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1 John is a short but incredibly rich letter written to an early Christian community. Underneath some seemingly daunting and conceptual language is a really simple concept though - how can our communal life together look like the Jesus we claim to follow? How can we embody truth, light, love, and life in practise?
This week, Avril speaks about what it looks like to live out truth, holding the potential for unlearning and learning.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
1 John is a short but incredibly rich letter written to an early Christian community. Underneath some seemingly daunting and conceptual language is a really simple concept though - how can our communal life together look like the Jesus we claim to follow? How can we embody truth, light, love, and life in practise?
This week Dave starts us off, thinking about the idea of community and the 'twin peaks' that John reaches in his writings.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
It's Pentecost! Widely celebrated as 'the birthday of the church' Pentecost is an ancient festival with fascinating layers of meaning. Sam draws on some different teachings about Pentecost from across the breadth of the church to see what we can learn.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
In what seems like an increasingly divided society, what does it look like to 'be right'? How do we hold opinions that we're passionate about and manage to bring people with us rather than pushing them away? How can we learn from those with whom we feel like we've got nothing in common?
This week we give more time to the (way huger than we have time for) issues of gender and sexuality. Hope some of it is helpful for you!
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
In what seems like an increasingly divided society, what does it look like to 'be right'? How do we hold opinions that we're passionate about and manage to bring people with us rather than pushing them away? How can we learn from those with whom we feel like we've got nothing in common?
This week Fran and Avril discuss articulating our own political standpoints whilst having generosity for others.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
In what seems like an increasingly divided society, what does it look like to 'be right'? How do we hold opinions that we're passionate about and manage to bring people with us rather than pushing them away? How can we learn from those with whom we feel like we've got nothing in common?
This week, we talk about the theology of LGBTQIA+ Equality and Inclusion, texts of terror, and disarming harmful and toxic theologies and positions.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
In what seems like an increasingly divided society, what does it look like to 'be right'? How do we hold opinions that we're passionate about and manage to bring people with us rather than pushing them away? How can we learn from those with whom we feel like we've got nothing in common?
This week Sam talks about what might be a helpful posture to faiths and practises that differ from our own.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
In what seems like an increasingly divided society, what does it look like to 'be right'? How do we hold opinions that we're passionate about and manage to bring people with us rather than pushing them away? How can we learn from those with whom we feel like we've got nothing in common? This week, Dave kicks us off with our new, and more than a little tongue in cheek series - 'How To Be Right'.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
On the first Sunday after Easter, Dave invites us to learn from a beautiful story of the resurrected Christ.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
It's Lent - an invitation to go to places that aren't comfortable to find the God who seems to be found more easily in the wilderness than in the comfort. On the cross, Jesus speaks seven 'words' as darkness falls on the land. Paradoxically, in the darkness of that moment and those words, we're invited to see the light and voice of God. Through lent we're reading the book 'The Falling Of Dusk' by Paul Dominiak, and learning from Jesus' seven last words as he hangs on the cross. This week Fran leads us in looking at the phrase 'I thirst'.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
It's Lent - an invitation to go to places that aren't comfortable to find the God who seems to be found more easily in the wilderness than in the comfort. On the cross, Jesus speaks seven 'words' as darkness falls on the land. Paradoxically, in the darkness of that moment and those words, we're invited to see the light and voice of God. Through lent we're reading the book 'The Falling Of Dusk' by Paul Dominiak, and learning from Jesus' seven last words as he hangs on the cross.
This week, Dave gives space to consider Jesus' cry 'Why?'
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
It's Lent - an invitation to go to places that aren't comfortable to find the God who seems to be found more easily in the wilderness than in the comfort. On the cross, Jesus speaks seven 'words' as darkness falls on the land. Paradoxically, in the darkness of that moment and those words, we're invited to see the light and voice of God. Through lent we're reading the book 'The Falling Of Dusk' by Paul Dominiak, and learning from Jesus' seven last words as he hangs on the cross.
This week, Lianne helps us think through the word 'Behold'.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
It's Lent - an invitation to go to places that aren't comfortable to find the God who seems to be found more easily in the wilderness than in the comfort. On the cross, Jesus speaks seven 'words' as darkness falls on the land. Paradoxically, in the darkness of that moment and those words, we're invited to see the light and voice of God. Through lent we're reading the book 'The Falling Of Dusk' by Paul Dominiak, and learning from Jesus' seven last words as he hangs on the cross.
This week, Dave delves into the second word from the cross - 'Be'
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
It's Lent - an invitation to go to places that aren't comfortable to find the God who seems to be found more easily in the wilderness than in the comfort. On the cross, Jesus speaks seven 'words' as darkness falls on the land. Paradoxically, in the darkness of that moment and those words, we're invited to see the light and voice of God. Through lent we're reading the book 'The Falling Of Dusk' by Paul Dominiak, and learning from Jesus' seven last words as he hangs on the cross.
This week, Sam unpacks something of the first word - 'Forgive'
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
'Come, follow me'. The invitation of Jesus is an invitation to follow, to learn, to grow, to become. That said, we've not always done a great job of learning from Christ. Often, discipleship has become about leaders enforcing their own perceptions of what someone's life should look like. At other points, the church has completely omitted to mention that Jesus asks us not just to 'believe' but also to live more and more like the one we say we believe in.
Dave finishes our series with a look at what discipleship looks like in community.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
'Come, follow me'. The invitation of Jesus is an invitation to follow, to learn, to grow, to become. That said, we've not always done a great job of learning from Christ. Often, discipleship has become about leaders enforcing their own perceptions of what someone's life should look like. At other points, the church has completely omitted to mention that Jesus asks us not just to 'believe' but also to live more and more like the one we say we believe in. This week, Lianne explores how the ancient practise of Sabbath has lessons to teach us about God, ourselves, and our life together.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
'Come, follow me'. The invitation of Jesus is an invitation to follow, to learn, to grow, to become. That said, we've not always done a great job of learning from Christ. Often, discipleship has become about leaders enforcing their own perceptions of what someone's life should look like. At other points, the church has completely omitted to mention that Jesus asks us not just to 'believe' but also to live more and more like the one we say we believe in. This week, Dave looks at some of the basics of what the word means, and how we might learn to be disciples of Christ more, together.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
'Come, follow me'. The invitation of Jesus is an invitation to follow, to learn, to grow, to become. That said, we've not always done a great job of learning from Christ. Often, discipleship has become about leaders enforcing their own perceptions of what someone's life should look like. At other points, the church has completely omitted to mention that Jesus asks us not just to 'believe' but also to live more and more like the one we say we believe in. This week, Dave looks at some of the basics of what the word means, and how we might learn to be disciples of Christ more, together.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
It's that point in the year where we seek to learn lessons of waiting and anticipating - this week a decree goes out from Emporer Augustus...
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
It's that point in the year where we seek to learn lessons of waiting and anticipating - this week we look at the often overlooked stories of Joseph.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
It's that point in the year where we seek to learn lessons of waiting and anticipating - this week Fran examines Mary's story for lessons of hope.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
It's that point in the year where we seek to learn lessons of waiting and anticipating - join Dave as he helps us access this season will the help of the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth from Luke's gospel.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
The event of the Exodus is fundamental to the arc of the story of the bible. This story of liberation, empire, injustice, pillars of cloud, baskets with babies in, women with tambourines has been both a source of inspiration and bewilderment. Why is God so violent? Why so vindictive? Doesn't this ancient story perpetuate the kind of harms that it's also trying to fight? It's a fascinating account, and not one that we'll do justice to in a few weeks.
This week we join the Hebrews as they journey out beyond Egypt's borders, into the unknown and precarity of 'wilderness', and have to learn in that wandering a new way of being that's more about trust and intimacy.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
The event of the Exodus is fundamental to the arc of the story of the bible. This story of liberation, empire, injustice, pillars of cloud, baskets with babies in, women with tambourines has been both a source of inspiration and bewilderment. Why is God so violent? Why so vindictive? Doesn't this ancient story perpetuate the kind of harms that it's also trying to fight? It's a fascinating account, and not one that we'll do justice to in a few weeks.
This week we're looking at the epic showstopper of the crossing of the (red?) sea. Walls of water, pillars of fire, and the machinations of war destroyed.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
The event of the Exodus is fundamental to the arc of the story of the bible. This story of liberation, empire, injustice, pillars of cloud, baskets with babies in, women with tambourines has been both a source of inspiration and bewilderment. Why is God so violent? Why so vindictive? Doesn't this ancient story perpetuate the kind of harms that it's also trying to fight? It's a fascinating account, and not one that we'll do justice to in a few weeks.
This week Dave addresses the horrific tenth plague and the 'passover' that spares Hebrew slave people.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
The event of the Exodus is fundamental to the arc of the story of the bible. This story of liberation, empire, injustice, pillars of cloud, baskets with babies in, women with tambourines has been both a source of inspiration and bewilderment. Why is God so violent? Why so vindictive? Doesn't this ancient story perpetuate the kind of harms that it's also trying to fight? It's a fascinating account, and not one that we'll do justice to in a few weeks.
This week, God undermines the illusion of power and divine-licence in Egypt with a load of pretty strange and largely very nasty plagues.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
The event of the Exodus is fundamental to the arc of the story of the bible. This story of liberation, empire, injustice, pillars of cloud, baskets with babies in, women with tambourines has been both a source of inspiration and bewilderment. Why is God so violent? Why so vindictive? Doesn't this ancient story perpetuate the kind of harms that it's also trying to fight? It's a fascinating account, and not one that we'll do justice to in a few weeks.
This week we've done it a little differently, with more voices than our podcasts often feature. You'll hear Anton retelling the story of Exodus 3 and 4, Stella reflecting on her own observations of the text, and Sam offering a sermonette on how the story invites us into new ways of seeing. Oh, and some hauntingly good music.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
The event of the Exodus is fundamental to the arc of the story of the bible. This story of liberation, empire, injustice, pillars of cloud, baskets with babies in, women with tambourines has been both a source of inspiration and bewilderment. Why is God so violent? Why so vindictive? Doesn't this ancient story perpetuate the kind of harms that it's also trying to fight? It's a fascinating account, and not one that we'll do justice to in a few weeks. This week, Dave introduces the book.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
It has become a bit of a rhythm for us to spend September looking again at the values that guide us as a church, and then to commit to partnering together for the coming year. This week was that Sunday of choosing to partner together.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
It has become a bit of a rhythm for us to spend September looking again at the values that guide us as a church, and then to commit to partnering together for the coming year. It's amazing how these these simple words that we see modelled in the life of Jesus invite fresh perspectives every time we let them. This week, Dave speaks about Integrity.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
It has become a bit of a rhythm for us to spend September looking again at the values that guide us as a church, and then to commit to partnering together for the coming year. It's amazing how these these simple words that we see modelled in the life of Jesus invite fresh perspectives every time we let them. This week, Sam speaks about Inclusion and Interdependence (and mushrooms).
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
It has become a bit of a rhythm for us to spend September looking again at the values that guide us as a church, and then to commit to partnering together for the coming year. It's amazing how these these simple words that we see modelled in the life of Jesus invite fresh perspectives every time we let them. This week, Dave speaks on Intimacy and Involvement.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
During the summer, we love to give space to those doing the 'talks' to just go to town speaking on whatever they're being stirred by at the moment. This week Dave speaks about Jesus visiting the pool of Bethesda.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
During the summer, we love to give space to those doing the 'talks' to just go to town speaking on whatever they're being stirred by at the moment. This week Avril shares about alternative universes
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
During the summer, we love to give space to those doing the 'talks' to just go to town speaking on whatever they're being stirred by at the moment. This week Lianne shares about the Love, Protest, and Unity of Pride.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
During the summer, we love to give space to those doing the 'talks' to just go to town speaking on whatever they're being stirred by at the moment. This week Fran's speaking about friendship.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
During the summer, we love to give space to those doing the 'talks' to just go to town speaking on whatever they're being stirred by at the moment. Dave kicks us off by helping us explore what it might mean to be childlike.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
We're in a series thinking together about Life in the Spirit - how this often strangely described person/God/breath/life might be inviting us into life and growth and love and freedom as individuals, as Church, and as humanity. This Sunday Dave and Fran speak about their journeys with the Holy Spirit, and answer some of the congregation's questions.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
We're in a series thinking together about Life in the Spirit - how this often strangely described person/God/breath/life might be inviting us into life and growth and love and freedom as individuals, as Church, and as humanity.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
We're in a series thinking together about Life in the Spirit - how this often strangely described person/God/breath/life might be inviting us into life and growth and love and freedom as individuals, as Church, and as humanity.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
We're in a series thinking together about Life in the Spirit - how this often strangely described person/God/breath/life might be inviting us into life and growth and love and freedom as individuals, as Church, and as humanity.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
We're in a series thinking together about Life in the Spirit - how this often strangely described person/God/breath/life might be inviting us into life and growth and love and freedom as individuals, as Church, and as humanity.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
It's Pentecost - the birthday of the Church and the point in the year when we remember a bunch of rag tag, confused people in a room who were filled with the Spirit of God.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
In the church calendar, this is the season of Easter - a chance to consider the story of the resurrection of Jesus, and it's implications for our world and lives today. Between Easter weekend and Pentecost, we're joining in with the lectionary of the church of England, learning from the diverse passages of scripture that it draws us into contact with.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
In the church calendar, this is the season of Easter - a chance to consider the story of the resurrection of Jesus, and it's implications for our world and lives today. Between Easter weekend and Pentecost, we're joining in with the lectionary of the church of England, learning from the diverse passages of scripture that it draws us into contact with.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
In the church calendar, this is the season of Easter - a chance to consider the story of the resurrection of Jesus, and it's implications for our world and lives today. Between Easter weekend and Pentecost, we're joining in with the lectionary of the church of England, learning from the diverse passages of scripture that it draws us into contact with.
You can join in our services by visiting us in person at One Church Brighton, Florence Road, Brighton, or by heading to our YouTube channel at YouTube.come/onechurchbrightonchannel
If you'd like to know more about One Church Brighton, head to onechurchbrighton.org, or, if you'd like to get in touch with us, email info@onechurchbrighton.org.
This week we had our second of our seasonal services, led by artists, aimed at engaging our whole beings with the unfolding beauty of the changing seasons. And yay, it's Spring!
The whole service is best enjoyed with all it's visuals on our Youtube channel, but we wanted to put something here for those for whom podcasts work best. Here's the amazing Anton Thompson-McCormick leading a contemplation as part of the service.
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This Lent we're getting to know some of the stranger voices in the story of faith. The mystics are those who've pointed beyond head knowledge of God to a more intimate kind of knowing. Beyond simple statements to awe. Beyond knowable creeds to union with God. Our particular brand of protestant Christianity has largely lost this thread over the past few hundred years, and so for the next six weeks we're going to learn from their experiences and teachings as best we can.
This week, Sam gives a little introduction to the life and teaching of Rumi, and we read some of his poems together.
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This Lent we're getting to know some of the stranger voices in the story of faith. The mystics are those who've pointed beyond head knowledge of God to a more intimate kind of knowing. Beyond simple statements to awe. Beyond knowable creeds to union with God. Our particular brand of protestant Christianity has largely lost this thread over the past few hundred years, and so for the next six weeks we're going to learn from their experiences and teachings as best we can.
This week, Dave shares about the 20th century monk, mystic, and activist Thomas Merton
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This Lent we're getting to know some of the stranger voices in the story of faith. The mystics are those who've pointed beyond head knowledge of God to a more intimate kind of knowing. Beyond simple statements to awe. Beyond knowable creeds to union with God. Our particular brand of protestant Christianity has largely lost this thread over the past few hundred years, and so for the next six weeks we're going to learn from their experiences and teachings as best we can.
This week, Fran shares about the life and teachings of the Christian mystic Hildegard of Bingen, and the divine radiance that she learned to see in everything.
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This Lent we're getting to know some of the stranger voices in the story of faith. The mystics are those who've pointed beyond head knowledge of God to a more intimate kind of knowing. Beyond simple statements to awe. Beyond knowable creeds to union with God. Our particular brand of protestant Christianity has largely lost this thread over the past few hundred years, and so for the next six weeks we're going to learn from their experiences and teachings as best we can.
This week, Dave speaks about Julian of Norwich and the beautiful insights of her life and work.
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This Lent we're getting to know some of the stranger voices in the story of faith. The mystics are those who've pointed beyond head knowledge of God to a more intimate kind of knowing. Beyond simple statements to awe. Beyond knowable creeds to union with God. Our particular brand of protestant Christianity has largely lost this thread over the past few hundred years, and so for the next six weeks we're going to learn from their experiences and teachings as best we can.
This week, Sam speaks about St. John of the Cross' experience of the 'Dark Night'. Full text of the poem 'The Dark Night' by St. John Of The Cross can be found at http://www.catholictreasury.info/books/dark_night/dn1.php
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This Lent we're getting to know some of the stranger voices in the story of faith. The mystics are those who've pointed beyond head knowledge of God to a more intimate kind of knowing. Beyond simple statements to awe. Beyond knowable creeds to union with God. Our particular brand of protestant Christianity has largely lost this thread over the past few hundred years, and so for the next six weeks we're going to learn from their experiences and teachings as best we can.
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It's impossible to overstate the influence that Paul's letters have had on shaping the thought and practise of the Church. Way too many times, his writings have been wielded as weapons against women, enslaved people, the LGBTQIA+ community, divorcees, people of other faiths, and many more. The temptation is to just discount Paul, and focus on Jesus. But if we took a bit more of a look at his life, might we meet someone altogether unexpected?
This week, Dave looks at Paul's legacy of building communities of love, where people invest in, learn from, and above all love each other.
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It's impossible to overstate the influence that Paul's letters have had on shaping the thought and practise of the Church. Way too many times, his writings have been wielded as weapons against women, enslaved people, the LGBTQIA+ community, divorcees, people of other faiths, and many more. The temptation is to just discount Paul, and focus on Jesus. But if we took a bit more of a look at his life, might we meet someone altogether unexpected?
This week, Fran takes a look as some of the formative relationships of Paul's adult life and what they show us about him as a person, and as a leader.
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It's impossible to overstate the influence that Paul's letters have had on shaping the thought and practise of the Church. Way too many times, his writings have been wielded as weapons against women, enslaved people, the LGBTQIA+ community, divorcees, people of other faiths, and many more. The temptation is to just discount Paul, and focus on Jesus. But if we took a bit more of a look at his life, might we meet someone altogether unexpected?
This week, Dave looks at Paul as a real human, with all the weaknesses, fears, ego, mistakes and real life stuff that that entails.
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It's impossible to overstate the influence that Paul's letters have had on shaping the thought and practise of the Church. Way too many times, his writings have been wielded as weapons against women, enslaved people, the LGBTQIA+ community, divorcees, people of other faiths, and many more. The temptation is to just discount Paul, and focus on Jesus. But if we took a bit more of a look at his life, might we meet someone altogether unexpected? This week, Sam looks at how Paul's life was turned completely upside down by an experience of meeting Jesus.
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Avril continues our series through advent, exploring the economics of Advent.
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Lianne speaks about the political explosiveness of Mary's Magnificat.
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This Advent were being led by the book 'The First Advent In Palestine'. This week, Dave addresses the longing question 'how long' that lies at the heart of this season.
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There's just so much to be angry about. We're going to spend a few weeks thinking about the threads of anger in our faith. What does positive anger look like? Is God angry? What about Jesus? Are there things it's ok or even important to be angry about? Join us in exploring some of these questions.
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There's just so much to be angry about. We're going to spend a few weeks thinking about the threads of anger in our faith. What does positive anger look like? Is God angry? What about Jesus? Are there things it's ok or even important to be angry about? Join us in exploring some of these questions.
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There's just so much to be angry about. We're going to spend a few weeks thinking about the threads of anger in our faith. What does positive anger look like? Is God angry? What about Jesus? Are there things it's ok or even important to be angry about? Join us in exploring some of these questions.
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We're taking a few weeks to be led by the book 'Do I Stay Christian' by Brian Mclaren, particularly the part of the book that asks 'how' to stay Christian. This week Sam speaks on the chapter 'Stay Loyal To Reality'
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We're taking a few weeks to be led by the book 'Do I Stay Christian' by Brian Mclaren, particularly the part of the book that asks 'how' to stay Christian. This week Dave speaks on the chapter 'Reconsecrate Everything'
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We're taking a few weeks to be led by the book 'Do I Stay Christian' by Brian Mclaren, particularly the part of the book that asks 'how' to stay Christian. This week Fran speaks on the chapter 'Find The Flow'
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We're taking a few weeks to be led by the book 'Do I Stay Christian' by Brian Mclaren, particularly the part of the book that asks 'how' to stay Christian. This week Sam speaks on the chapter 'Announce and Renounce'
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We're taking a few weeks to be led by the book 'Do I Stay Christian' by Brian Mclaren, particularly the part of the book that asks 'how' to stay Christian. This week Dave gives us an introduction to the book as a whole, particularly the first part - what are some reasons why people might decide NOT to stay Christian?
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Every year we take time to ask 'what does it mean to be church together' and then we ask those who want to commit to a year of journeying together as partners.
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In September we're being led by the beautiful anti-wisdom of Ecclesiastes.
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In September we're being led by the beautiful anti-wisdom of Ecclesiastes.
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In September we're being led by the beautiful anti-wisdom of Ecclesiastes.
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During August we're wanting to hear from different people about what makes them tick - their passions, vocations and stories. This week, Fran speaks with Ben Szobody, our resident alien, One Church staff member, and guru of all things coffee and food related about his journey and the things that get him out of bed in the morning.
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It's the summer, and we're giving people a bit of an open pass to just share whatever it is that they're excited / passionate / lying awake at night thinking about. This week, Sam speaks about why it might be ok to find the Bible fun again...
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Seasoned activist, author and Church of England Canon Dr. Ruth Valerio speaks about how we can keep going in the fight for climate justice in the midst of a world that's in crisis.
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We're in a bit of a process of reimagining our church life around the natural rhythm of the seasons, along with some of the feast and rituals associated with them.
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We're in a bit of a process of reimagining our church life around the natural rhythm of the seasons, along with some of the feast and rituals associated with them. This week, Avril helps us think about how our journeying around the sun is always interdependent.
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It's Trinity Sunday, and this week Dave is helping us explore what the doctrine of Trinity can teach us and lead us to experience in the rhythms and life of the world that we are a part of. Enjoy.
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Dave speaks on the slightly bizarre but also really profound and revealing story of the Tower of Babel, from Genesis 11.
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This week in our journey through the first stories of the bible, it's the epic tale of the flood. For a lot of us this is one of those really tricky stories where we wonder how to reconcile it with a God who loves us. Here's Fran guiding us into a more spacious reading.
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This ancient, tragic story of the first brothers and the first violence teach us about our own culture, our own cycles of violence and vengeance, but also invites us to challenge that cycle and be those who break it.
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Dave's back from sabbatical! And this week, he's speaking about the story of Eden and how that might shape our understanding of ourselves, each other, and God.
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We're beginning a new series of Sundays looking at how the earliest stories of Genesis help shape our understanding of God, ourselves and each other.
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'Christ is risen'
'He is risen indeed, Hallelujah!'
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Sam speaks on the ways in which marginalised groups have come to talk about and understand the cross, as we continue to ask what the big story of the bible teaches us about justice.
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Fran interviews Chas Woods, leader of the local YMCA, and Avril speaks on what the Incarnation of Jesus teaches us about justice.
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At the core of the story of scripture is the rescue of a people from actual physical slavery and genocide. Sam looks at some of the things we can learn about enacting justice from this core narrative of the Exodus.
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Fran begins our Lent series on the book 'Embracing Justice' by Isabelle Hamley, looking at what we can learn about justice from the story of creation and beginning in Genesis.
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This week we review our series on Henri Nouwen's book 'Spiritual Formation' by thinking together about what he calls the 'journey inward' and the 'journey outward'.
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This week we continue our series being led by Henri Nouwen's book 'Spiritual Formation' by speaking on the movement from Exclusion to Inclusion.
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This week we continue our series being led by Henri Nouwen's book 'Spiritual Formation' by speaking on the movement from Fear to Love.
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This week Fran Beckett continues our series being led by Henri Nouwen's book 'Spiritual Formation' by speaking on the movement from resentment to gratitude.
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It's Dave's last Sunday before his sabbatical. Join in as he shares about the movement from Sorrow To Joy, from the book 'Spiritual Formation' by Henri Nouwen.
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Sam continues our series learning from Henri Nouwen's book 'Spiritual Formation'
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Dave continues our series looking at Henri Nouwen's book 'Spiritual Formation'.
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Sam begins our new series looking at the Henri Nouwen book 'Spiritual Formation'
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As we head into a new year, Dave shares some guiding attitudes and principles to help us live 2022 well.
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Sally shares a couple of practises that can help us to practise non-judgmental awareness of our bodies. This devotional ties in so well with our current series on embodied spirituality - that God does not draw a distinction between the 'spiritual' and the 'physical' in our lives. Feel free to use this whole devotional in one go, or to do the first half (dropping anchor) and then come back for the second (mindfulness body check) - whatever works best for you.
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We're in a new series called 'Faith In My Body' - a chance to explore ourselves as whole beings. Today Dave speaks of the psychological, social and spiritual benefits of walking, and how we can walk as a practise of being present with ourselves, each other and God.
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In this devotional, Alex invites us to reflect on our own woundedness as embodied physical beings. When Jesus was raised from the dead, his wounds remained and became the means by which his followers recognised him. Alex invites us to recognise Christ in the wounds.
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We're making regular, short devotional videos to help people in their thinking, meditation and prayer. These videos are available at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel.
Our full service can be found here: https://youtu.be/I7gKwL5V0Oo
We're in a new series called 'Faith In My Body' - a chance to explore ourselves as whole beings. Dave looks at how our body is Holy and how our body is a gift, and the massive implications for how we can view every part of our embodied lives.
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Join Kath in this lovely exercise of being grounded and aware, helped by beautiful music and poetry. Song credit - Sanctuary by Martin Joseph - Copyright Believe Music. You can listen to this song at https://open.spotify.com/track/6iuPzDgZPPJA1Tok7dPOCT
You can view this devotional on Youtube at https://youtu.be/AakbfrffsVk
We're making regular, short devotional videos to help people in their thinking, meditation and prayer. These videos are available at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel.
Our full service can be found here: https://youtu.be/stunD-lX4BQ
We're beginning a new series called 'Faith In My Body' - a chance to explore ourselves as whole beings. We often think our 'soul', by which we mean a disembodied inner part of us, is the most important, most spiritual and most God-reflecting aspect of ourselves. In this series we want to challenge that. The bible tells the story of God creating human beings as integrated wholes, and God loves, redeems and is interested in every part of our being.
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Jesus says “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
You can view this devotional on Youtube at https://youtu.be/w2JmWu5Xb78
We're making regular, short devotional videos to help people in their thinking, meditation and prayer. These videos are available at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel.
Our full service can be found here: https://youtu.be/izzkXtfS9BU
Avril concludes our series on Philippians by sharing honestly and beautifully how important and life-saving this ancient text has been for her in her own life.
You can watch all of our Sunday services from lockdown season on our Youtube channel at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel
Our full service can be found here: https://youtu.be/zT35Bjzr8VM
Pentecost celebrates the birth of the church, as Jesus' first followers were filled with the Spirit of God to show the love and life of God to all around them. Kath, Dave and Sam chat about what this day means to us and what it might be inviting us into as a church today.
You can watch all of our Sunday services from lockdown season on our Youtube channel at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel
Here's something really lovely for your Friday - a poem written and read by our very own Mark Chesters that gently leads us to asking questions of ourselves and of this season. Shhh for a while and listen - is there a thoroughly extraordinary normal that's calling out to you?
You can view this devotional on Youtube at https://youtu.be/mvrmeBq8lYQ
We're making regular, short devotional videos to help people in their thinking, meditation and prayer. These videos are available at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel.
In our Sunday services we're looking at Paul's letter to the Philippians. Near the end of that letter Paul gives an incredible encouragement to the church to consciously fill their minds with things that are honourable, true, just, pure, excellent and worthy of praise. Here's Kath, helping us to do just that.
You can view this devotional on Youtube at https://youtu.be/Fz0NMtuJZx4
We're making regular, short devotional videos to help people in their thinking, meditation and prayer. These videos are available at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel.
Our full service can be found here: https://youtu.be/9qSF0alRnng
We're approaching the end of this lovely letter from Paul to the church in Philippi. Now in chapter 4, we come to some really really amazing verses about anxiety, trust, reconciliation, and setting our minds on things of real and lasting truth and beauty. Dave speaks on the famous 'don't be anxious about anything' passage, saying that the phrase 'The Lord is near' is key to experiencing something of the freedom that this passage offers.
You can watch all of our Sunday services from lockdown season on our Youtube channel at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel
Jesus once asked a blind man 'What Is It That You Want?'. In this devotional Alex leads us in thought and prayer based on that question. It's worth noting that at one point Alex refers to a bush that is a part of the video version of this devotional. If you're listening to this audio version, then you may wish to locate a bush of your own (entirely optional). Or, if you'd prefer, you can view this devotional at https://youtu.be/SPdEUcRBRU0 for the full experience.
We're making regular, short devotional videos to help people in their thinking, meditation and prayer. These videos are available at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel.
Today's devotional is led by Dave, and is an encouragement and a space to let go of what we hold onto that doesn't give us life, in order to know the presence of Christ and our true self (which are less different than we might think).
We're making regular, short devotional videos to help people in their thinking, meditation and prayer. These videos are available at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel.
Our full service can be found here: https://youtu.be/1RIXSeztCfg
This week we're in Philippians 3, and here's Emily reading the chapter and Kath bringing some thoughts on what it can really mean for us to know Jesus in our everyday lives.
You can watch all of our Sunday services from lockdown season on our Youtube channel at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel
Sam leads a meditation to help us be more aware of ourselves, of God and of what Jesus might be wanting us to notice of himself in our day.
We're making regular, short devotional videos to help people in their thinking, meditation and prayer. These videos are available at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel.
Our full service can be found and watched here: https://youtu.be/t1uxf9j6tWk
Sam speaks on the second part of Philippians chapter 2, and what it might mean for us to be continually transformed in relationship with the self-giving God that Paul is so excited about.
You can watch all of our Sunday services from lockdown season on our Youtube channel at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel
I bet you haven't heard many devotionals about Timothy and Epaphroditus. It turns out, there's so much to glean and reflect on here, so here's our excellent guide Kath helping us reflect on how we can care for others, and be cared for ourselves. Enjoy.
Kath refers to 'The Servant Song' by John Niven. You can listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CySwPiZHUU
We're making regular, short devotional videos to help people in their thinking, meditation and prayer. These videos are available at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel.
You can watch this service in full at: https://youtu.be/lh4ja6ntIHY
Dave unpacks the incredible Kenosis Hymn of Philippians 2, and invites us to know this God who is categorically different from the other popular deities of Paul's day, and to live in and to live out his love and selflessness in our own lives.
You can watch all of our Sunday services from lockdown season on our Youtube channel at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel
Harriet Morris narrates this beautiful time from the depths of the northumbrian countryside as we contemplate some of what the trees have to teach us.
The visuals that are a part of this devotional are stunning. If you're able to participate in this devotional on youtube, then it's well worth doing that here: https://youtu.be/3fSOJOIFblU
We're making regular, short devotional videos to help people in their thinking, meditation and prayer. These videos are available at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel.
Dave leads this devotional to help us think about our breath and what it means to breathe God's breath. Take some time, sit down, or go for a walk, and enjoy. :)
The song Dave refers to is Yahweh by Rend Collective. You can listen to the song by:
clicking here to listen on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd7R1H79Vok
clicking here to listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6Gra734TN3lTipXxvw7GKm
We're making regular, short devotional videos to help people in their thinking, meditation and prayer. These videos are available at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel.
You can watch this service in full at https://youtu.be/ZOWUa271LKY
Al reads from Philippians 1, and Kath continues our series on this 'letter from lockdown' and how this second part of chapter 1 might relate to us, even though we're unlikely to be in prison for our faith in Jesus in the UK in 2020.
You can watch all of our Sunday services from lockdown season on our Youtube channel at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel
Sally leads us through a meditation on the ways we can put up defences to protect ourselves, but how these defences can also stop us being transformed by God's love. In this beautiful devotional, she invites us to let go of our defences in prayer.
We're making regular, short devotional videos to help people in their thinking, meditation and prayer. These videos are available at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel.
This is a truly lovely way to spend 12 minutes. A beautiful encouragement from Mark Chesters towards gratitude, haikus, and sitting in the glow of the sun.
We're making regular, short devotional videos to help people in their thinking, meditation and prayer. These videos are available at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel.
You can watch this service in full at https://youtu.be/UpLaK_5XxpY
Dave begins our series on the book of Philippians by introducing some of what we can learn from Paul himself throughout this letter. This is Paul in a place of maturity, peace and joy. This deep rootedness seeps through the language of this short book and can awaken a longing in us to journey towards something of the spiritual maturity that Paul came to know.
You can watch all of our Sunday services from lockdown season on our Youtube channel at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel
Our latest devotional - a reflective reading of the Emmaus Road story from Luke's gospel, led by Alex Mabbs. We're loving making these, and love hearing from those of you who are making use of and enjoying them. Take 12 minutes, enjoy the space.
We're making regular, short devotional videos to help people in their thinking, meditation and prayer. These videos are available at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel.
Join Kath on her walk to the woods, as she reflects on how we can greet the 'powerful stranger' of Here.
You may wish to view this devotional in its original video form. Find it on youtube here: https://youtu.be/qJ_dCibNCN4
We're making regular, short devotional videos to help people in their thinking, meditation and prayer. These videos are available at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel.
You can watch our full Easter Sunday service at https://youtu.be/7c_rwn59vjQ
In a slightly unconventional approach to giving sermons, Kath, Dave and Sam record their conversation from Zoom about how the resurrection narratives are currently speaking to them, and what these extraordinary stories have to speak into our church and into our world in this bizarre and slightly scary season.
You can watch all of our Sunday services from lockdown season on our Youtube channel at youtube.com/onechurchbrightonchannel
We're spending Lent looking at Ruth Valerio's book 'Saying Yes to Life' and asking what this time of year asks of us in terms of our response to caring for creation and combatting the path of our world towards catastrophic climate change.
This week we're looking at the final part of the story of Ruth, in which the story reaches it's wonderfully fulfilling conclusion. Sam looks at how some of the threads of the story tie back together and how this story ushers us to play our part in God's redemptive work in each other.
It's week 3 of our time in this glorious yet everyday story of Ruth. Dave tackles chapters 2 and 3, in which Ruth and Boaz begin to forge their relationship.
In our second week of looking at the book of Ruth, Sam speaks on the experience of exile and return that is absolutely key through the biblical narrative, but which is also key for all of us as we journey through life. All of us need to experience being lost and found, being exiled and then home, going and returning. Weirdly, in that painful process is redemption and healing.
Dave opens our series on the fascinating, rich and subversive story of Ruth by exploring something of the ancient context of this story. When we understand the world in which this story was written we can receive the lessons of this story for ourselves.
Dave asks the question of how our lives might actually, practically look different if we followed the command to keep the Sabbath.
Dave continues our series looking at the Sabbath and how we can begin our year, and centre our lives, around this beautiful gift and practise of ceasing and rest.
We're beginning the year a little differently. Instead of taking something up, why not cut some things out and embrace rest? This month we're looking at the principle of Sabbath - of stopping, and this week Sam introduces this theme and looks at its presence in the earliest parts of scripture.