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Sermons from November 2024

Baptism of Freya Griffiths

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.

Acts 14, Part One

In this chapter of Acts we see Paul and Barnabus move from Iconium to Lystra and Derbe in their mission to spread the good news to the Jews and Gentiles in the region of Galatia. Chris speaks on how they manage to do this in spite of stiff opposition from some Jews and significant misunderstanding from many of the other people they meet. We are reminded that in our own evangelism people may not have the same view of God that we do and are challenged to make the gospel accessible to them.

Susan leads the rest of the service as we take time to reflect on God’s word and Mike leads our sung worship.

Old Testament Heroines: Hannah

Our All Age Service for November continues our theme of looking at Old Testament Heroines. This month Shona focusses on Hannah, the mother of the prophet Samuel. Hannah was considered barren and unable to have children, yet she never gave up praying to God for a child. How can we be persistent in prayer?

We also pause with the rest of the nation to commemorate Remembrance Sunday.

Lynne and Dave lead our sung worship this week.

Acts 13, Part Two

We continue in our series in Acts this week, focussing on Paul and Barnabas’ preaching to the Jews and Gentiles in the towns of Galatia. We see how, just as in Jerusalem, many of the Jews rejected their message of salvation through Jesus and began to persecute those who believed, both Jews and Gentiles. Paul taylors his message to his audience, he doesn’t tell them the whole gospel just the bits they need to know at that time. A handy tip for when we ourselves are called to evangelise!

Andy leads the rest of the service, Trevor introduces our mission of the month for November – Mercy Ships – and Lynne and Pete lead our sung worship.