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After the brief interlude last Sunday where we met at St Mary’s Chris resumes his look at our year text for 2025. This time we look at the verse in its original context in the book of Hebrews, where the writer is linking all that Jesus achieved to the Jewish scriptures of the Old Testament. Chris highlights in particular the first half of verse 1 (the second half of which contains our year text) and verses 14 to 16 as things that can help us to achieve that perserverence in the race marked out before us.
Andy leads the rest of the service as Pete brings a powerful update on our mission of the month, CSW, and we join together as a community to share Communion. Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.
Shona leads our first all age service of 2025, continuing our theme from last year looking at Old Testament heroines. This week it is the turn of Deborah, the only female leader of Israel in the time of the Judges. Facing attacks from the surrounding nations Deborah leads the people through a time of hardship and yet never gives up on trusting God.
Mike leads our sung worship this week.
Happy New Year! This week we held our vision service for 2025, a chance to look back at the events that happened in our Church family over the last year and look ahead to what God wants to do through us in the coming months. Chris also reveals our year text for 2025, taken from Hebrews 12 verse 1.
Ant leads the rest of the service as we start the year in prayer, Pete and Nick lead our sung worship this week.
For our final service of the year, in lieu of a “traditional” message we return to a style of reflection on God’s word that we previously used for our summer series. We take a close look at Simeon and Anna’s responses to meeting the infant Jesus at the temple in Jerusalem and think about the…
Christmas carols, Bible readings, Video, a Christmas message and prayers. Video featured in this service https://youtu.be/lVt14Ug-GOs?si=MaiigrG2XGJ6xPL5
We continue on the journey towards Christmas by lighting the forth candle on our advent wreath, this year representing love. Chris speaks on the word given to Joseph by the angel of the Lord in a dream leading to his decision to marry Mary. We discover the love of Joseph, Mary and most of all,…
We continue on the journey towards Christmas by lighting the third candle on our advent wreath, this year representing joy. Chris speaks on the word given to Mary by Gabriel and her subsequent visit to see Zechariah and Elizabeth. In this we see the three aspects of the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, all present, working as one and inviting Mary to participate in God’s great plan. He then contrasts it with the act of communion, the Lord’s Supper, where at the other end of Jesus’ earthly life we are all now invited to participate in that great plan of God.
Andy leads the rest of the service thinking about the origin of the word joy and its importance in the Bible whilst Lynne and Dave lead our sung worship.
Ant leads our all-age service for December, choosing the theme of wonder as his subject for this month. God has many names in the Bible, at this time of year we focus on the name Immanuel, God With Us, and the wonder that Jesus’ coming brings into our lives.
Mike leads our sung worship this week.
This week we held our annual Science Sunday service where we invite a guest speaker to join us (through one of Chris’ many science contacts!) and explore the intersection of faith and science. This year we are joined by Andy Boston, a physicist by training, who has worked in the energy sector for several decades, latterly heading up a government-commissioned group to look at how the energy industry can more easily transition to green alternatives. Andy speaks on where our energy comes from, both in terms of our physical and spiritual needs.
Chris leads the rest of the service as we light the first candle on our Advent wreath (yes, it is that time of year already), and Pete leads our sung worship.
This Sunday we celebrated the baptism of Freya Griffiths. Freya gives a powerful testimony on how God has helped her in her life and follows the example of Jesus by going through the waters of baptism to symbolise the inner change that God has made and affirm her commitment to him. Chris speaks on the place that baptism has in God’s plan for the world and gives an opportunity for those that have not yet fully accepted Jesus to take that tentative first step in trusting God.
James leads the service whilst Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.