Listen to the whole Service from 10th January. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. The Church in Thessalonica was founded by Paul on his Second Missionary Journey. It wasn't an easy time as he travelled with Silas and others. They were treated 'outrageously' and yet their God confidence was high, so they continued speaking about God to many. God's power was in them. They actively wanted to be like Jesus. They really desired that God...
Jan 10, 2021•1 hr
Listen to the whole Service from 3rd January. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. At the start of our new Series of Talks on Paul's two Letters to the Church in Thessalonica in Greece, we hear that the founding of the Church happened during Paul's Second Missionary Journey and it is described in Acts 17:1-9. Jesus' early disciples turned the world upside down. They knew God's power in their lives. As Jesus' 21st century disciples, w...
Jan 03, 2021•1 hr 10 min
Listen to the whole Service from 27th December. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. Many people recently would have recently considered Jesus as a Baby in a Manger. He is no longer in the manger. He is no longer Christmas Jesus. The Gospel records show that He was radical in speech and action. Am I actively wanting to be like Jesus? Are you? Are you ready for God to do a new thing in you? Let's emulate Jesus - even if that means we ...
Dec 27, 2020•58 min
Listen to the whole Service from 25th December. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear as we celebrate together on Christmas morning. We all receive unexpected gifts from time to time. Jesus is an unexpected Gift for mankind. Let us celebrate this, but also let's share in the ministry of reconciliation that God has called us to.
Dec 25, 2020•48 min
Listen to the whole Service from 20th December. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. We are called to regular prayer times and organised prayer. The Lord’s Prayer teaches us how to pray in these times. It's a good habit to develop. God expects it from us. Yet sometimes prayer is spontaneous and born of difficult circumstances. We look at Nehemiah 2:4, Mark 14:35,36, Mark 15:34, Psalm 22, Lamentations 3:19-23, Psalm 137 and 138. We al...
Dec 20, 2020•1 hr 1 min
Join us at our Carol Service, with Carols, Readings and a short message. Mary knew she was being overshadowed by the Most High in both the happy and much harder days of her life. That can be our experience too, as we submit to and follow God. Let's make room for Him every day in our lives.
Dec 13, 2020•57 min
Listen to the whole Service from 6th December. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. The Bible tells us how God changed many people in a positive way. We explore just three of them today, realising that He called them all by name: Zacchaeus, Lazarus and the Disciples. God is calling you to change and to discipleship too. Let's not allow ourselves to ration the exceeding beauty and joy that God wants to give us.
Dec 06, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Listen to the whole Service from 29th November. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a testimony, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. In our final Talk on Listening in to Great Prayers of the Bible, we consider how the Early Church prayed earnestly for Peter the Apostle whilst he was in prison (Acts 12). How did they act when he was released? How do we act after we've prayed? God is faithful. We can trust Him totally. Let's be encouraged to pray bigger prayers in this ...
Nov 29, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Listen to the whole Service from 22nd November. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and a short Talk are the components you'll hear. Aaron's Blessing to the People of Israel is still used as a Blessing in many contexts today. We explore the significiance of Numbers 6:22-27.
Nov 22, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Listen to the whole Service from 15th November. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. King Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah had a problem. The armies of their enemy were close by and were going to fight Judah. The solution wasn't found in themselves or a good idea, but in something surprising. God. As they humbly trusted Him so they saw deliverance. Collectively and individually we are at a crossroads. Will we trust in God for our ...
Nov 15, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Listen to the whole Service from 8th November. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. As it was Remembrance Sunday, we also spent time thinking about acts of sacrifice by all kinds of people during times of war. The Jews from Judah spent 70 years in exile in Babylon. It was a beautiful place, but it wasn't home. They suffered in exile and lamented and showed their grief to God. The Lord does bring us through similar awful times and sus...
Nov 08, 2020•1 hr 15 min
Listen to the whole Service from 1st November. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. Daniel was truly a humble man of God. In chapter nine we read a beautiful prayer that shows many attributes of a good pray-er. Let this be a good example of how we ourselves might pray to a faithful and all powerful God too.
Nov 01, 2020•58 min
Listen to the whole Service from 25th October. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. For a long time David was a powerful and unchallenged king. He committed some heinous crimes and sins at the height of his power. Nathan the prophet was directed by God and then had the courage to go to David and challenge him over his actions and behaviour. Psalm 51 is a public confession of David's guilt, remorse and seeking God for forgiveness and ...
Oct 25, 2020•59 min
Listen to the whole Service from 18th October. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. We delve into a prayer that Paul used at the end of a letter that we call 2 Corinthians: The Grace. The Church in Corinth had no major problems, but they needed to get on well with each other, coming from different social classes. God is immense and yet He wishes us to know Him and to experience His joy and love. A beautiful prayer!...
Oct 18, 2020•53 min
Listen to the whole Service from 11th October. Sung worship, times of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. God is inviting us all to have a regular conversation with Him. He often needs to get our attention with this by using an interjection. God wants us to stop, wait, listen and obey. We consider our attitudes in prayer. We are to acknowledge what God has done in the past, that we are totally reliant on God now and that we are a small part in God's bigger...
Oct 11, 2020•1 hr 8 min
Listen to the whole Service from 4th October. Sung worship, times of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. God is inviting us all to have a regular conversation with Him. He often needs to get our attention with this by using an interjection. God wants us to stop, wait, listen and obey. We later briefly looked at a prayer of Gideon from the Book of Judges. He didn't always get things right, but God sent him to rescue the Israelites and he generally did what ...
Oct 04, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Listen to the whole Service from 27th September. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading, a short Talk and a video are the components you'll hear. What does CAP UK (Christians against Poverty) do? Let's be challenged by what God is doing in this country and show mercy and helpfulness to others too.
Sep 27, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Listen to the whole Service from 20th September. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. Let's actively and positively play our part in the Body of Christ. That's why we're here!
Sep 20, 2020•46 min
Listen to the whole Service from 13th September. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading, and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. A lot of the people in the Bible aren't exactly role models. God uses people of faith despite their shortcomings and failings.
Sep 13, 2020•55 min
Some of us met physically for the first time in nearly six months, whilst others watched on Zoom. It was good to meet physically again! Listen to the whole Service from 6th September. Sung worship, two times of prayer, a Bible-reading, and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. The Israelites were expericencing a 'new normal' just after leaving Egypt. About a week after leaving slavery Moses sent 12 men to scout around their Promised Land. There was a mixed response when they came back....
Sep 06, 2020•1 hr 10 min
Listen to the whole Service from 30th August. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading, and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. Based on James 5:13-20, we remember that Elijah was a man just like us, with the same nature and shortcomings, and yet he prayed earnestly, intensely and fervently. The Second Talk was a recap on some of the main themes we had heard in July and August. God wants to help us change. Let us let Him lead us.
Aug 30, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Listen to the whole Service from 23rd August. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading, and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. Based on James 5:1-12, we ponder on the practical aspects that James is writing about. Jesus is coming again soon - are we actively waiting for this to happen? We should live to God's standards, be patient even in suffering and be honest in our speech.
Aug 23, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Listen to the whole Service from 16th August. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading, and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. Based on James 4:1-17, we are reminded that Jesus believes in Health and Safety. He desires that we wear His easy and life-giving yoke. We do this as we submit ourselves to Him and stay close to Him as our Shepherd. We don't need remission from submission - whatever part of life we are in. John the Baptist had a super relationship with Jesus, declarin...
Aug 16, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Listen to the whole Service from 9th August. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading, a Monologue by the Colonel and a short Talk are the components you'll hear. Based on James 3:1-18, we consider how we speak and act in a variety of places and situations. God intends that what we do and say is beautiful, not tainted by sin. We don't have to allow previous failures to have power in how we act and speak today. We will continue to fail at times in the future, but the writer to Hebrews told...
Aug 09, 2020•58 min
Listen to the whole Service from 2nd August. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading, two short sections to drive us to action and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. At the end the Priestly Blessing from Numbers 6:24-26 is read and then everyone who was attending is prayed for by name. Based on James 2:14-26, we are reminded that Abraham was called God's friend. He wasn't just an associate or an acquaintance. God was passionate about Abraham, just as He is passionate about y...
Aug 02, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Listen to the whole Service from 26th July. Sung worship, a time of prayer,a testimony, a Bible-reading, and a Talk on James 2:1-13 are the components you'll hear. There are many more details in the script to the Service on our website.
Jul 26, 2020•1 hr 4 min
Listen to the whole Service from 19th July. Sung worship, a time of prayer, Bible-readings, and two short Talks on James 1:19-27 are the components that happened. Unfortunately the PC that was recording this Meeting froze after 21 minutes. There are many more details in the script to the Service on our website.
Jul 19, 2020•21 min
Listen to the whole Service from 12th July. Sung worship, a time of prayer,a testimony, a Bible-reading, and a Talk on James 1:2-18 are the components you'll hear. There are many more details in the script to the Service on our website.
Jul 12, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Listen to the whole Service from 5th July. Sung worship, a time of prayer, a Bible-reading, and a Talk on the background to the Epistle of James are the components you'll hear. There are many more details in the script to the Service on our website.
Jul 05, 2020•45 min
Listen to the whole Service from 28th June. As a quarterly Prayer Sunday, plenty of prayer as well as sung worship, a Bible-reading, a Testimony, and two short Talks are the components you'll hear. Based on 2 Chronicles 20:14-19 and 2 Corinthians 10:2-5 we'll get to hear what God's standards are and then be encouraged to embrace them in our lives. The theme of the five prayer times is 'Battles'. We'll hear a time of thanksgiving, then Personal Battles, Town-wide Battles, Nation-wide Battles and ...
Jun 28, 2020•1 hr 6 min
