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Throughout this year we’ve been thinking about the river of God flowing from the temple in Ezekiel’s vision. Well, Pentecost was day 1 of that prophecy coming true. The Spirit came in power on the disciples in the upper room and flowed out through them into the people of Jerusalem. Chris reminds us that we are called to be continually filled with the God’s Holy Spirit and let the Spirit flow through us and into our communities today, just as he did all those centuries ago.
Susan leads the rest of the service whilst Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.
As Chris is away this week we have Kevin Burdett bringing God’s word to us and he speaks on the Kingdom of God growing in the dark. Just like the seeds that a farmer plants in the ground sometimes it may appear that nothing is happening, however what we fail to see is what is…
Following on from our amazing Anniversary Community Day yesterday Ant leads our all age service for May by taking us back to the Sunday Schools of his youth. There’s even a sword drill or two! But there is also a serious point: by looking back into our own church history we can see God’s stream of living water giving nourishment and we can have no doubt that he will continue to do so through us for many years to come.
Pete and Nick lead our sung worship this week.
In first century Judea a cross was not generally something talked about in polite conversation, let alone boasted about. Yet through Jesus’ victory Paul says that he (and by extension we) can boast in the achievement of the cross. As we continue our starting with God series Chris examines Jesus’ victory, the turning of a symbol of terror and oppression into a symbol of hope and how we can still see God’s glory through the cross.
Karen leads the rest of the service as we have our first update from May’s mission of the month, AIM, and Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.
When we make a decision, conscious or unconscious, to not follow God wholeheartedly we can be sent into exile from Him. Not a physical exile like those experienced in the Old Testament but a spiritual exile where it feels like our connection with God is frayed or even totally broken. In the next in our…
After a short Easter break this week we’re back in our series Starting With God. The writer of Ecclesiastes examines the whole of existence in his book and comes to the conclusion that “everything is meaningless”. But with one proviso: “everything is meaningless” without God. Chris looks at the dead ends that can occur in our lives if we try to exist without God directing us and how He gently but firmly brings us back to the path to life if we allow Him to.
Andy leads the rest of the service as Susan brings us prayers for Home Mission, our mission of the month for April, and Mike and Lynne lead our sung worship.
This week we held our All Age Service for April as Shona leads us in thinking about part of Ezekiel’s vision where the dead sea is transformed from a salty and lifeless body of water into a sea teeming with life like the Mediterranean. We hear testimony from members of the congregation of how God has restored their own “dead seas” into seas full of life.
We end the service with an extended period of sung worship led by Pete and Nick as we welcome the Fuel Cast crew to document the faith stories of several of those in the congregation over the next couple of days.
Christ is risen!
For our celebration of the resurrection this year we look at the differing responses to experiencing the risen Jesus, specifically the four people mentioned in John chapter 20. Chris examines looks at the meaning of the resurrection for Mary, the Disciples in the upper room, Thomas and John himself before expanding it and thinking about what it means to us too.
Ant leads the rest of the service whilst Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.
Holy Week begins for this year with the usual celebration of Palm Sunday, the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on the back of an up to then unridden donkey. There were many different responses amongst the people of Jerusalem: many in favour and others vehemently opposed to Jesus. But nobody was on the fence. We face a choice then, are we to surrender our all to Jesus and accept him as King? Or are we going to reject him just like the Pharisees and teachers of the Law?
Karen leads the rest of the service whilst Lynne and Mike lead our sung worship.
This week Chris continues looking at his series in Starting with God, this week looking at the choices we make. There is a difference between fate and destiny. Fate (which is not real, by the way) gives you no choices in life, you’re restricted to the train tracks laid out in front of you. Destiny is different, where God gives us the choice to follow His way which leads to life or the other ways which…. don’t. But whichever path we choose God always gives us the opportunity to turn towards His way.
Susan leads the rest of the service whilst Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.