What's New?
Recent Mission Updates
Any recent updates that our
people on mission have made to their latest news pages are listed here:
Recent Site Updates
Any other changes that our
webteam thought you might like to know about are shown below:
- April 2011 - We have launched our Call to Action for the Development Fund for our new church building project. As a church we are very excited about this opportunity that we believe God is leading us towards. Please check out the Call to Action pages - click here.
- March 2011 - We have broken the 500 upload barrier - visit our comprehensive archive of sermons and recordings, or subscribe to one of our podcasts to get the latest recordings as soon as they are available - click here.
- November 2010 - Sermon uploads are now largely automated by our sermonator, which seems to be working pretty well. Our thanks to the webteam members who continue to manage this process.
- July 2010 - We probably should have mentioned that we're back!
- 18th June 2010 - The site is being cleaned and pages are being replaced as quickly as possible. If you can see a page, it should be clean.
- 14th June 2010 - Unfortunately the site was hacked recently, and may have installed harmful software on some visiting computers. The site has been taken down. We apologise for the inconvenience, and advise you ensure you have up to date anti-virus software and consider installing and using other malware scanners, such as Spybot Search and Destroy. You should also use an up-to-date version of your Web Browser. - click here.
- 22nd April 2010 - We have received a response from UTV Internet, addressing the latest outage (which was caused by equipment and software failure).
- 20th April 2010 - The site was offline for several hours earlier today - We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused. UTV Internet support have been emailed, but we have still to receive a response. Please bear with us as we consider alternative, more reliable and responsive providers.
- 8th April 2010 - UTV Internet have fixed the fault with their email systems, though we are still awaiting a response to our enquiries about the issue. If you had difficulty emailing us yesterday, please try again (unless it's spam).
- February 2010 - Interview with Kathryn Lee - click here.
- January 2010 - All sermons since David Dunlop arrived are now on line - click here.
- December 2009 - Merry Christmas and God's richest blessings for the New Year!
- December 2009 - Pictures from the Ben Nevis trip have been added to the gallery - click here.
- November 2009 - The mission pages have updated pictures - check them out! - click here.
- November 2009 - More good news - the manual sermon uploads are back in business - and we're working on our backlog. If you want to get the latest recordings as they are uploaded, why not subscribe to one of our podcasts? - click here.
- November 2009 - Good news - From 1st January 2010, the Windsor Webteam is seeking to have sermons edited, uploaded and online for download shortly after the service finishes!
- June 2009 - The questions from the "Every contact leaves a trace" series have now been added to the audio page - click here.
- April 2009 - We'd like to thanks the new members of the team which uploads the sermons to the web! Your efforts are appreciated: members and friends of Windsor access this service from all sorts of places (and sometimes even email us about it). To see the latest uploads - click here.
- Easter - Christ is risen!
- 28 March 2009 - Don't forget the clocks go forward tonight - otherwise you'll miss the service and just be in time for coffee!
- January 2009 - Online Buzzline production has resumed. Contact the Editor, John McLean, with any queries or to include items in the next issue - click here.
- December 2008 - Volunteers are urgently needed to allow the online sermon service to continue. Please talk to Paul or Roy if you might be able to help.
- December 2008 - We are very pleased to welcome David Dunlop, our new pastor, and his family.
- October 2008 - Production of the online edition of the Buzzline will resume shortly - contact the Buzzline Editor for details.
- September 2008 - Help wanted - The web audio team would really like your help getting the list of sermons up to date. This can be a one off - you don't need to join a rota. You don't even need to edit sound files or upload stuff (though if you can, that would be great). If you think you might be able to help us out, please email us or talk to us on Sunday - click here.
- September 2008 - The Mournes Invasion pictures have arrived in the gallery - click here.
- August 2008 - The technical problems at UTV Internet have been resolved, and the sermon page updates will resume shortly. We apologise for the inconvenience.
- June 2008 - The Mournes Invasion has happened. And even the stragglers left behind on the hill made it down, eventually, and more or less in one piece. There will be pictures soon...
- February 2008 - The sermons page has changed! Instead of a long list, with the ones you want to see languishing at the bottom, we have a new set of pages that allows you to find exactly what you are looking for. The recordings are arranged by speaker, series, and date recorded. Give it a go, and let us know what you think. See the "Audio Sermons" menu on the left for the new options, or - click here.
- Saturday 26 January 2008 - Trevor Warner's "open house" has moved! It will now take place at Roy and Isobel Gamble's house at 7:30pm (it's still happening this Saturday, though). Don't go to the Patterson's. It isn't there!
- Friday 25 January 2008 - The fellowship evening is at 6pm in the Morton Community Centre. Bring some food, and we can eat at 6. If you can't make it for 6, come when you can. For a Google map with directions from the church - click here.
- December 2007 - The Windsor Carol Service is at 7pm on Sunday 23rd December, there is a Christmas Morning service at 10.30am on Christmas Day, and there is no evening service on Sunday 30th December. See the programme for more information - click here.
- December 2007 - New Buzzlines are now available online again. New-ish ones, anyway. When we train the new editor, things will be faster - click here.
- October 2007 - For those who like such things, our constitution is available from the documents and reports page - click here.
- September 2007 - The "How can we love you" project happened again on 3rd-8th September - we are trying to show God's love in a practical way to the community around the church. More information available - click here.
- August 2007 - We're working on the summer backlog of sermons - as always, volunteers to help are welcome. Some progress - in response to your requests, the entire "being human" series is now available on a single CD, in MP3 format. Ask Jim Smith if you would like a copy, or listen to them on the audio page.
- July 2007 - Susan Beattie passed away at around 7.30 am on Thursday 12th July. Our thoughts and prayers are with her nephew, Chris, and the rest of the family at this time. The funeral and service of thanksgiving for Susan's life took place in Windsor at noon on Saturday 14th, followed by the burial in Lambeg Parish Church graveyard. A recording of the church service is available from the audio page - click here.
- July 2007 - David McMillan has reached the end of his time as Pastor in Windsor. We are grateful for his ministry over the past years, and wish him well for the future
- May 2007 - The video from Clay's introduction to Ezra is now available - click here.
- May 2007 - The latest Buzzline is now on the site - click here.
- May 2007 - Sermons from the preaching workshop series are starting to appear on the site, and your feedback is welcome. See the May Buzzline for how to do this. These sermons are on our audio page. - click here.
- April 2007 - The 2006 church report and the position paper on women in the church are now available on the documents and reports page - click here.
- New Server! - You have reached the new Windsor Baptist server, which hopefully means the move is complete, and reliability will be improved. If you made any recent changes to the site, the wiki, or the calendar, please check that they are still there (and not confined to the old server). Thank you for your patience.
- February 2007 - At the members' meeting on Wednesday 21st, it was decided to instruct architects to produce plans for a new church building. Further details available in the March Buzzline.
- December 2006 - Ken's been posting about the trip to Nepal over on the forums - click here.
- October 2006 - We have an experimental podcast feed for the sermons - subscribe to this with your podcasting software and the latest sermons will be automatically downloaded for you - click here.
- August 2006 - There are more new services on the audio page - click here.
- July 2006 - The latest draft of the paper on the place of women in the church is available from the Resources / Reports page. The password may be obtained from the officebearers - click here.
- June 2006 - Some pictures of the Mournes Invasion and the Fellowship Group Barbeque are on the forums - click here.
- June 2006 - The report of the Children, Youth and Family Strategy Group into provision for teenagers in the church is now on the site - click here.
- May 2006 - The latest Buzzline is now on the site - the one with information on women's place in the church (or more accurately, how to tell us what you think that place is)
- April 2006 - The Mündü banners that were hanging in the church have now gone to Africa. Read about them - click here.
- April 2006 - Our sermon page is now up to date for recent sermons - and for the special Easter services we also have some of the drama and singing. Download and listen to some of them - click here.
- March 2006 - We are working on the backlog of sermons, which are now starting to appear on the audio page. Check them out! - click here.
- February 2006 - There is another article by Dorothea Jeffrey on our travel page - How did she escape the civil war? - click here.
- January 2006 - There is a debate on the place of women in the church, and a discussion paper for presentation on Sunday 5th February is available from the Resources / Reports page. The password may be obtained from the officebearers - click here.
- January 2006 - The (slightly edited) recordings of the Carol Service and the Youth Service are now on the audio page - click here.
- January 2006 - In this month's Buzzline, a tribute to Marjorie Calder (1927-2006) - click here.
- December 2005 - We have some pictures from the church weekend - click here.
- December 2005 - Sarah's book wins top prize - click here.
- December 2005 - There is a discussion on the forums about our provision for children and young people - feel free to join in - click here.
- November 2005 - The audio page (look under "resources") needs volunteers - please talk to Paul if you can help - click here.
- November 2005 - The Simmer Down "how can we love you" pictures have just been posted - click here.
- October 2005 - The Simmer Down programme for the new season is now on the site - click here.
- October 2005 - Another article by Dorothea Jeffrey is on our travel page - Did she mention what she did during the war? - click here.
- October 2005 - By popular demand (a couple of people asked me) the monthly calendar view of our programme is back on line - click here.
- October 2005 - The September and October buzzlines are now on the site, along with the latest "Out of the Comfort Zone" briefing by Heather Warke - click here.
- October 2005 - The missionary policy adopted by the church is now on the documents page - click here.
- October 2005 - The services from the first Sunday in October are on the site already - click here.
- September 2005 - Some more photos from the simmer down weekend - did the swimming pictures make it? - click here.
- September 2005 - The church weekend opens for booking - contact the Webbs.
- September 2005 - "How Can We Love You" is running again - click here.
- August 2005 - We have a test page with experimental downloadable sermons - click here.
- August 2005 - Dorothea Jeffrey writes about her life in an African village - click here.
- August 2005 - Roy Gamble, our new Associate Pastor, now has his own page - click here.
- July 2005 - The Summer issue of Buzzline is now available on the site. "Out of the Comfort Zone" will appear shortly - contact Heather Warke (or see the paper edition) in the meantime - click here.
- June 2005 - The draft missionary policy paper is now on the documents page - click here.
- March 2005 - To make it easier to tell what's changed on the site, any of the webteam can now update this "What's New" page!
- February 2005 - Roy Gamble's slides on the challenges facing global mission today are on the documents page - click here.
- February 2005 - You can now see instantly when our "latest news" pages have been updated - see the list above!
- January 2005 - The discussion paper on Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage is on the documents page - click here.
- December 2004 - There are now some pictures to go with David's letters from Russia - click here.
- November 2004 - There is a new discussion forum that allows visitors and members to chat, discuss, and keep in touch. Pop in and give it a go... You're all welcome! - click here.
- November 2004 - The whole site was given a major redesign (to match David's headed notepaper). Pages can now be found via the menu on the left of the screen.