“Let the children come to me, do not hinder them! For the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these” Lizzie explains what Jesus means by this. We have so much to learn from children and the way Jesus sees them // Luke 18:15-17 // By Lizzie Osborne
Why Sung Worship?
Why do we sing so much in Church? And what does it mean to tell God that we love him? Colin explains the biblical basis for sung worship // Hebrews 13:15, 2 Samuel 6:12-22, Mark 12:28-34 // By Colin Brookes
What Do You Want to See happen?
Colin explores the spiritual benefits of weakness through the lens of Jacob, who God renamed Israel ‘the one who wrestles with God’ // Genesis 32:22-32 // By Colin Brookes
The Body of Christ
This Sunday we said goodbye to the Brookes family, they have been a huge blessing to our church family, an integral part of our community and they will be sorely missed. Sian preached for us and left us with some powerful words of encouragement for the season ahead // 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 // By Sian Brookes
The Vision: Gift
We’re moving into a new phase of life as a church. We are going to be a resource church that gives generously to the wider church and our local area. Jon preaches from the parable of ‘The Great Banquet’; we all have something to bring to the table // Luke 14:15-24 // By Jon March
The Power of Invitation
ALPHA is coming soon! Lara shares from John’s account of the wedding at Cana; what exactly is it that Jesus is inviting us into? // John 2:1-11 // by Lara Edwards
The Vision: The Centrality of Jesus
We are a church centred on Jesus. Jon shares from Romans 1 what it means to be people of the Gospel of Jesus Christ // Romans 1:8-17 // By Jon March
The Vision: Belong
Jon shares what it means for us to live in community and how we can build that community together; to draw near to God and to each other // Hebrews 10:19-25 // By Jon March
Elijah: The Call To Expansion
SERIES: HEROES
Elijah was a person just like us. Isaac shares on how we can survive in times of transition and great difficulty, and asks the question: What does it mean to have the Spirit of Elijah? // James 5:17-18 // By Isaac Wheeler
David: Heroic Friendship
SERIES: HEROES
David is one of the most prominent heroes of the Hebrew Bible, but would he have been the man he was without his beloved friend Jonathan? // 1 Samuel 20:18-42, 23:15-18 // By Lizzie Osborne
Esther: When God Seems Absent
SERIES: HEROES
How should we respond when God seems absent? Alex shares how Esther was able to be used by God to save her people from destruction despite God’s apparent absence // Esther 4:1-17 // By Alex Clow
The Cost
Jesus called us to take up our cross and follow him. What does it mean for us to count the cost of being a disciple of Jesus today in our own lives and as a church family? // Exodus 17:8-16 // By Jon March
Time to Go!
SERIES: SENT
The final talk from our series looking at the book of Acts. Let’s get out there with the Gospel, just like Paul in Athens! // Acts 17:16-34 // By Jon March
Joy in the Spirit
SERIES: SENT
What does it look like to be filled with a deep kind of joy even in the midst of persecution? // Acts 13:49-52 // By Lara Edwards
Not Absent - Pray
SERIES: SENT
For Christians, the opposite of action doesn’t have to mean inaction, it can mean waiting. Jon shares from Acts 13, looking at how we can make prayer a priority, in order to stop, look, and listen for where God is leading us // Acts 13:1-3 // By Jon March
A Multicultural Mission
SERIES: SENT
Acts 10 tells of the moment that the Spirit began to break down the early church’s cultural and ethnic boundaries as Peter went to preach the gospel to Cornelius. We still have a lot to learn from this today // Acts 10:1-48 // By Jon March
Rooted
SERIES: SENT
Stephen was rooted in Jesus. His faith was so steadfast that he was able to follow Jesus even to the point of death. Jon shares on what we can learn from this hero of the early church // Acts 6:1-15, 7:48-60 // By Jon March
The Way to Go
SERIES: SENT
Go Home / Go Deep / Go Big! Jon shares from the account in Acts of Peter and John healing a lame man at the Beautiful Gate. What can we learn about mission from the way that the Apostles ministered to this man? // Acts 2:42-3:10 // By Jon March
Pentecost
SERIES: SENT
We had an awesome joint Pentecost celebration with Revelation Church, Chalk Farm Baptist and New Life Church. We were really blessed to have Stef encouraging us to rely on the power of the Holy Spirit and not on our own strength // Acts 2:1-13 // By Stef Liston
The Ascension II
SERIES: SENT
The Ascension part 2: Luke describes the book of Acts as the continuation of Jesus work on earth, as he was working through his body; the Church. That means us! // Acts 1:1-11 // By Jon March