Posts by Seoirse

City Church, Liverpool

City Church, Kensington

Happy, very clappy, worship with enough passion to take the roof off, and a long sermon

Liverpool, England

Ancient Chapel of Toxteth

Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, Liverpool

Connecting with the storied history of non-conformism in a Unitarian chapel

Gateway Christian Centre, Liverpool

Enjoyable hands-in-the-air praise, but the prosperity gospel sermon rings alarm bells

Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh

Charlotte Chapel

A capacity congregation, low-energy singing, pastors in open-neck shirts, and a Calvinist sermon

Edinburgh, Scotland

Buccleuch and Greyfriars

Psalm singing, contemporary hymns, a Sunday school prize-giving, and a very warm welcome

Edinburgh, Scotland

Salvation Army Church, Geneva

Salvation Army Church

‘The young guitarist’s solos alone were enough to make one believe in God’

Evangelical Church, Geneva

Action Biblique Servette

A warm welcome at a packed, open, loving, city-centre church

Notre Dame, Geneva

Basilica Notre-Dame

Gorgeous descant in the final hymn at a perfectly pleasant Sunday Mass

St Pierre Cathedral, Geneva

St Pierre Cathedral

A stiff, sparse service of the word which would have made John Calvin proud

Old Town, Geneva

Hillsong Geneva

Hillsong Geneva

Rock music, arms akimbo, QR code donations, Bible texts out of context… yes, it’s Hillsong

Amman International

Be still and know . . . that fidgeting distracts!

St John the Baptist

Beautiful building, wonderful liturgy – but scant attendance

Tuebrook, Liverpool, England

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