Avenue Community Church Sermons: Recent Episodes
Avenue Community Church, Leicester
Listen to the latest sermons from Avenue Community Church in Clarendon Park, Leicester.
We are a community of people who God has brought together to follow Jesus and seek to help others know and love Jesus as their king. You can find out more at avenue.org.uk.
Life with the God who speaks - how does God's word actually impact our lives?
Passage: Psalm 119: 1-8, 169-176
Preacher: Andy Robinson
For our Weekend at Home and continuing our Summer Psalms series, we welcomed Andy Robinson to guide us through the longest psalm in the Bible - Psalm 119.
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Life with the God who speaks - how does God's word actually impact our lives?
Passage: Psalm 119: 1-8, 169-176
Preacher: Andy Robinson
For our Weekend at Home and continuing our Summer Psalms series, we welcomed Andy Robinson to guide us through the longest psalm in the Bible - Psalm 119.
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Life with the God who speaks - how does God's word actually impact our lives?
Passage: Psalm 119:97-112
Preacher: Andy Robinson
For our Weekend at Home and continuing our Summer Psalms series, we welcomed Andy Robinson to guide us through the longest psalm in the Bible - Psalm 119.
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
God rescues his people in unexpected ways – ultimately, through the death and resurrection of his Son Jesus.
Preacher: Richard BrewsterPassage: Psalm 118
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
The LORD wants people from every nation to know him and praise him through the witness of his people.
Preacher: Matt Wallis
Passage: Psalm 117
You can watch a video of this sermon on YouTube.
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Jesus was raised from the dead on the third day – and because of his victory, even fearful failures can now follow him.
Preacher: Richard BrewsterPassage: Mark 15:40-16:8
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Jesus took the wrath of God for our sin on himself, so that the way is now open for us to come to God.Preacher: Richard BrewsterPassage: Mark 15:21-39Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Jesus was condemned to death - an innocent man - so that the guilty can go free.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Mark 15:1-20
You can watch a video of this sermon on YouTube.
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Jesus is denied by both his enemies and his friends – but he remains faithful to the end.Preacher: Richard BrewsterPassage: Mark 14:53-72Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Jesus knows all about our sin and weakness – and yet he still willingly submitted to the Father and went to the cross for us.
Preacher: Richard BrewsterPassage: Mark 14:27-51
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Jesus is our Passover Lamb who gives his body and blood to save us from our sin and welcome us round God’s table.Preacher: Pete CansdalePassage: Mark 14:12-26Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Richard Brewster explains what baptism is in preparation to baptise three people during our baptism service.
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
An all-age service, celebrating the wonderful news – Christ is risen!
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Jesus is worthy of everything we can give to him, because he has given everything for us.Preacher: Richard BrewsterPassage: Mark 14:1-11Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Therefore, keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back” (Mark 13:35)Preacher: Dan JamesPassage: Mark 13Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Exploring some of the Bible’s teaching on money, possessions, and how we can learn to be generous as we look to Jesus.
Preacher: Pete CansdalePassage: Luke 12:13-34
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Jesus hates pride, greed and oppression of the vulnerable – and so should his disciples.Preacher: Joel MurrayPassage: Mark 12:38-44Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Jesus commands us to love God and love our neighbour; he shows us what that looks like; and he empowers us to obey him.
Preacher: Mike Warriner
Passage: Mark 12:28-37About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus’ enemies try to catch him out, but he is “the wisdom of God” and they cannot outwit him – unless he gives himself willingly into their hands.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Mark 12:13-27
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Jesus is the Son of God rejected by sinners, with the authority to judge and to save.Preacher: Richard BrewsterPassage: Mark 11:27-12:12Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Jesus is God’s King come to judge sin, so that all nations can come to God, be forgiven by him, and pray to him as Father.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Mark 11:12-25
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Jesus enters Jerusalem as a humble king, come to save his people in an unexpected way.Preacher: Pete CansdalePassage: Mark 11:1-11Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Jesus’ call is to live as disciples of Jesus who make disciples for Jesus in this world.Passage: Matthew 28:16-20Preacher: Richard BrewsterAbout Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website: https://avenue.org.uk/.
Jesus loves the church so much he invites and equips each one of us to play our part in building it.Preacher: Richard BrewsterPassage: Ephesians 4:1-16Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Jesus invites us to come to him and learn from him, so we become more like him in this world.
Preacher: Richard BrewsterPassage: Matthew 11:28-30
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue.
Jesus died and rose again to give us a new life, a new family, and a new purpose.This message is from a baptismal service.
Passage: Matthew 28: 16-20
Preacher: Richard BrewsterAbout Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus is the creator God, supreme over all things, who came to reconcile us to God.
Preacher: Pete CansdalePassage: Colossians 1:15-20About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” (1 John 5:13)
Preacher: Richard BrewsterPassage: 1 John 5:13-21
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
The true children of God are those who believe that Jesus is the Messiah and that he died for us.Preacher: Richard BrewsterPassage: 1 John 5:1-12About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
We know God loves us because he sent Jesus to die for us, so that we can live lives of love for him in this world.
Preacher: Mike WarrinerPassage: 1 John 4:7-21About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
The Holy Spirit always leads us to Jesus and shows us more of Jesus. A Spirit-filled Christian is someone who loves and trusts in Jesus.
Preacher: Dan James
Passage: 1 John 4:1-6
You can watch a video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
When our hearts condemn us, we respond by trusting in the saving work of Jesus alongside our fellow believers.Preacher: Richard BrewsterPassage: 1 John 3:19-24About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
The sign that we have moved from death to life is that we love one another with actions and in truth.Preacher: Joel MurrayPassage: 1 John 3:11-18About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
God’s true children are loved by God and have a glorious future; in the meantime, we no longer live in sin but have a new life in Christ.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: 1 John 2:28-3:10
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Anyone truly anointed by the Holy Spirit trusts in Jesus’ saving work in saving them.
Preacher: Pete Cansdale
Passage: 1 John 2:18-27
You can watch a video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Love for God means we no longer look to the things of this world to save or satisfy us.Passage: 1 John 2:15-17Preacher: Dan JamesAbout Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
John encourages and reassures his readers with all the evidence that they belong to God and are loved by him.
Passage: 1 John 2:12-14
Preacher: Richard Brewster
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
A life transformed by Jesus is a life that looks like Jesus – in our obedience to God and our love for other believers.Passage: 1 John 2:3-11Preacher: Richard BrewsterAbout Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.#jesus #bible # leicester
If we walk in the light with God, we can confess our sins and be purified from them through Jesus’ atoning sacrifice.
Passage: 1 John 1:5 - 2:2 Preacher: Dan James
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus is the Word of life – fully human and fully God – and it’s only through him that we have fellowship with God and with one another.
Passage: 1 John 1:1-4
Preacher: Richard Brewster
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
We live a thankful life by continuing to trust in God’s saving grace and by continuing to call on his name day by day.
Preacher: Mike WarrinerPassage: Psalm 116
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
We can trust in the LORD because he is glorious, he remembers his covenant with us, and he will bless us both now and forever.
Preacher: John Coffey Passage: Psalm 115
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
The living God is a God of awesome power, who uses his strength for the sake of his people.
Preacher: Joel Murray Passage: Psalm 114
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
The LORD is exalted above the heavens – and yet he cares for the poor and the needy.
Preacher: David Armitage Passage: Psalm 113
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue.
Those who fear the Lord will reflect His character in the world.
Preacher: Richard Brewster Passage: Psalm 112
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue.
The living God is always good to his people – and so we fear and worship him together.
Preacher: Ben Wright Passage: Psalm 111
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
A royal psalm pointing us forward to the Messiah – the King of kings and our merciful high priest.
Preacher: Richard Brewster Passage: Psalm 110
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
After the fifth sermon from Lamentations, Mike Warriner (Elder) fielded questions from the congregation to Richard Brewster (Pastor).
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website: https://avenue.org.uk/.
In all our suffering and sorrows, we can cry out to the living God and ask him to restore us.
Preacher: Richard Brewster Passage: Lamentations 5
You can watch a video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website: https://avenue.org.uk/.
Idols (whether created things or people) will always let us down in the end – only the living God can save and satisfy us.
Preacher: Dan James Passage: Lamentations 4
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
Our only hope in a broken world is the goodness and faithfulness of the living God – expressed supremely to us in the “man of sorrows”, Jesus Christ.
Preacher: Richard Brewster Passage: Lamentations 3
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
The living God is holy, he must punish sin and evil – and he alone can save us from his wrath.
Preacher: Dan James Passage: Lamentations 2
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue.
We live in a world broken by sin where we will experience suffering – and we can bring all our sorrows and questions to the living God.
Preacher: Richard Brewster Passage: Lamentations 1
You can watch a video of this sermon on YouTube.
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue.
Blind Bartimaeus is a model disciple – he knows he needs Jesus, he asks Jesus for mercy, and he follows Jesus.
Preacher: Pete Cansdale Passage: Mark 10:46-52
You can watch a video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Preacher: Richard BrewsterPassage: Mark 10:32-45
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus tells us to enter the kingdom of God “like a little child” – not trusting in anything we have done but trusting in what he has done.Preacher: Dan JamesPassage: Mark 10:13-31About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Disciples of Jesus honour marriage as a gift and creation of God.
Preacher: Dan JamesPassage: Mark 10:1-12
You can watch a video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Disciples are people who 'learn Jesus' together.
Preacher: Richard BrewsterPassage: Mark 9:30-50
You can watch a video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Even when our faith feels weak, Jesus has the power to save us.Preacher: Richard BrewsterPassage: Mark 9:14-29About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus is God’s majestic King and God tells us to listen to him above anyone else.
Preacher: Dan James
Passage: Mark 9:1-13
You can watch video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
A disciple of Jesus is someone who denies themselves, takes up their cross, and follows him.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Mark 8:34-38
You can watch video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus is God’s special King who demands a response from each one of us.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Mark 8:22-33
You can watch video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus’ miracles are signs intended to point us to him and not to themselves.
Preacher: Dan James
Passage: Mark 8:1-21
You can watch video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus opens our ears and mouths so we can hear him and speak for him.
Preacher: Pete Cansdale
Passage: Mark 7:31-37
You can watch video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
The sermon at our baptism service, celebrating the saving grace of God in the lives of people in our church family: Ben Coffey and Emily Booty.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Matthew 28:16-20
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue on our website.
“There is one God, who exists eternally in three distinct but equal persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.”
So says our statement of faith. But what does the Bible actually say about the Trinity? And why does knowing God as Trinity so important to us as Christians, both now and throughout the history of the church?
This seminar was given as part of a five27 meeting.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus can surprise us and test our faith to see if we truly depend on him.
Preacher: Dan James
Passage: Mark 7:24-30
You can watch video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus shows us our uncleanness goes deeper than we think, to our hearts – and he alone can change our hearts.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Mark 7:1-23
You can watch video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus is Lord over chaos and evil, so we don’t have to be afraid.
Preacher: Joel Murray
Passage: Mark 6:45-56
You can watch video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Reading the Bible one-to-one is a great way to grow and equip us as disciples of Jesus who make disciples for Jesus of one another. This interactive seminar to explore together the why and how of reading the Bible one-to-one with someone.
This episode is designed to be listened to along with these handouts which you can download to use at home:
- How to read the Bible one-to-one
- Two simple frameworks for Bible reading
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Disciples of Jesus can only feed people with food we ourselves receive from Jesus.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Mark 6:30-44
You can watch video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
John the Baptist was the forerunner of Jesus, even to the point of being rejected and killed unjustly.
Preacher: Mike Warriner
Passage: Mark 6:14-29
You can watch video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Distinctives is our occasional topical sermon series exploring our convictions as a church.
This week: how having deacons in a local church can serve and strengthen the church.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passages: Acts 6:1-7 & 1 Timothy 3:8-13
You can watch a video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus knows what it’s like to be rejected and so he sends his disciples out on mission in dependence on him.
Preacher: Dan James
Passage: Mark 6:1-13
You can watch video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus has authority over sickness and death, and he invites us to trust him even when there seems to be no hope.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Mark 5:21-43
You can watch a video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus is stronger than the forces of evil and he is able to save us.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Mark 5:1-20
You can watch a video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Our Stories of Change evenings give us a chance to hear the difference following Jesus has made to the lives of people in our church family.
On Sunday 4 December 2022 we heard from Adam Blair.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Our Stories of Change evenings give us a chance to hear the difference following Jesus has made to the lives of people in our church family.
On Sunday 4 December 2022 we heard from Sue Shore.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Preacher: Dan James
Passage: Mark 4:35-41
You can watch a video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus is Lord over creation and he calls us to trust him completely.
Preacher: Mike Warriner
Passage: Mark 4:21-34
You can watch a video of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus tells us there will always be different responses to his word – and his word is powerful to change us.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Mark 4:1-20
You can watch the live stream of this sermon on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Distinctives is our occasional topical sermon series exploring our convictions as a church.
This week: church membership - what it is and why it matters.
Preacher: Dan James
Passage: Ephesians 4
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Distinctives is our occasional topical sermon series exploring our convictions as a church.
This week: men and women: “You are all one in Christ Jesus”.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Galatians 3:26-29
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
The 5th in our 5-week bible overview to help us see how the whole Bible fits together and points us ultimately to Jesus and the life we find only in him.
This week we see our place in God's story, looking at the books from Acts to Revelation.
This episode is designed to be listened to along with the handout which you can download to use at home.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus is the binder of Satan who calls us into his family.
Preacher: Dan James
Passage: Mark 3:20-35
You can watch the live stream of this service on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
The 4th in our 5-week bible overview to help us see how the whole Bible fits together and points us ultimately to Jesus and the life we find only in him.
This week we see the coming of the King in books Matthew to John.
This episode is designed to be listened to along with the handout which you can download to use at home.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus forms a new people of God and calls us into it.
Preacher: David Armitage
Passage: Mark 3:7-19
You can watch the live stream of this service on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
The 3rd in our 5-week bible overview to help us see how the whole Bible fits together and points us ultimately to Jesus and the life we find only in him.
This week we discuss how things fell apart in 1 Kings to Malachi.
This episode is designed to be listened to along with the handout which you can download to use at home.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath and he alone gives us rest.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Mark 2:23 - 3:6
You can watch the live stream of this service on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
The 2nd in our 5-week bible overview to help us see how the whole Bible fits together and points us ultimately to Jesus and the life we find only in him.
This week we explore the This week we explore the God who rescues in Exodus through to 1 Kings.
This episode is designed to be listened to along with the handout which you can download to use at home.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
Jesus welcomes sinners to eat with him and be healed by him.
Preacher: Dan James
Passage: Mark 2:13-22
You can watch the live stream of this service on YouTube.
About Avenue Community Church: we are a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more on the Avenue website.
The 1st in our 5-week bible overview to help us see how the whole Bible fits together and points us ultimately to Jesus and the life we find only in him.
This week we explore the beginning: Genesis 1-50.
This episode is designed to be listened to along with the handout which you can download to use at home.
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Jesus has the authority to forgive sins if we come to him.
Preacher: Pete Cansdale
Passage: Mark 2:1-12
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Jesus came into the world to preach the good news of the kingdom in word and deed.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Mark 1:35-45
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Service on baptism for Nathan Cansdale, Mattias Pilar, and Jamie James.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Romans 6:3-4
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue at: https://avenue.org.uk/.
Jesus has the authority to call ordinary people to follow him and make disciples for him in this world.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Mark 1:16-34
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Jesus entered our world to rescue us and bring us into God’s family forever.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Mark 1:1-15
Avenue Community Church is a group of people based in Clarendon Park, Leicester, seeking to know God and make him known. Find out more about Avenue at: https://avenue.org.uk/.
We can bring our pains and betrayals to God, knowing that he is familiar with suffering and that he is on the side of his suffering people.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Psalm 109
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God calls us to fight in a spiritual war, and equips us to do so when we trust in him.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Psalm 108
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This psalm calls on us to “ponder the loving deeds of the LORD” (v43) – in salvation history and in our lives.
Preacher: Pete Cansdale
Passage: Psalm 107
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In spite of the repeated sin and failings of his people, God is gracious towards us and perseveres in his love towards us.
Preacher: David Armitage
Passage: Psalm 106
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God has always been faithful to his promises to us – and he always will be.
Preacher: Joel Murray
Passage: Psalm 105
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God is the creator, sustainer, and provider of all things – which is why we worship and trust him.
Preacher: Dan James
Passage: Psalm 104
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Remembering all that the LORD has done for us empowers us to keep trusting him and worshipping him in our lives.
Preacher: Daniel Parkinson
Passage: Psalm 103
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We can cry out to God in our suffering because we worship a God who is familiar with suffering
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Psalm 102
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The fourth chapter of Ruth shows God’s perfect redeemer for all of life.
Preacher: Dan James
Passage: Ruth 4
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The second chapter of Ruth shows God’s promised rest through the plans of life.
Preacher: Dan James Passage: Ruth 3
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The second chapter of Ruth shows God’s generous favour in the fields of life.
Preacher: Dan James
Passage: Ruth 2
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The first chapter of Ruth shows God’s loving kindness in the bitterness of life.
Preacher: Dan James
Passage: Ruth 1
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The command to "give thanks in all circumstances" is an invitation to draw near to the God who loves us in all the circumstances of our lives.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Colossians 3:15-17
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Paul was ready to be bound and to die in Jerusalem for the name of Jesus. His example shows us what it looks like to live resolutely as a Christian.
This is the third of three talks from the Avenue Weekend Away in May 2022.
Preacher: Andy Prime
Passage: Acts 22:25 - 23:35
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The church has been saved out of "this corrupt generation" to be devoted to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer."
This is the second of three talks from the Avenue Weekend Away in May 2022.
Preacher: Andy Prime
Passage: Acts 2:40-47
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The apostles were waiting for the promise of Jesus to receive the Holy Spirit. After Pentecost, God's people are no longer waiting but are sent.
This is the first of three talks from the Avenue Weekend Away in May 2022.
Preacher: Andy Prime
Passage: Acts 2:1-41
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We need God the way we need oxygen to breathe – and we can speak to him continually in the name of Jesus.
Preacher: Richard Brewster Passage: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
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God invites us all to find our joy in the Lord Jesus.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
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Jesus forgives and restores Peter after Peter had denied knowing him three times.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: John 21
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Thomas moves from doubting the resurrection of Jesus to worshipping the risen Jesus as his Lord and God.
Preacher: Matt Wallis
Passage: John 20:19-31
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On Easter Sunday, we hear about Mary Magdalene - the first person to meet the risen Jesus.
This service was an all-age service for Easter Sunday.
Preacher: Richard Brewster (with help from Dan Jones)
Passage: John 20:1-18
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Our Stories of Change evenings give us a chance to hear the difference following Jesus has made to the lives of people in our church family.
On Sunday 27 February 2022 we heard from Mike Warriner.
Our Stories of Change evenings give us a chance to hear the difference following Jesus has made to the lives of people in our church family.
On Sunday 27 February 2022 we heard from Wezi Ngwisha.
Jesus’ conversation with the Samaritan woman satisfies her thirst for love and meaning and transforms her into a worshipper and an evangelist.
Preacher: Dan James
Passage: John 4:1-42
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Jesus tells Nicodemus he must be born again – only the Holy Spirit can give us new life through Jesus’ saving death.
Preacher: Dan Parkinson
Passage: John 3:1-15
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Jesus transforms both Philip and Nathanael – Philip becomes an evangelist and sceptical Nathanael becomes a worshipper of Jesus.
(Apologies for sound issues, there were some technical difficulties!)
Preacher: Pete Cansdale
Passage: John 1:43-51
43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”
44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”
48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”
50 Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 He then added, “Very truly I tell you, you will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’ the Son of Man.”
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Nothing can separate us from the passionate love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Song of Songs 8
Chapter 8
She
1 Oh that you were like a brother to me
who nursed at my mother's breasts!
If I found you outside, I would kiss you,
and none would despise me.
2 I would lead you and bring you
into the house of my mother—
she who used to teach me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
the juice of my pomegranate.
3 His left hand is under my head,
and his right hand embraces me!
4 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
5 Who is that coming up from the wilderness,
leaning on her beloved?
Under the apple tree I awakened you.
There your mother was in labor with you;
there she who bore you was in labor.
6 Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm,
for love is strong as death,
jealousy is fierce as the grave.
Its flashes are flashes of fire,
the very flame of the Lord.
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can floods drown it.
If a man offered for love
all the wealth of his house,
he would be utterly despised.
Final Advice Others 8 We have a little sister,
and she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day when she is spoken for?
9 If she is a wall,
we will build on her a battlement of silver,
but if she is a door,
we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
She 10 I was a wall,
and my breasts were like towers;
then I was in his eyes
as one who finds[d] peace.
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon;
he let out the vineyard to keepers;
each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
12 My vineyard, my very own, is before me;
you, O Solomon, may have the thousand,
and the keepers of the fruit two hundred.
He 13 O you who dwell in the gardens,
with companions listening for your voice;
let me hear it.
She 14 Make haste, my beloved,
and be like a gazelle
or a young stag
on the mountains of spices.
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Jesus takes pleasure and delight in his people – and his love for us makes us beautiful.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Song of Songs 6:4 - 7:13
Chapter 7
He
1 How beautiful your sandalled feet,
O prince’s daughter!
Your graceful legs are like jewels,
the work of an artist’s hands.
2 Your navel is a rounded goblet
that never lacks blended wine.
Your waist is a mound of wheat
encircled by lilies.
3 Your breasts are like two fawns,
like twin fawns of a gazelle.
4 Your neck is like an ivory tower.
Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon
by the gate of Bath Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
looking towards Damascus.
5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.
Your hair is like royal tapestry;
the king is held captive by its tresses.
6 How beautiful you are and how pleasing,
my love, with your delights!
7 Your stature is like that of the palm,
and your breasts like clusters of fruit.
8 I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree;
I will take hold of its fruit.’
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine,
the fragrance of your breath like apples,
9 and your mouth like the best wine.
She May the wine go straight to my beloved,
flowing gently over lips and teeth.[d]
10 I belong to my beloved,
and his desire is for me.
11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
let us spend the night in the villages.[e]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards
to see if the vines have budded,
if their blossoms have opened,
and if the pomegranates are in bloom –
there I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes send out their fragrance,
and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
that I have stored up for you, my beloved.
You can read the full passage (from chapter 6 verse 4) on the Bible Gateway website.
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Sometimes Jesus will feel distant from us – but this is actually his invitation to search for him and find him in a deeper way
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Song of Songs 5:2 - 6:3
She 2 I slept but my heart was awake.
Listen! My beloved is knocking:
“Open to me, my sister, my darling,
my dove, my flawless one.
My head is drenched with dew,
my hair with the dampness of the night.”
3 I have taken off my robe—
must I put it on again?
I have washed my feet—
must I soil them again?
4 My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening;
my heart began to pound for him.
5 I arose to open for my beloved,
and my hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with flowing myrrh,
on the handles of the bolt.
6 I opened for my beloved,
but my beloved had left; he was gone.
My heart sank at his departure.
I looked for him but did not find him.
I called him but he did not answer.
7 The watchmen found me
as they made their rounds in the city.
They beat me, they bruised me;
they took away my cloak,
those watchmen of the walls!
8 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you—
if you find my beloved,
what will you tell him?
Tell him I am faint with love.
Friends 9 How is your beloved better than others,
most beautiful of women?
How is your beloved better than others,
that you so charge us?
She 10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
outstanding among ten thousand.
11 His head is purest gold;
his hair is wavy
and black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves
by the water streams,
washed in milk,
mounted like jewels.
13 His cheeks are like beds of spice
yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies
dripping with myrrh.
14 His arms are rods of gold
set with topaz.
His body is like polished ivory
decorated with lapis lazuli.
15 His legs are pillars of marble
set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,
choice as its cedars.
16 His mouth is sweetness itself;
he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved, this is my friend,
daughters of Jerusalem.
Friends 6 Where has your beloved gone,
most beautiful of women?
Which way did your beloved turn,
that we may look for him with you?
She 2 My beloved has gone down to his garden,
to the beds of spices,
to browse in the gardens
and to gather lilies.
3 I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;
he browses among the lilies.
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As the Song celebrates the wedding of the lovers, we see Christ’s passionate desire for us.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Song of Songs 3:6 - 5:1
She
6 Who is this coming up from the wilderness
like a column of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and incense
made from all the spices of the merchant?
7 Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,
escorted by sixty warriors,
the noblest of Israel,
8 all of them wearing the sword,
all experienced in battle,
each with his sword at his side,
prepared for the terrors of the night.
9 King Solomon made for himself the carriage;
he made it of wood from Lebanon.
10 Its posts he made of silver,
its base of gold.
Its seat was upholstered with purple,
its interior inlaid with love.
Daughters of Jerusalem, 11 come out,
and look, you daughters of Zion.
Look on King Solomon wearing a crown,
the crown with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding,
the day his heart rejoiced.
He 4 How beautiful you are, my darling!
Oh, how beautiful!
Your eyes behind your veil are doves.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
descending from the hills of Gilead.
2 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn,
coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin;
not one of them is alone.
3 Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;
your mouth is lovely.
Your temples behind your veil
are like the halves of a pomegranate.
4 Your neck is like the tower of David,
built with courses of stone;
on it hang a thousand shields,
all of them shields of warriors.
5 Your breasts are like two fawns,
like twin fawns of a gazelle
that browse among the lilies.
6 Until the day breaks
and the shadows flee,
I will go to the mountain of myrrh
and to the hill of incense.
7 You are altogether beautiful, my darling;
there is no flaw in you.
...you can read the rest of the passage on the Bible Gateway website.
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Eyres Monsell Sunday was a special service to hear about and pray for our desire to grow a church for the Eyres Monsell estate.
Preacher: Dan James
Passage: Matthew 28
1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
11 While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. 12 When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, 13 telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ 14 If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” 15 So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.
16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
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In this section of the Song, the man is suddenly and inexplicably absent from the woman - she longs for him to return and resolves to go looking for him until she finds him again.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Song of Songs 3:1-5
She
1 All night long on my bed
I looked for the one my heart loves;
I looked for him but did not find him.
2I will get up now and go about the city,
through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
So I looked for him but did not find him.
3The watchmen found me
as they made their rounds in the city.
“Have you seen the one my heart loves?”
4Scarcely had I passed them
when I found the one my heart loves.
I held him and would not let him go
till I had brought him to my mother’s house,
to the room of the one who conceived me.
5Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
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As the love and desire of the man and the woman in the Song grows, we learn that Jesus alone can satisfy our deepest desires - and amazingly, his deepest desire is to be with us!
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Song of Songs 2
She
1 I am a rose of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.
He 2 Like a lily among thorns
is my darling among the young women.
She 3 Like an apple[c] tree among the trees of the forest
is my beloved among the young men.
I delight to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
4 Let him lead me to the banquet hall,
and let his banner over me be love.
5 Strengthen me with raisins,
refresh me with apples,
for I am faint with love.
6 His left arm is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.
7 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
8 Listen! My beloved!
Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
bounding over the hills.
9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
10 My beloved spoke and said to me,
“Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, come with me.
11 See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
12 Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me.”
He 14 My dove in the clefts of the rock,
in the hiding places on the mountainside,
show me your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.
15 Catch for us the foxes,
the little foxes
that ruin the vineyards,
our vineyards that are in bloom.
She 16 My beloved is mine and I am his;
he browses among the lilies.
17 Until the day breaks
and the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved,
and be like a gazelle
or like a young stag
on the rugged hills.
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This section of the Song has a precious truth for us all: Jesus sees us clearly for who we really are (all our sin and our shame), and yet he still chooses to love us passionately and to declare us beautiful in his sight when we come to him in faith.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Song of Songs 1:2-17
She 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
for your love is more delightful than wine.
3 Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;
your name is like perfume poured out.
No wonder the young women love you!
4 Take me away with you—let us hurry!
Let the king bring me into his chambers.
Friends We rejoice and delight in you;
we will praise your love more than wine.
She How right they are to adore you!
5 Dark am I, yet lovely,
daughters of Jerusalem,
dark like the tents of Kedar,
like the tent curtains of Solomon.
6 Do not stare at me because I am dark,
because I am darkened by the sun.
My mother’s sons were angry with me
and made me take care of the vineyards;
my own vineyard I had to neglect.
7 Tell me, you whom I love,
where you graze your flock
and where you rest your sheep at midday.
Why should I be like a veiled woman
beside the flocks of your friends?
He 8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women,
follow the tracks of the sheep
and graze your young goats
by the tents of the shepherds.
9 I liken you, my darling, to a mare
among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.
10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,
your neck with strings of jewels.
11 We will make you earrings of gold,
studded with silver.
She 12 While the king was at his table,
my perfume spread its fragrance.
13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh
resting between my breasts.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
from the vineyards of En Gedi.
He 15 How beautiful you are, my darling!
Oh, how beautiful!
Your eyes are doves.
She 16 How handsome you are, my beloved!
Oh, how charming!
And our bed is verdant.
He 17 The beams of our house are cedars;
our rafters are firs.
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The Song of Songs is an amazing gift to us, full of wisdom for our human relationships and communicating a message to us at the heart of the gospel that we too easily forget in our lives: Jesus loves us with all the passionate love and desire of a husband for his wife.
Preacher: Richard Brewster
Passage: Song of Songs 1:1-4
"Solomon’s Song of Songs.
She
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
for your love is more delightful than wine.
Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;
your name is like perfume poured out.
No wonder the young women love you!
Take me away with you—let us hurry!
Let the king bring me into his chambers.
Friends
We rejoice and delight in you;
we will praise your love more than wine.
She
How right they are to adore you!"
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Paul has been clear with Timothy throughout this letter - the Christian life is a battle. The only way we can fight it and keep on fighting it together is by grabbing hold of the promises of who God is, what Christ has done for us, and what is guaranteed for us if we keep on trusting in him.
Preacher: Dan James.
Passage: 1 Timothy 6:11-16, 20-21.
But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while testifying before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I charge you to keep this command without spot or blame until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which God will bring about in his own time—God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. To him be honor and might forever. Amen.
Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge, which some have professed and in so doing have departed from the faith.
Grace be with you all.
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In this next section of 1 Timothy, Paul tells Timothy that the gospel should transform our attitude towards money and our use of it, both as individuals and as a local church.
We are called here to learn "godliness with contentment" (v6) and to become "rich in good deeds" (v18).
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Looking at part of the Christmas story, focussing on the magi following the star to see the child born King of the Jews. Preacher: Pete Cansdale. Passage: Matthew 2:1-12.
Looking at part of the Christmas story, focussing on the angels appearing to the shepherds on the night Jesus was born.
Preacher: Matt Wallis.
What we believe affects how we behave. So, when we face a crisis in life, where do we turn?
We can learn from Peter and John's release from custody to the Jewish authorities in Acts 4 how their belief in a God who answers prayer affected their response, and how we can apply their example to our own lives.
In this next section of 1 Timothy, Paul tells Timothy that a local church displays the gospel to a watching world in how they treat their elders, enjoy creation, and serve one another.
In this next section of 1 Timothy, Paul wants Timothy to see the difference knowing the God of grace should make to our relationships as God's household - in the way we love one another and the way we care for the vulnerable.
In this next section of 1 Timothy, Paul urges Timothy to pursue godliness with everything that he is and to help others do the same, so that all our lives are visibly changed by the gospel.
In 1 Timothy 4, Paul addresses some of the false teaching that was doing the rounds in the church in Ephesus.
In chapter 3, Paul outlines the qualifications for Overseers and Deacons in God's household in Ephesus
In the next chapter of 1 Timothy, Paul urges Timothy and the church at Ephesus to pray for all people.
In this next part of 1 Timothy, Paul tells Timothy to silence False Teachers. But what were these false teachers teaching?
"To Timothy, my true son in the faith" - This week we look at the first 2 verses of 1 Timothy
Introducing our series in the book of 1 Timothy, we look at Paul's description of the church from the middle of the letter
In Isaiah 55, we learn that God is utterly unlike us in his grace and mercy - and that is very good news for us! He invites thirsty, poor people like us to find forgiveness and transformation through Jesus.
Isaiah 40 is good news for weak and weary people. In it, we learn that the LORD is the everlasting God and he loves to renew the strength of his people when we trust him and cry out to him.
Isaiah 40 is good news for weak and weary people. In it, we learn that the LORD is the everlasting God and he loves to renew the strength of his people when we trust him and cry out to him.
In Philippians 2 we see an incredible picture of Jesus as the servant King. But what does that mean for us? Ben helps us think about that today.
The good news of Easter is good news for a broken world and good news for broken people like us. Because Jesus is alive today: - we have a glorious purpose as his people - we have his power available to us - we have his presence with us always
In Luke 19v28-44, Jesus comes into Jerusalem on a donkey, the crowds go wild, and Jesus cries. But why? What's going on here?
Following on from submitting to all earthly authorities, Peter carries on to apply that more specifically in this next section. Richard helps us think this through how it applies to us today.
Following on from submitting to all earthly authorities, Peter carries on to apply that more specifically in this next section. Richard helps us think this through how it applies to us today.
What is the purpose of the church? 1 Peter 2v9 tells us it is to "declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light."
In 1 Peter 2 v 9, Peter gives us an incredible description of the Church. We're going to slow down and a look at each of these pictures one at a time.
In 1 Peter 2 v 9, Peter gives us an incredible description of the Church. We're going to slow down and a look at each of these pictures one at a time.
In 1 Peter 2 v 9, Peter gives us an incredible description of the Church. We're going to slow down and a look at each of these pictures one at a time.
In 1 Peter 2 v 9, Peter gives us an incredible description of the Church. We're going to slow down and a look at each of these pictures one at a time.
In the next section of this letter, the apostle Peter begins talking about stones. But what's going on here? What's it all about? Today, Graham helps us think about this.
In verse 13, Peter turns from teaching Christians what they believe and what has been done for them, to teaching how Christians should behave as a result. In this section, we see that Christians are called to Hope Fully, Live Purely, Walk Reverently and Love Deeply.
What should we think during trials and times of suffering? 1 Peter 1v6-12 reminds us of glorious truths to help us endure in these times.
As we begin a new series in the book of 1 Peter, Richard introduces us to the man that wrote the book and the main themes of the letter.
Psalm 92 gives us a Psalm for the Lord's day. What do people who love God enjoy the most? Praising him together.
In Psalm 91 we learn that God will protect all those who trust in him. But what does that mean? What does that look like? Pete helps us think through that using this Psalm, which also helps us to see Jesus.
In Psalm 90 - a Psalm of Moses - we learn amazing truths about what God is like and what we are like.
God is good and life is hard. How do we live with these truths faithfully? In this sermon, Richard helps us explore this in Psalm 89.
In Psalm 88 we're faced with the question - can despair be praise? Can be anguish be worship? Psalm 88 answers - Yes, because both of those can be prayed.
As we continue a Summer that looks quite different to what we’re used to, we are continuing our pattern of meditating on the Psalms. We began this practice 15 years ago, and, each Summer, we pick up where we left off.
As we move into a Summer that looks quite different to what we’re used to, we want to continue with our annual pattern of meditating on the Psalms. We began this practice 15 years ago, and, each Summer, we pick up where we left off.
This teaching series takes us through Matthew 6:5-15, in which we find the famous 'Lord's Prayer' - Jesus' prayer that he taught his disciples (and us!) to pray. In this teaching, Pete talks us through the fifth line of this prayer, "give us today our daily bread"
This teaching series takes us through Matthew 6:5-15, in which we find the famous 'Lord's Prayer' - Jesus' prayer that he taught his disciples (and us!) to pray. In this teaching, Jake talks us through the fourth line of this prayer, "Your Will Be Done, on Earth as it is in Heaven".
This teaching series takes us through Matthew 6:5-15, in which we find the famous 'Lord's Prayer' - Jesus' prayer that he taught his disciples (and us!) to pray. In this teaching, Jake talks us through the third line of this prayer, "Your Kingdom Come".
The first thing Jesus instructs us to ask for is this - "Hallowed be your name". In this sermon, Dan pushes us to think a little deeper as to what is being asked by this request.
In his model prayer for us, Jesus teaches us to begin by calling God "Our father in heaven." What does that mean for us today? How could that affect the way we're praying?
"True prayer is the real me speaking to the real God." (C.S. Lewis) In the Lord's prayer (Matthew 6:9-13), Jesus teaches us how to pray by showing us who God really is and by showing us who we really are.
As Jesus hangs on the cross, before he dies, he cries out "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46) In this teaching, Richard explores what it meant for Jesus to say this, and how that points us not to a distant God, unable to sympathise with our suffering, but the opposite: a God who is intricately and personally involved in our pain. As we lead up to Easter, we're going to look at the things Jesus says during his his execution, beginning with these words. Though life is very different at the moment under Lockdown in the UK, Jesus' words and what they point us to are still as significant today as they were when he first spoke them.
It's the first week we are unable to meet in person, due to the outbreak of COVID-19. In this video, Richard shares some thoughts and teaching from Psalm 121. At the end of the video are some helpful questions for you and your family to discuss, and pray through together.
It's the first week we are unable to meet in person, due to the outbreak of COVID-19. In this video, Richard shares some thoughts and teaching from Psalm 121. At the end of the video are some helpful questions for you and your family to discuss, and pray through together.