Trinity Church Nottingham – Sunday Teaching: Recent Episodes
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Sunday teaching from Trinity Church Nottingham by Jonny Hughes and others. We are an Anglican church in Nottingham, learning what it means to follow Jesus in our city. For more information, please visit www.trinitychurchnottingham.org or email us at info@trinitychurchnottingham.org
Mark starts off the new series ‘Pause’, by inviting us into new levels of intimacy with God, of experiencing His presence and hearing His voice.
Sam uses the seasons to help speak to us about what God is doing in the world today and how we can life our lives accordingly
Olly looks at what it cost David to wholeheartedly worship God in the story of David and the Ark.
Luke explores our how our attitudes and actions can affect our worship through the story of David moving the Ark to Jerusalem.
Mark looks into the story of David & Goliath. That the battle is the Lord’s and wants you to be a part of it.
Sam beings our new series looking at the life of David and how God is most concerned with the state of our hearts.
Jo and Jon Soper close the TABLE East Midlands Weekend at Home 2026 with an overview of the story of Bible and powerful reminder that we live in the continuation of this same story. They bring a simple exercise to help us share how God has changed our lives with the people around us.
Through the story of Jacob, Jonny speaks on how it is at the place of facing our fears and weakness that we find healing, freedom, and God's blessing that flows and flows.
Amy Hughes opens the teaching at the TABLE East Midlands Weekend at Home 2026. Speaking from 1 John 4:7-21, she calls us to choose love as a life principle and see the power of God unleashed in our hearts and towards others through sacrificial love.
Mark Wreford preaches on John 6, primarily on how we should approach the communion table.
Jonny and Amy reflect on the last 10 years of Trinity Church as they enter a period of Sabbatical.
Sam Watkins-Smith shares on Pentecost Sunday as we seek a greater move of the Spirit in our time.
In our fourth week on the Church, Mark Wreford preaches on the Church being somewhere where people live well and die well.
In our third week on the Church, Mark Wreford preaches on the Church being set apart, consecrated community.
In our third week on the Church, Jonny Hughes shares on the Church being set apart community, empowered to do God's will.
With the second installment in our series on the Church, Jonny Hughes shares on the Church being somewhere to experience life in all its fullness.
With the first instalment in a new series on 'What is the Church?', Jonny Hughes shares on what it means to belong to the family of the Church.
On this Easter Sunday, Jonny Hughes shares on the evidence and significance of the resurrection.
Luke Meadows shares on what we can learn from the entrance of Jesus to Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.
Amy Hughes preaches on the upside-down, yet intentional way Jesus enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.
Jonny Hughes shares on what the church of Jesus' response needs to be to the poor and vulnerable.
Olly Latham shares on the importance of our heart and intentions in the christian walk.
Amy Jones shares on the third temptation presented to Jesus in his 40 day fast; to take advantage of his divinity.
Jonny Hughes dives into the first temptation that the devil lays before Jesus; to turn stones to bread.
Sam Watkins-Smith intros our new series on Jesus in the wilderness, and tackles the question of what the wilderness was to Jesus and what it is to us now.
Amy Hughes shares on what we can learn from the story of Mary's encounter with the angel Gabriel about overcoming fear in our lives.
Jonny Hughes shares on the importance of knowing what story we believe and internalise, as this is the story we tend to live out. He turns to the story of Jesus as the best story to invest in.
Alain Emerson shares on what we can learn from Elijah on living through the sustenance that God provides, not our own fuel.
Olly shares on how we can live full lives as Christians, not by becoming perfect righteous by our strength, but by allowing God to meet us in our mess.
This fourth and final week, we're looking at the life of Mary, and learning how to surrender our lives to God.
This week we're considering John the Baptist, and his example of preparation found in Matthew 3:1-12.
Amy Hughes shares on what we can learn from Mary's encounter with the Angel Gabriel, particularly around fear, worry and anxiety this Christmas time.
This week we're considering the Prophets, and Jeremiah's wrestle for hope found in Jeremiah 33: 10-16.
Jonny Hughes shares on Matthew 3: 1-12, covering what we can learn from this passage about repentance, baptism and tearing down obstacles in our daily walks with Jesus.
This week we're considering the Patriarchs, and God's promise to Abraham found in Genesis 12: 1-3.
Jonny Hughes shares on the importance of staying awake to what God is doing and what he is wanting to do, especially in light of the quiet revival.
A dear friend of ours, Steve Richardson, shares his story on how to lead a persistent, sacrificial life of prayer. He also shares his heart for Trinity Church and Nottingham as a whole.
Mark Wreford concludes our series on Ephesians through breaking down the concept of mutual submission found in Ephesians 5 through 6.
Sam Watkins-Smith shares on Paul's letter to the Ephesian Church, focusing on unity within the Church body.
Amy Jones brings us the second instalment in our series 'Try', speaking on the power of witness.
Jonny and Amy Hughes invite members of the congregation up to share inspiring stories from our Weekend In.
In the second sermon from the series Mountain, Jonny Hughes outlines the story of Moses and how God forms his identity through a Second Mountain experience.
Genesis 22:1-19, Romans 8:31-39
Mark Wreford begins a series titled 'Mountain', looking at the story of Abraham at the Altar, and God's calling for your life.
The beautiful diagram Mark draws can be found here:
https://trinitychurchnottingham.org/teaching/2025/3/10/mountain
Continuing on the series of the Lord's Prayer, Mark Wreford speaks on petition, with readings from Hosea 6:1-3, Hosea 10:12 and Revelation 2:1-7
Heavenly Father, rich in mercy
The promise keeper for all generations
I still myself before you, the calm in the chaos.
Longing for more for my friends, my family, my city and my world
Longing for hope
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light,
and yet, I see darkness stealing hope and joy everyday
As I bring these before you, all my hurt, bitterness and fears,
I return to the baby at Bethlehem
Hope for all mankind, in a lowly stable
Fill me with the hope of Mary,
the knowledge that this child is the fulfilment of your promises
As I rejoice in the birth of the saviour, lead me to see the world in the knowledge that hope
has come
That Hope has a name that is greater than every situation
As I pray, let Hope be my anthem, the reason to pray, and the outcome of my prayers
Hope has come
The people now walk in the light
And the light has overcome the darkness
Amen.
Luke 1:39-55, Isaiah 9:2-3, John 1:5 , Psalm 52:9, Luke 2:6-7
This week Sam dives into Psalm 8 teaching us the importance of knowing that God has made us mini Kings and Queens of the Earth.
Finishing in our series “The beatitudes, Mark speaks on “blessed are the peace makers”. Through the power of the spirit we can be people of peace speaking Jesus into a world of chaos.
Continuing in our series on the Beatitudes, Jonny shares on ‘Blessed are the pure in heart’ a pure heart is the only way to see God. Jesus shows us what a pure heart is through his life, he gives us the way to see God.
Continuing in our series on the Beatitudes, Sam shares on Mercy. Mercy is a fundamental characteristic of God, Sam unpacks what it looks like to be people of Mercy.
This week Amy shares about Mary’s heart and her encounters with Jesus, how a life lived at his feet produces unbridled devotion.
This week, as we return to our series on the Beatitudes, Jonny shares on the meaning of righteousness and how we can feel and feed our hunger for it.
Finishing our series on the Holy Spirit Jonny concludes by showing us a new perspective on prayer. God is inclined to answer our prayers because his honour is tied to his name, when we call on his name in prayer we are invoking the commitment of his covenant.
This week we are joined by special guest Graham Kendrick who gives us insight into how we as a congregation can approach worship. Jonny then shares with us about the gift of tongues, how it is useful for us today and the ways that we can use it in our private and public prayer life.
Following on from Pentecost, this week Mark talks about living in the spirit. When we are lined up with God’s will, we can bring healing and wholeness to our surroundings in spectacular and mundane ways.
This week Anna shares on Pentecost. Jesus calls us to live a life that is significant, not spectacular.
Taking a break from our ‘Beatitudes’ series, this Fostering Sunday Mark interviews Jonny and Amy Hughes and Adam and Amy Jones on their personal journey with fostering and adoption. Jesus invites us to surrender our ‘ideal lives’ to step into the fullness of His plans, the fruit of which we often can’t anticipate the joy of. They explore what it means for us to first be adopted by God.
Continuing in our series ‘the Beatitudes’ Mark shares on what it means to mourn and be comforted in the kingdom by the love of God.
Continuing in our series ‘the beatitudes’ Amy shares on what it means to be poor in spirit in the kingdom.
This week Mark kicks of our new series on The Beatitudes. Jesus invites us into the ‘Good life’ of the kingdom of God, often it’s not where think it is.
Yesterdays bread is stale, Tomorrows isn’t baked yet. This week Jonny speaks on giving, imploring us to seek dependence on God for our daily bread, and to adopt the economy of the kingdom for the sake of Trinity, Nottingham and the world.
This week Mark takes us on a journey (literally) through the story of a post resurrection Sunday, and how Jesus meets us every step of the way.
Jonny Hughes in conversation with Dr. Roger Bretherton. The Companion Podcast is designed to supplement and deepen the teaching of Trinity church.
Jonny Hughes in conversation with Dr. Roger Bretherton. The Companion Podcast is designed to supplement and deepen the teaching of Trinity church.
Jonny Hughes in conversation with Dr. Roger Bretherton. The Companion Podcast is designed to supplement and deepen the teaching of Trinity church.
Jonny Hughes in conversation with Dr. Roger Bretherton. The Companion Podcast is designed to supplement and deepen the teaching of Trinity church.
Finishing our series “Belong” Jonny shares on cultural renewal. The dreams of the church are supposed to be the response to the nightmares of the age, to see our culture renewed we as the Church need to have kingdom dreams that lead us into action and obedience to serve Christ and culture.
Continuing in our “Belong” series Jonny shares on Missional Renewal. Mission is essential to the ‘Good Life’ and essential to discipleship. Jonny challenges us not to narrow our vision of vision to only a global context but to start mission where we already are.
Continuing in our series ‘Belong’. Sam shares and challenges us to be an intergenerational people, that we may see a generational renewal to usher in a move of God.
Continuing in our series “Belong” Matt shares on Relational Renewal. He challenges us to break down the walls of individualism in our culture and step into the renewal of community.
Continuing in our series “Belong” Mark shares on structural renewal. As we look at Luke 5 27-39, Mark shares that a new encounter with God requires a new container. Structural renewal is essential for every aspect of renewal for no one puts new wine into old wineskins.
This week we start a new series called ‘Belong’. Mark shares from Isaiah 6 and challenges us to think that renewal within our communities, can only start through personal renewal by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Finishing our series on ‘Love’ Jonny shares on how a fearless loving church in the face of an anxious world can lead to renewal in the west.
“Loving well is the goal of the Christian life.” Continuing in our series ‘Love’ Anna shares about the mark of the church which is love, being able to cross the road for your neighbour this is love. She invites us to receive God’s love first so that we can pour out love to our city.
Continuing on our series 'Love' Amy shares about perfect love spoke about in 1 John 4:7-21
This week we start a new series at trinity called ‘Love’, Mark unpacks the love of God and what it looks like to be loved by him.
This week Jonny shares about the power of redemptive imagination and challenges us to imagine the kingdom of God breaking in.
Wrapping up our series ‘The Jesus Revolution’ and starting our series in advent, Mark reflects on Philippians 2:1-5 and the unfathomable truth but the core of the Jesus revolution that Jesus comes into our brokenness and gives himself to us.
Continuing in our series ‘The Jesus Revolution’ Jonny preaches from Acts 4:32-37 about the radical culture of Giving in the early church. He implores us to see that we need a similar culture today to see The Jesus Revolution come in power.
Continuing in our series ‘The Jesus Revolution’ Jonny preaches from Acts 2 and Ephesians 5, the Holy Spirit offers an intoxication that is unlike the worlds. One where you receive knowledge you once did not have previously rather than the intoxication of the world that makes you forget what you have already known.The Holy spirits intoxication makes us whole, rather than the intoxication of the world leaving us empty.
Continuing in our series ‘The Jesus Revolution’ we had the privilege of hearing from a Christian from North Korea, we hear her story and experience from living in the midst of the persecuted church.
Continuing in our series ‘The Jesus revolution’ Anna preaches from acts 4:23-31, the most powerful thing we carry is the presence of God and that is accessed through prayer and intimacy with God.
Continuing in our series ‘The Jesus Revolution’ Amy preaches from Acts 3:1-16 , sharing that the power and authority of Jesus in our prayer lies in the surrender of our weakness.
Continuing in our series ‘The Jesus Revolution’ Amy preaches from Acts 2:42-47. She shares that to live a hospitable life it starts with being filled by the spirit and everything flows from there.
Continuing in our series ‘The Jesus Revolution’ Jonny shares and preaches from Acts 2:14-39.
Continuing in our series ‘The Jesus Revolution’ Mark preaches from Acts1:12-14 and 2:1-4.
This week we start a new preaching series ‘The Jesus Revolution’ Jonny outlines how the church is in a problematic state if we want to see the church grow and the Kingdom of God expand. He urges us to see that we need a "‘Jesus revolution’ and compares the likeness of our cultural circumstance to the early church in acts and encourages us to follow in there footsteps through the power of the Holy Spirit.
This week the trinity family enter into a new season as we commission Jo and John lees-Robinson and their team. We get to hear the vision they have for a vibrant centre of God’s presence, as they prepare to plant a new worshipping community into St Saviours church in the Meadows, Nottingham.
Continuing on our series on Vision: Jonny preaches on the feeding of the five thousand. Jesus says to the Disciples “you give them something to eat.” Jonny relates this to the fact the resources of the kingdom of God are often in our hands. Financial generosity is an essential part of our personal discipleship, the life of the church and the advance of the kingdom of God.
The last words of Jesus on the cross were ones of trust and surrender. How can we live with the same posture?
This week Amy speaks to us about the woman at Jesus’ feet. She shares some of her story, and unpacks the devotion we see from the woman led by the grace that Jesus offers.
This week Jonny shares some of his story with us, and speaks about the power of unpacking past narratives to unlock present freedom.
The next few weeks will involve Jonny and Amy sharing their sense of what God is doing amongst our church family in this time. This week Amy shares with us her heart for intercession, something we can see spreading across our congregation in powerful ways, and encourages with tools that can help us lean in.
This week our curate Anna speaks to us about the wordless groaning that comes when we engage with the brokenness of our world, and the numbness that comes when we bottle it up. Together we explore Psalm 126 and reflect on how Jesus longs to gift us His tears for us and for this world.
Mark unpacks the promises in the final chapter of revelation, and speaks to us about how prayer can bring them into being.
Continuing our series on Revelation, Lauren shares about the New Creation. The future time and place where there is no chaos, no distance, no pain and all things are new. She shows us that in Jesus Christ the New Creation has already come and as Christians we are invited to live in reality and invite others into that today.
This Pentecost Sunday, Jonny looks at Acts Two and speaks on what it means to long for the ministry of the Holy Spirit. He takes us through eight characteristics and indicators of the Spirit’s work, and calls us to open ourselves up to the possibility of the Holy Spirit moving powerfully today.
This week Amy unpacks this image: “I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True.” In revelation we see Jesus implement the victory of the cross, making all things nee and judging evil. Amy calls us to lean wholly into this truth, surrendering every part of our lives to the trustworthy and glorious Lordship of Christ.
Continuing our series on Revelation, Jo unpacks the series of ‘Sevens’ found across the book which highlight the level of resistance to God’s kingdom coming in fullness. Together we explore God’s judgement on evil and the part the church has to play in contending for the Kingdom of God to come.
This week Jonny describes the dangers of Babylon depicted in Revelation, and explains the way in which Babylon remains as real as it ever was - surrounding us in our world today. Our world is not one centred on God, and in order to follow Him we must become acutely aware of the places devoid of HIs presence.
This week we take a short break from our Revelation series and explore together what it means to bring costly worship before God. We read the story of the woman and the alabaster jar, and in a service flipped on its head Jonny and Amy share with us their heart and their dream for the coming season.
We are excited to be entering into a four-part mini-series on the most significant signs and wonders in the book of Revelation. We kick off this week as Mark unpacks the story of the woman and the dragon, a profound image of the power of the devil as well as the all-consuming power of Christ which overcomes.
This week Beth shares some thoughts on Jesus’ last interaction with Peter in the Gsopel of John. In spite of our deepest sin, we are deeply known. Each and every one of us is called to follow the path that Jesus has laid out for us, no matter what condition we’re in.
This week Amy unpacks Revelation 5. From the agony of John’s longing for someone to reveal God’s plan, to the joy of the Lamb’s victory, Amy calls us to lean in to the powerful weakness of not being in control - all for the glory of God and the extension of His kingdom.
This week we read Revelation 4 together, in which John describes an image he has of the throne room of God. Jonny explores how these verses reflect a true depiction of what it is to worship God.
This week Amy Jones speaks to us about Jesus’ message to the church in Laodicea. In this final letter, Jesus speaks of how He despises the Church’s lukewarm faith. Amy explores this accusation of self-sufficiency and describes the beauty of the open door of dependence which Jesus lovingly invites to walk through in faith.
This week we explore together the letter to the Philadelphians. Mark unpacks for us how Jesus redefines Holiness with a radical invitation to the church. Here Holiness is depicted not as a standard of perfection to be attained but rather as an open door into which He gracefully invites us to walk into - the door into His presence. In the profound beauty of His agape love He invites us to sit at His feet and simply enjoy being with Him.
This week Jonny unpacks the letter to the church in Sardis in Revelation 3. He calls us to guard ourselves against sleep-walking through our faith - this season is a time to wake up to the active reality of God and His Kingdom.
This week we read Jesus’ message to the Church in Thyatira, in which He affirms their faith and perseverance, but calls them out on their obedience to the “spirit of Jezebel”. Jonny unpacks what Jezebel represents and how true fullness comes when we accept Jesus’ call us to follow Him and Him alone.
As we approach Lent as a church family, Amy camps out in Matthew 4, unpacking Jesus’ victory over the devil in the wilderness. The beauty of this passage is that Jesus has gone before us, we can lean on Him as our source of strength and vitality as we learn to depend on His unfailing, irrevocable love with our whole lives.
Jonny unpacks Jesus’ message to the Church in Pergamum. Where we make space for the idols of the world and open ourselves up to the power of their influence - even in small ways - we are inherently making a compromise on the transformative and all-consuming of the gospel. Jesus died so that we may have fullness of life in Him, and this week Jonny explores with us the challenging beauty of that narrow pathway.
This week Jo shares with us the cost of love. We see in this passage that, in a fallen world, love will never exist without cost. As a result, as Christians we frequently find ourselves under incredible amounts of pressure. Jo talks us through how we can cope with that, and draws us further into the reality of Jesus - not just His demonstration of love’s earthly cost, but of the promise of His eternal heavenly provision.
This week we read Jesus’ message to the church in Ephesus, a Church living for God but not with God. Amy shares with us the beauty of intimacy with Jesus and invites us to know Him afresh as our first love.
This week we explore John’s depiction of Jesus at the start of the book of Revelation. At the centre of every new revival is a fresh revelation of who Jesus is, and this is what we seeking today.
This week we are excited to enter together into a new teaching series, as Jonny introduces to us the book of Revelation and the depth of its challenge to the comfort and stagnancy in our lives. Rev. 1:1-11.
On this New Years Day service, Mark invites us to look forward into 2023 with a fresh sense of hope. Not a hope that we must force ourselves to feel, but a profound, daring hope which lies within God’s steadfast faithfulness.
On Christmas Day at Trinity, Jonny speaks on Colossians chapter 1. “The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for him.”
Welcome to Trinity Carols! This year we are celebrating the truth of Jesus in and amongst the reality of an increasingly-weary world. Jonny shares with us the all-consuming, incomparable, world-shifting beauty of the Gospel.
‘Heaven is a person’. This week Amy speaks to us about what it means to groan for creation to be made new. What does it mean to live in the tension between the brokenness of our world and the promise of God’s glorious, reformative plan for our world?
This week Jo explores the story of Mary, mother of Jesus, and reminds us of the deep and unwavering mercy of God.
This week Pete Hughes talks to us about the blood, sweat and tears of purifying our hearts. Only pure hearts, devoted to God in undivided praise, will bring about the true renewal on Earth that we long to see.
Mark explains, with academic rigour and depth, why women are in Christ given equal authority to men. “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” (Gal. 3:28)
In a time of crisis the most powerful and impactful thing we can do is bind ourselves in friendship to Jesus in times of crisis. This week Jonny describes this upside-down dynamic in the context of Ruth’s covenant.
This week Beth explores the redemptive narrative of the book of Ruth, and speaks to us about how Jesus walks into our world to redeem even the most hopeless of stories.
This week Lauren continues our series on the Book of Ruth. She invites us to follow Ruth’s example and trust God with all we have because God is faithful.
This week Jonny and Amy speak about the importance of pursuing personal renewal in our journey with Christ. The call to follow Jesus up the mountain is is not an easy one, but it is one worth following.
This week Jonny and Amy speak about the importance of pursuing personal renewal in our journey with Christ. The call to follow Jesus up the mountain is is not an easy one, but it is one worth following.
This week Jonny & Amy introduce our vision series by looking at where we’ve been as a church over the last six years, and asking us what it would like to move out from base camp. Ultimately, this is a vision for a church filled with more of God and His presence.
This week Jonny & Amy introduce our vision series by looking at where we’ve been as a church over the last six years, and asking us what it would like to move out from base camp. Ultimately, this is a vision for a church filled with more of God and His presence.
This week Beth speaks on John 6, when Jesus feeds the 5000. She reflects on how abundantly God provides for us.
This week Mark talks about God's strength in our weakness and the difference hope can make.
In this podcast, Jonny leads us through the Prayer of Examen. The purpose of this time is to look back over your day, ask where God was and what He was doing and to also to ask God to fill us with His Spirit so we can live differently tomorrow. At different points, you might find it helpful to pause the podcast to give yourself more space and time.
In this podcast, Amy leads us through morning prayer. The purpose of this time is to connect with God at the beginning of each day, by reading and praying through a Psalm. At different points you might find it helpful to pause the podcast to give yourself more space and time.