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Today we continued our series looking at the themes that run through the book of Hebrews with Chris speaking on the concept of a new covenant with God. Thanks to Jesus’ ultimate sacrifice the Old Testament covenant of animal sacrifices and offerings is fulfilled and a new covenant has taken its place. We are free from the burden of sin and have uninterrupted access to the Father through the Spirit. Wow!
Susan leads the rest of the service as we reflect back on our away day that was held yesterday and what God is saying to us as a fellowship. Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.
This month our all age service coincides with Pentecost, sometimes known as the birthday of the church, and the celebration of God’s giving of Holy Spirit. Shona leads the service as we think about all of the good things that God give us through his Spirit and his promises that are reinforced by that same Spirit.
Mike and Lynne lead our sung worhship this week as we invite Holy Spirit to come into our lives and renew us once again.
This Sunday we welcome Alan & Megan Barker who the church has supported as missionaries for 25 years through BMS. Alan gives us an update on some of the projects that they have been working on in Nepal over the last couple of years, particularly in the area of disaster relief and Megan’s calling as an occupational therapist. Megan then speaks on the outpouring of the Spirit through spiritual gifts, reminding us that God gives gifts generously, equally and freely and not to see ourselves as any more or less deserving of those gifts than others.
Chris leads the rest of the service as we think about the ascension of Jesus into heaven whilst Mike leads our sung worship.
Note: a small portion of the service and sermon has been trimmed to preserve the privacy and safety of some of those that Alan and Megan work with and live amongst in Nepal.
This week we begin a new series looking at the themes that run through the book of Hebrews. Chris starts off by focussing on the first four verses of the book where the author is beginning to explain who Jesus is. Through these few short verses we see that Jesus is better than anything we could possibly imagine!
Andy leads the rest of the service as we respond to our previous series on prayer, whilst Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.
This week we conclude our short series looking at Jesus’ teaching on prayer. We started the series looking at Matthew’s account of Jesus’ teaching about the Lord’s Prayer and we conclude with Luke writing about the same event. As Chris is away at the Baptist Assembly, Peter Wells speaks on how we can be bold in our prayer life and how our whole lives can become lives of prayer.
Ant leads the rest of the service with some thoughts about our latest new friend, Jim (you had to be there…), whilst Ricky and Dave lead our sung worship.
James leads our All Age Service for May, continuing our look at the parables of Jesus. This time it’s the parable Jesus told about the Banquet. We learn to be humble, not taking the most important place at the table but instead sitting in the least position and awaiting our invitation.
Lynne and Dave lead our sung worship this week.
We continue our new series looking at what Jesus taught us about prayer by looking a bit further on in the Sermon on the Mount to where Jesus is speaking about persistence in prayer. Chris speaks about how our answers from God don’t always come immediately or all in one piece and we need to keep on praying in perseverence (but not too much!) until what God is saying to us is fully revealed.
Karen leads the rest of the service as we have an update from our new mission of the month, AIM, from Kath and Mike and Dave lead our sung worship.
This week we start a new series looking at Jesus’ teaching on the subject of prayer. As Chris is away we invite Kevin Burdett, a former minister of the church, to speak on Jesus’ blueprint for prayer in the midst of the sermon on the mount. In the midst of the busyness of the world…
For our Easter service for 2025 we’re trying something a little different, as we had no Good Friday service we are combining both the events of the last supper, crucifixion and resurrection all in one. In the service Chris speaks about the impact that the resurrection has through Jesus’ words to his disciples in John 15. We see how the resurrection means love, revelation and victory.
Andy leads the rest of the service as we hold communion with one another and think about that great sacrifice on the cross. Lynne and Dave lead our sung worship.
Shona leads our all age service for April as we mark the start of Holy Week for 2025 with the traditional celebration of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, donkey and all. We are reminded that this all happened to fulfil the prophecies in the Old Testament, particularly the one in Zechariah who prophecied about Jesus entering Jerusalem riding on a colt.
Chris leads us in our prayers as we respond in a very unique way. Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.