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Acts 17, Part Two

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.

Saved for Good Works

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.

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Saved Through Faith

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.

Saved by Grace

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.

Parables of Jesus: The Mustard Seed and Yeast

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.

What’s Your Story?

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.

Themes in Hebrews: A Call to Persevere

We come to the conclusion of our series in the book of Hebrews as Peter Wells looks at the final theme: a call to persevere. We see in chapter 10 that the writer implores his readers to persevere in faith in many different ways through the phrase “let us”. An encouragement for us to run with perseverance the race marked out before us (sound familiar?) despite whatever potential traps the enemy lays in our way.

James leads the rest of the service as we begin to launch our testimony programme in readiness for our 175th anniversary celebrations next year. Pete leads our sung worship.

Themes in Hebrews: Entering God’s Rest

This week we carry on with our series in Hebrews with Chris focussing on us resting in God’s presence. We see how this develops from God resting on the seventh day of creation through the years of Jubilee given to the Israelites to us today being invited – through Jesus – into God’s eternal presence. All we need to do is believe and not fall away.

Andy leads the rest of the service while Lynne and Dave lead our sung worship.

Parables of Jesus: The Sower

Shona leads our all age service for July, continuing our mini-series looking at Jesus’ many parables. This time it is the parable of the sower. We are reminded that when we recieve the good news of Jesus we are to pass it on to others so that God can reap a crop multiple times that which was sown.

Mike leads our sung worship this week.

Themes in Hebrews: Maturity

Chris continues with our series looking at the themes throughout the book of Hebrews by this time highlighting maturity. We are told throughout scripture to have a strong foundation to our faith. This is undoubtedly important! But if we stay at that level and do not mature we are not living up to our true potential in God. Chris looks at how we can become more mature as Christians.

Susan leads the rest of the service whilst Pete and Nick lead our sung worship.