2024-2025

Sermon series from 2024-2025, covering Romans (Making Sense of Life), selections from Acts (Prayer and Mission), the first thirteen chapters of Exodus (The Great Escape), some Summer Psalms, the first chapters of each of the Gospels, the Holy Spirit, occasions from the gospels when people ate with Jesus (Dinner With Jesus), further adventure in Exodus (God's New Community) and sermons from The Evening Gathering.

Gospel: How Can We Become Confident In Our Faith?

18/02/2024

Geoff Cook

Romans 1:1–17

Romans is not, ultimately, about some big and complicated ideas, but about a person – Jesus Christ. In him all of the promises of Scripture and longings of the human heart find their fulfilment.

Sin: What's Wrong with the World?

25/02/2024

Rachel Taylor

Romans 1:18 – 3:23

What’s wrong with the world, and what is the bad news to which the gospel is the answer?

Salvation: What's So Amazing About Grace?

10/03/2024

Rachel Taylor

Romans 3:19 – 4:25

Paul helps us understand what God has done to save us through the death of Christ. He then uses the example of Abraham, which inspires us to not only be justified by faith but also to live a life of adventure by faith.

Good News for Heroic Failures

17/03/2024

Geoff Cook

Romans 5:1–11

All of us spend our lives looking for peace - with God, with others, with ourselves. You and I, ruined by sin, heroic failures that we are, cannot make peace with God, or for that matter, with one another. But God, through Christ, has already made peace with us. Will you accept it?

Freedom and Transformation

24/03/2024

Rachel Taylor

Romans 6:1–14

How does knowing the truth of the gospel empower us to live free from the power of sin?

Hope: What Has God Promised?

14/04/2024

Rachel Taylor

Romans 8:14–17
Romans 8:31–39

We do not need to fear. Through Jesus, God has adopted us as his own children - the promised hope of all who put their trust in him.

Mystery: If God Is Sovereign What Is Our Role?

21/04/2024

Geoff Cook

Our part in the unfolding mystery of God's eternal plan and purpose is to extend the good news of Jesus to those around us: we BELIEVE Jesus is Lord, we CONFESS Jesus is Lord, and we DECLARE Jesus is Lord.

Devotion: How Can We Live Full on For God?

28/04/2024

Rachel Taylor

Romans 12:1–21

In the light of the mercy we have received from God, our lives and our minds are to be made new and we are to offer up our lives as a sacrifice, living in a way that pleases God.

Community: How Can We Live Together In Love?

12/05/2024

Geoff Cook

Romans 14:1–21

Let’s learn to disagree agreeably and overcome our judgmental spirits. Let’s make sure we’re dealing with diversity by allowing love to limit our liberty and by focusing on the eternal, not externals.

Mission: How Can We Be Ambitious With The Gospel?

19/05/2024

Rachel Taylor

Romans 15:14–33

Paul ends his letter by reminding the church in Rome about their mission, their motivation, and their means by which to share the gospel with others.

To Boldly Pray

26/05/2024

Geoff Cook

Acts 4:23–31

Faced with the challenges and opportunities of the hour, boldly praying together is the remarkable, relational, revolutionary, refreshing and right thing to do.

The Priority of Praying Together

09/06/2024

Geoff Cook

Acts 6:1–7

Do you believe in prayer? Do you believe in praying together? Or do you struggle to believe in the importance of prayer or that prayer makes a difference?

All In This Together

23/06/2024

Geoff Cook

Acts 13:13
Acts 15:36–41

We are free to mess up, make mistakes, fail and disagree, but we need to recapture the thrill and adventure of following Jesus, to throw ourselves completely open to the new things the Spirit of God is doing.

Mission in the Market Place

30/06/2024

Rachel Taylor

Acts 17:16–34

God meets us where we are, deals with our fears and opens the door for us to meet people where they are with the Good News of Jesus.

The Birth of Hope

14/07/2024

Rachel Taylor

Exodus 1:1 – 2:10

In the waiting, and through the suffering, God is preparing us for the future he has planned.

I Am Who I Am

28/07/2024

Geoff Cook

Exodus 3:1–17

Do you think you’re somebody? Or are you disappointed you’re a nobody? Are you ready to find out what God can do with a nobody like me or you?

Longing For God

11/08/2024

Geoff Cook

Psalm 42:1–11

How can Psalm 42 help us when we’re feeling low, feeling down, feeling discouraged or depressed?

Build This House

18/08/2024

Geoff Cook

Psalm 127:1–5
Ecclesiastes 2:4–11

Unless we are building our lives - or community, or church, or whatever - around the Lord Jesus, our lives and our work will ultimately be empty, without meaning and purpose.

Whiter Than Snow

25/08/2024

Rachel Taylor

Psalm 51:1–19

Forgiveness is at the heart of Christian faith. God gives it. Are we ready to receive it?

The Power of Obedience

08/09/2024

Rachel Taylor

Exodus 4:1–17

All authority and power belong to God alone. The only thing God requires of us is our willing obedience.

The Importance of Authenticity

22/09/2024

Rachel Taylor

Exodus 4:8–31

Like Moses, we need to deal with any 'open episodes' from our past before we can go any further into the future God has in store for us.

God Is Still God

29/09/2024

Geoff Cook

Exodus 5:1–23

Moses and the people of Israel are having a bad day. God is still God, even when it's a bad day.

This Is Your God

20/10/2024

Geoff Cook

Exodus 7:1 – 10:29

Pharaoh has a heart problem, and God knows our hearts. Don't be like Pharaoh! Jesus is the antidote to a hard heart.

The God Who Rescues

27/10/2024

Geoff Cook

Exodus 11:1–10

God is always there in the midst of the mess of human existence, contending with the human condition, dealing with the hardness of our hearts.

God's Plan In Action

10/11/2024

Dennis Reynolds

Exodus 12:1–13

On Remembrance Sunday, Dennis shows how the rescue of the Israelites from Egypt as God 'passes over' points to the sacrifice of Jesus for each and every one of us.

Jesus' Family Tree

17/11/2024

Geoff Cook

Matthew 1:1–17

Jesus hasn't pitched up out of the blue - his arrival is 1800 years in the coming, and God has been working throughout.

God's Unconditional Love

24/11/2024

Rachel Taylor

Mark 1:1–15

God's love for us is not performance based, but our identity in him is sealed by the Holy Spirit.

Do Not Be Afraid

08/12/2024

Rachel Taylor

Luke 1:1–38

God often doesn't work how we might want or expect, but we do need to be afraid. His plans are always good and give us the opportunity to grow and know him better.

The Word of Life

15/12/2024

Geoff Cook

John 1:1–18

The mind-boggling truth of Christmas is this: Jesus is not God ‘up there’. He's God down here. God with us. God among us.

Invitation to the Dance

12/01/2025

Geoff Cook

2 Corinthians 13:14
Genesis 1:1
Ephesians 2:17–18

To say God is three in one is to say God loves us. He wants to draw us into his life and embrace us in the love eternally expressed between Father, Son and Spirit.

Gifts of the Holy Spirit

19/01/2025

Rachel Taylor

1 Corinthians 12:1–14

God offers us the gifts of the Holy Spirit so that we do not operate by human limitation but by divine power.

Filled with the Spirit

26/01/2025

Geoff Cook

Ephesians 5:18
Romans 8:1–11

As Christians we are to be filled with the Holy Spirit. What does that mean? How would we tell? When did you last ask to be filled with the Spirit?

People of the Spirit

09/02/2025

Geoff Cook

1 Corinthians 2:10–16

Too often as Christians we still think like natural people, forgetting the gift of the Spirit that we have been given, which encourages us to seek God’s own wisdom, and forms in us the life of Jesus.

Dinner With Jesus

23/02/2025

Geoff Cook

Luke 14:1–24

A three-course meal to begin our Dinner with Jesus series.

A Picnic With Jesus

09/03/2025

Geoff Cook

Matthew 4:13–23
Mark 6:30–46
Luke 9:10–17
John 6:1–15

Jesus has all the ingredients for a great picnic, the right moment, a memorable location, some good friends and more than enough food (as it turns out). What does all this tell us about him?

How Does God Speak?

09/03/2025

Rachel Taylor

God speaks today and he wants to speak to us. Are we listening?

The Unexpected Guest

16/03/2025

Rachel Taylor

Luke 7:36–50

Jesus, shows compassion those willing to take the risk of intimacy, and that love sometimes means speaking the truth with grace.

A Wedding With Jesus

23/03/2025

Geoff Cook

John 2:1–12

Jesus turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana tells us all we need to know about who Jesus is and what he came to do.

Dinner with Friends

30/03/2025

Rachel Taylor

Luke 10:38–42

The most vital thing we can do is to sit at the feet of Jesus, spending time with him and abiding in him.

A Very Special Meal

13/04/2025

Geoff Cook

Luke 22:7–30

Jesus says he 'eagerly desires' to spend time with his friends, and he invites you. Will you accept his invitation?

Learning To Recognise God's Voice

13/04/2025

Rachel Taylor

Jesus' words reveal God's heart and character, and - if we are listening - he speaks to us clearly through the Holy Spirit.

Breakfast On The Beach

20/04/2025

Rachel Taylor

John 21:1–17

The resurrection brings hope and a fresh start. Jesus never gave up on Peter, who was transformed by the love and belief of his Rabbi into a pillar of the early church.

Red Sea Moments

11/05/2025

Geoff Cook

Exodus 13:17 – 14:31

We do not choose Red Sea moments, but how do we face them when they happen?

Discerning God's Voice

11/05/2025

Rachel Taylor

How do we recognise God's voice among the clamour of voices demanding our attention?

Testing Testing

25/05/2025

Geoff Cook

Exodus 16:1 – 19:8

The second half of Exodus covers the formation of God's chosen people into his new community, but there are some initial lessons to be learnt. There are three tests: a listening test, a loyalty test and a leadership test.

Ten Commandments

15/06/2025

Rachel Taylor

Exodus 20:1–26

Boundaries are good. God's rules come from the heart of a loving Father who knows what is good for us and who wants the very best for us.

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