjoy it?
Alpha seeks to help you explore these big questions, whilst looking at the answers the Christian faith offers.
A huge variety of people, with different experiences and backgrounds, and different views and beliefs, come on the Alpha course. Its a relaxed and accepting atmosphere. No one will tell you what to believe, rather everyone is given space to share thier own personal experiences and beliefs, so that you can make your own mind up.
We run the course regularly thoughout the year. Our next course is starting soon!
To register interest or for further information please email: alpha@portswood.org
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Lent - just for Catholics?
Lent
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just
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Catholics?
3rd February 2026
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Lou Flooks
Growing up in a small Brethren church, Lent wasn’t something I was really aware of. If anything, I thought Lent was secular. People giving up chocolate so they could be healthier, before the deluge consumed over the Easter weekend. In the Evangelical church, Lent gets mixed reactions. Some see it as a positive thing, a chance to explore spiritual disciplines, long since lost from Protestantism after the reformation, other still see it as a dangerous step towards legalism, ritual and penance in place of grace.