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In the latest entry into our series in Acts we see Paul coming to the city of Corinth for the first time. In contrast to the culture and modernity of Athens Corinth was – to borrow Chris’ words – a cesspool full of immorality and sin. Paul initially journeys there alone and preaches the Gospel almost in his spare time between working with Aquila making tents before being joined again by Silas and Timothy after which he was able to totally devote himself to his teaching. Later he gets thrown out of the local synagogue and decides to plant a church right next door! God calls us to preach his word regardless of our circumstances and we are reminded that He is always with us in our endeavours.
Susan leads the rest of the service as we receive an update on our mission of the month for October, YWAM, and Pete leads our sung worship.
As Chris is away our guest speaker this week is Tim Bright of King’s Church Mildenhall. Tim speaks on the story of Esther, in particular the passage from chapter 4 where Esther is informed of the plot to exterminate the Jews living in the Persian Empire of the 5th century BC. She has a choice to either stay quiet and save her own life or speak up on behalf of her people. Esther ultimately stood up for her people and her beliefs, we are challenged to do the same for God today in the 21st century (AD!) despite any opposition we may face.
Ant leads the rest of the service, returning from a successful conquering of mount Snowdon which he may or may not mention… Mike leads our sung worship this week.
This week we welcome our outgoing regional minister, Gale Richards, who speaks on the encounter of the two disciples with Jesus on the Emmaus road. They were unable to recognise Jesus until he reveals himself to them. He now reveals himself to the whole world. Do we recognise him too?
Karen leads the rest of the service as we share communion together whilst Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.
Chris leads our all age service for September, continuing to look at the parables of Jesus. This month we look at how we respond to God when we have completed the works he has given to us to do. God invites us to be both his servants and his friends. How can we possibly react to that other than worship?
Mike leads our sung worship for this week.
We re-commence our series looking at the book of Acts with another of Paul’s dramatic encounters with the rulers and authorities in the cities he is called to preach to. Last time we left Paul forcibly separated from Silas and Timothy, making his way to Athens alone. We pick up the story with Paul preaching the gospel in Athens before being brought before the Areopagus, the court of ancient Greece, to explain himself and these ‘new teachings’. As Paul explains, in Athens there were hundreds of idols worshipped. Chris challeges us to fix our eyes on Jesus, the one true God, and not let him get lost within the noise of our lives.
Mike leads our sung worship this week.
Chris concludes our short series on being saved by looking at the last of the three statements Paul lists in Ephesians 2, we are saved for good works. Salvation begins with grace—God’s unearned gift—received through faith, not earned by works. Yet true faith always bears fruit: Spirit-empowered good works that reveal God’s love, justice, and mercy. We are God’s handiwork, masterpieces in progress, recreated in Christ to participate in His redemptive mission. These good works, prepared in advance, are not religious tasks but living expressions of grace—feeding the hungry, forgiving the undeserving, welcoming the outsider. We are saved not just to be changed, but to become agents of change, embodying the gospel and joining God in the renewal of all things.
James leads the rest of the service looking at encouraging verses placed in scenic places, whilst Lynne and Dave lead our sung worship.
The link to view the video shown in the service click here…https://youtu.be/aH1Wn4fTiBs?si=0MreiO10NULfiSod
Chris continues our short series on being saved by looking at the second of the three statements Paul lists in Ephesians 2, we are saved through faith. It is by faith that we can grasp onto the grace that God provided through Jesus, but we see that this is something that we must choose to do. To borrow an analogy, God provides the switch but we’re the ones that need to turn on the light!
Andy leads the rest of the service looking at an amazing story of forgiveness, whilst Pete leads our sung worship.
This week we begin a short series looking at the theme of being saved. We are saved by grace, through faith, for good works. Today: saved by grace. Chris speaks about the nature of grace, why it is needed, why God gives it as a gift and how we should respond to that gift.
Ant leads the rest of the service as he thinks about the past, present and future whilst Pete leads our sung worship.
For our all age service for August James and Chris continue the series looking at the parables of Jesus, this time looking at the two joint parables of the mustard seed and the yeast. In the parables Jesus demonstrates how the Kingdom of God starts off in the small things but each of those grow to have a disproportionately huge effect on the environment around them.
Lynne and Dave lead our sung worship for this week.
This week we tried something different, bringing a flavour of our monthly evening Table Talk service to a Sunday morning. In this service we were encouraged to discuss our own Christian journey to start the process of thinking about sharing our testimonies as part of the church’s 175th anniversary celebration next year. What would you say your journey with Christ has been?
Karen leads the service whilst Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.