Julia gave us a recap of the year’s teaching on Sunday, you can listen above or read below: Jan 24 – What is the church? (Rob) Rob reminded us about who we are as God’s Ekklesia (those ‘called out and gathered’), and had us thinking about a range of our Read more
Read: Dying with Jesus, by death reckoned mine;Living with Jesus, a new life divine;Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine,Moment by moment, O Lord, I am thine. Moment by moment I’m kept in his love;Moment by moment I’ve life from above;Looking to Jesus till glory doth shine;Moment by moment, O Read more
Question If it became illegal to be a Christian tomorrow, is there enough evidence to convict you? Recap On Sunday we asked the question: what 5 things in your life are most important to you (excluding God)? We then reflected on whether any of those things come before God in Read more
We will all have our thoughts about who is a good leader and what qualities we look for in them. What qualities do you look for in a leader? Read “Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task. Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful Read more
Read: We were thinking about the concept of servants and serving at our Equipping meeting this week, and, moreover, ‘serving from a place of rest’. This is not always easy for people and churches who are naturally active. When we’re faced with potential staffing gaps for our groups and ministries, Read more
Watch this: Reflect: “The Call to Discipleship is the Call to Change.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why? Go Deeper: In the video, the guy presents 4 dysfunctional views of God: Do you have one of these unhealthy views of God? What is God really like?
God is my daddy There are many ways to view and begin to understand the Bible. One way is to see that it is the gradual revelation of who God is and how he wants to relate to us. On Father’s Day, we broke this down into three stages. The Read more
This year, we have been journeying together on what exactly is the church, what our purpose is and how we fulfil that purpose (see Judy’s last 2 sessions on why joy & hesed are important for this: Part 1 & Part 2). Julia continued this week with the fifth part Read more
At last month’s equipping service, we looked at how we have been taught to become like Jesus. We learned that the left brain, the slow side, helps us to believe the truth, make good choices and ask God’s Holy Spirit to help us. We learnt that the right side of Read more
Try this: Gratitude Memories – Think of a memory that makes you feel grateful and connected to God in that moment. Write it down and give it a title. Relive it in your mind. How does it make you feel inside? (Hopefully joy and loved!) Aim for 10 memories! Want Read more