Riverside Church, Birmingham, UK: Recent Episodes
Riverside Church
Welcome to Riverside Church. We want to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers in Birmingham and beyond. These are talks from our gatherings in Bournville and Moseley.
TEACHING SERIES: Fridge Magnet ChristianityTITLE: PhilippiansBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 28 September 2025Bible Passage: Philippians 4:13“I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”A verse often quoted as a motivational boost, but what did Paul really mean? We’ll explore how this passage is less about winning or achieving, and more about finding deep contentment in every circumstance.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Fridge Magnet ChristianityTITLE: JeremiahBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 28 September 2025Bible Passage: Jeremiah 29:11“For I know the plans I have for you…”This much-loved verse is often applied to individual success and prosperity. But in its original context, it spoke to a whole community living in exile. What does “hope and a future” mean when life doesn’t go to plan?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Risked itTITLE: Deeper in our discipleshipBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 21 September 2025Bible Passage: Acts 11:19-23What if following Jesus isn’t about doing more, but daring to remain where the deepest transformation takes place? Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Risked itTITLE: Braver In Our EvangelismBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 14 September 2025Bible Passage: Acts 11:19-23Everyone loves hearing good news. What could happen if we played our part in being bringers of hope?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Risked ItTITLE: Riskier In our FaithBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 7 September 2025Bible Passage: Matthew 25:14-30Life involves risk. Will we choose fear that holds us back, or trust that leads to growth?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Pity the FoolTITLE: DavidBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 31 August 2025Bible Passage: 2 Samuel 24:2-4 & 24:8-25It is foolish to rely on our own achievements to define our success. May we repent once again from this and give all the glory to God.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Pity the FoolTITLE: AbsalomBY: Jenny BarthowDATE: Sunday 24 August 2025Bible Passage: 2 Samuel 15:1-18 & 15:30-34It is foolishness to never be satisfied and to try to claw for more. Trust that God gives you what you need and has placed you where you are. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Pity the FoolTITLE: NabalBY: Ado MuronziDATE: Sunday 10 August 2025Bible Passage: 1 Samuel 25:2-42How do we invite the Holy Spirit to give us the fruit of gentleness when our foolishness leads us towards anger? Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Pity the FoolTITLE: SaulBY: Andy and Emma DaviesDATE: Sunday 10 August 2025Bible Passage: 1 Samuel 13:1-14God gives us clear directions through the Bible and puts people around us to keep us from making foolish mistakes. Do we pause to listen to their wisdom and advice?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Pity the FoolTITLE: SolomonBY: Ben PearsonDATE: Sunday 27 July 2025Bible Passage: 1 Kings 3:3-15The wisest person that ever existed still made mistakes. How much more do we need to seek God’s guidance and wisdom in our own lives?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Reset TITLE: Resetting to MaturityBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 20 July 2025Bible Passage: Philippians 10:3-16We’ll explore what true spiritual growth looks like as we journey from transformation to Christlikeness. Drawing from Ephesians 4 and Romans 12, we’ll look at what it means to answer the call to grow deeper in character, resilience, wisdom, and love. God doesn’t just want us saved, He wants us mature, reflecting Jesus in our thinking, habits, relationships, and service. Reflect on how the Holy Spirit empowers us to reset our mindset, rewire our patterns, and move from spiritual infancy to maturity.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Reset TITLE: Resetting to ChangeBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 13 July 2025Bible Passage: 2 Corinthians 3:7-18Life doesn’t always go as planned, but we can trust that God is always present and His promises never fail. He is the unshakable rock on which we build our lives, the only secure foundation.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: ResetTITLE: Resetting to ResilienceBY: Jeff LucasDATE: Sunday 05 July 2025Bible Passage: 1 Kings 19:1-18We journey with Elijah as he faces exhaustion, fear, and isolation, yet finds strength in God’s quiet presence. His moment of rest shows us how to build emotional and spiritual resilience in the face of burnout and discouragement.God doesn’t shame Elijah for his weakness. Instead, He meets him with grace, provision, and purpose.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: ResetTITLE: Resetting to FaithfulnessBY: Jeff LucasDATE: Sunday 5 July 2025Bible Passage: John 21:1-22We walk with Peter as he encounters the risen Jesus on the shores of Galilee. After failure and disappointment, Jesus invites Peter—and us—back into purpose through grace and remembrance. This sermon focuses on how faithfulness begins by remembering what God has already done.Jesus meets Peter not with shame, but with breakfast and a question: “Do you love me?” This moment becomes a turning point, restoring Peter’s calling and reigniting his faith. We’re reminded that God’s faithfulness doesn’t falter, even when ours does.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: ResetTITLE: Resetting to Joy, Jesus and FunBY: Jeff LucasDATE: Sunday 5 July 2025Bible Passage: Luke 15:22-27Discover how joy, laughter, and celebration are essential to life with God. Through the parables of the lost sheep, coin, and prodigal son, Jesus shows that heaven throws a party over every person who returns to Him.We explore Scriptures that affirm God’s joy-filled heart and challenge the false divide between holiness and happiness. Fun isn’t frivolous, it’s a reflection of God’s goodness. Laughter, play, and celebration are signs of life, learning, and love in His presence.If you’ve ever believed that following Jesus means giving up joy, this message invites you to reset your view and embrace the truth: with Jesus, the party has just begun.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: From Weary to WonderTITLE: The wonder of the God’s promisesBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 29 June 2025Bible Passage: Acts 27:13-44Life doesn’t always go as planned, but we can trust that God is always present and His promises never fail. He is the unshakable rock on which we build our lives, the only secure foundation.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: From Weary to WonderTITLE: The wonder of the Holy SpiritBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 22 June 2025Bible Passage: Acts 19:1-7The Holy Spirit empowers the Church. Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit, along with spiritual gifts like prophecy, tongues, and discernment, not for show, but to strengthen our faith and encourage others. These gifts are meant to build up the Church and draw people closer to an understanding of who God is. When used with humility and love, they become powerful tools for transformation and outreach.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
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TEACHING SERIES: From Weary to WonderTITLE: The wonder of healingBY: Sarah AugerDATE: Sunday 8 June 2025Bible Passage: Acts 9:32-43Healing is a topic that we each might approach with different feelings and experiences. But we see in Scripture that healing was never only for the individual, it served as the Gospel message pointing people to God’s love, power, and the hope we have in our eternal home.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: From Weary to WonderTITLE: The wonder of legacyBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 1 June 2025Bible Passage: Numbers 13:1-3a; 26-30Numbers 14:5-9; 20-24What do you do when the future looks uncertain…or even impossible?In a land full of giants, Caleb and Joshua saw a promise—not a problem. While fear paralysed others, they moved forward in confidence—not in themselves, but in the God who had proven faithful time and time again.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: From Weary to WonderTITLE: The wonder of a new identityBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 25 May 2025Bible Passage: Acts 9:1-19A relationship with Jesus brings us a brand new identity: one not based on the things of this world—power, position & popularity—but instead one simply based on being His child.The quiet faithfulness and assurance Ananias had from his identity as a child of God was used by God to help give Saul a brand new identity and turn his life upside down for the good. What would your life look like if you could truly grasp your identity coming just from your position as God’s child?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: From Weary to WonderTITLE: The wonder of discipleshipBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 18 May 2025Bible Passage: Acts 8:26-38The things we meditate on and fill our minds with are reflected in the person we become. To become more like Jesus—and understand what He meant when He said that by knowing Him, we can have life and have it to the full—we must spend time with Him. How do we rediscover the joy of personal discipleship, a hunger to engage with God’s word, and encourage one another to do the same?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
From weary to wonderBY: Sarah AugerDATE: Sunday 11 May 2025Bible Passage: Acts 8:8-18, Isaiah 40:28-31Out of our prayer and fasting days in January, there was a sense of weariness and a need to reawaken our relationships with God. We’ll read about the early church in Acts, looking to see what happens when the excitement stops, when tough times come and when we feel weary. How do we find a fresh perspective on life and a relationship with God?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Preparing the WayTITLE: What God asks of youBY: Nathanael Ballew DATE: Sunday 4 May 2025Bible Passage: Matthew 23:23-24, Micah 6:8Have you ever been so obsessed with the little details of a task, you’ve missed the big picture? Some call this “missing the forest for the trees”, and our relationship with God can be a lot like this. We can become so focused on external rule-following that we miss the deeper call to justice, love and faithfulness. True faith is not just about checking boxes but about a heart surrendered to God, seeking genuine change from the inside out.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Preparing the WayTITLE: What is our Misson?BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 27 April 2025Bible Passage: Matthew 28:16-20So we know Jesus as King. He has all the power and authority in the world and in our lives. We have seen the ways he has claimed the victory on our behalf—but now what? Turns out, we have a part to play as well. Jesus gives us a clear mission, one that requires faithful action and steadfast obedience. Will we accept it?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Preparing the WayTITLE: Easter: The King Who ReignsBY: Judy Moore DATE: Sunday 20 April 2025Bible Passage: Matthew 28:1-15It’s Easter Sunday! Jesus has risen, just as he said he would. What great news we have to share now! Jesus is alive and reigns as King over all of creation. This is the King that we have been preparing the way for—one who was able to defeat death once and for all and prepare a way for us to come into relationship with God the Father.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Preparing the WayTITLE: Welcome the KingBY: Sarah Thompson DATE: Sunday 13 April 2025Bible Passage: Matthew 21:1-11Jesus is the King of kings, and yet the image we have of him riding into the city on a donkey doesn’t feel very valiant. Matthew records Jesus stating that the kingdom of heaven is near, and every kingdom needs a King. But what kind of King is Jesus really? Are we prepared to lay down our cloaks and cry out “Hosanna, save us”? Or subtly, has the notion that we are the king of our own lives crept in?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Preparing the WayTITLE: What is the Cost?BY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 6 April 2025Bible Passage: Matthew 8:18-22Following Jesus is the best choice anyone will ever make, but it does come at a cost. Jesus models a life of sacrifice and service where he puts others first. What if we are faced with choices where we need to decide whether we have the stuff we’ve been dreaming of, or we lay it down to follow the servant, King Jesus? Perhaps we will discover there is a greater treasure than what we previously had our hearts set on.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Preparing the WayTITLE: What I’m WearyBY: Mel LynchDATE: Sunday 30 March 2025Bible Passage: Matthew 11:25-30There is an expectation that we always have more to do, that resting is lazy, and that taking time out can be seen as failure. What if the Kingdom of God offers an alternative lifestyle to the constant capitalist wheel that never sleeps? God himself was the author of resting in the creation narrative. Is chilling on the sofa with endless streaming options enough? Or is there something more fulfilling out there for when we are feeling weary and just exhausted?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Preparing the WayTITLE: Who Is Greatest?BY: Nathanal BallowDATE: Sunday 23 March 2025Bible Passage: Matthew 19: 13-15All of us will have tried to aim high and achieve greatness at some point in life—it’s conditioned into us from a young age. The teaching of Jesus often goes against the ways of the world—the last shall be first and the poor and meek are blessed. The status quo is flipped upside down by Jesus throughout his years in ministry. And children, who were seen as nuisances at the time, are elevated as the “greatest” perhaps without even trying. So instead of aiming for the crown, should we aim to bow down?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Preparing the WayTITLE: When We Get TemptedBY: Sarah AugerDATE: Sunday 16 March 2025Bible Passage: Matthew 4: 1-11The Bible says that we won’t be tempted beyond what we can bear, but that doesn’t mean we get to go through life without any temptation. Jesus himself was tempted physically and emotionally in the wilderness with desire, power and control. He uses his knowledge of scripture to counter the words of the devil. When we are distracted with other gods, kings and powers of the world, what can we learn from Jesus in how he fights temptation?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Preparing the WayTITLE: Interior LifeBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 9 March 2025Bible Passage: Matthew 6:1-18How much of our lives are for show? It’s not uncommon in church to feel the need to present as ‘good’ or ‘righteous’. And yet, how often to we fall short of the expectations we put on ourselves? What if Jesus isn’t as interested in what we are showing externally, but instead wants full commitment from our inner lives? Fasting is a useful personal discipline of abstinence which can help us grow closer to King Jesus - do we need to make sure we are doing it for the right reasons?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Preparing the WayTITLE: Where the Fruit?BY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 2 March 2025Bible Passage: Matthew 3:1-12 In a world where world leaders, on public stages, are seeking to build their own kingdoms—where do you go and what kingdom do you want to be part of? John the Baptist knew a different King and a different kingdom were coming. He prepares the way for that new King by giving one simple, and often misunderstood, direction: repent.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Not me, but youTITLE: Ruth Chapter 3BY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 16 February 2025Bible Passage: Ruth 4:1-22Sometimes the greatest acts of love can be seen in the midst of the greatest challenges and suffering. Through these acts of love, we can realise that even in the darkest times, God is still very much present..Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Not me, but youTITLE: Ruth Chapter 3BY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 16 February 2025Bible Passage: Ruth 3: 1-18When we try to go it alone, our plans can often falter and fail or not live up to our expectations. As we follow God’s plan, we can find a fulfilment and outcomes way beyond our own expectations. We can trust God for our future.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Not me, but youTITLE: Ruth Chapter 2BY: Sarah AugerDATE: Sunday 9 February 2025Bible Passage: Ruth 2:1-23When we come into God’s kingdom, we realise there are no outsiders. See how Ruth brings redemption to those who had been left out of God’s family.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Not me, but youTITLE: Ruth Chapter 1BY: Naomi WoodruffDATE: Sunday 2 February 2025Bible Passage: Ruth 1:6-22.Ruth put her focus on God, and in doing so found the strength to support Naomi in her greatest time of need. How can we point others to Jesus through the love and support we give to them, even if it comes at a cost to us?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Not me, but youTITLE: Overview of RuthBY: Nathanael BallewDATE: Sunday 26 January 2025Bible Passage: Matthew Chapter 1 Verse 1-6 and Ruth Chapter 1 Verse 1-5In today’s western world we are so often told to focus on meeting our own needs and our own self care. However, Ruth is a book that turns this narrative on its head. It's a story about someone who changed the lives of others for the better because they put God, not themselves, at the centre of their story. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: FoundationsTITLE: WorshipBY: Ben PearsonDATE: Sunday 19 January 2025Bible Passage: Psalm 63The world often has us looking inward, focusing on our own desires and struggles. But what if we turned our gaze outward and upward, discovering a greater purpose? What if our true fulfillment is found not in ourselves, but in worshipping a God who is unchanging, unfailing, and perfect in love? Worship is more than just a response—it’s a foundational aspect of our faith, shaping our relationship with God. When we sing in church, are we reminded of this incredible God—and the privilege we have to give Him our praise?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: FoundationsTITLE: PrayerBY: Tim ChliversDATE: Sunday 12 January 2025Bible Passage: Psalm 86:1-13Why is it that when most people experience a moment of crisis, we tend to cry out for something greater than ourselves? Is prayer only something for the hard times? What if instead, we view prayer as our foundation for a relationship with God—a two-way conversation, where we get to express our awe, give thanks, say sorry for our mistakes and ask for help in the big and little things of life.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: FoundationsTITLE: The BibleBY: Tim ChliversDATE: Sunday 5 January 2025Bible Passage: Psalm 119:97-104Where do you turn when you’re seeking answers—especially when you want to uncover the truth? What shapes your understanding of yourself, the world around you, and God? The Bible is more than just a source of information; it’s a foundational guide filled with wisdom to help you navigate life and make sense of it all.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Can I Get a Witness?TITLE: It’s the truth BY : Sarah AugerDATE: Sunday 8 December 2024Bible Passage: John 21:20-25In court cases, there are usually three types of witnesses: expert witnesses, character witnesses, and eye-witnesses. If you are an expert or character witness, you are usually being asked to comment on the basis of previous experiences, information and expertise.An eye-witness is very different—you are being asked to comment on what you actually saw and experienced in the current case. The same is true of encounters with Jesus. We all have opinions. But how often do we actually listen to the eye-witnesses?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Can I Get a Witness?TITLE: I don’t believe youBY: Nathanael BallewDATE: Sunday 1 December 2024In psychology, there is a well-known concept called ‘confirmation bias’. It is our tendency to interpret information in line with the beliefs and values that we already have. For example, imagine a scientist doing an experiment in which they get some new data. If that new data backs up their hypothesis, then they readily accept that data. However, if the data appears to contradict their working hypothesis, they presume that the data is somehow flawed and so they need to repeat the test.It is so easy for us to have confirmation bias in so many areas of life—politics, sport, friendships, even our view of God. But what if Jesus challenges our pre-existing beliefs? What then?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Can I Get a Witness?TITLE He told me everythingBY Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 24 November 2024Bible Passages: John 4:1-26, 39-42Have you ever been nervous to share something personal with your friends or family? Perhaps there are some secrets you hold that you feel too much shame around—but by withholding those secrets, it means no one could ever truly know the whole of you. When one woman encountered Jesus, he knew her secrets. But instead of shaming her, he showed her honour, love and respect and she couldn’t help but tell everyone about him.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Can I Get a Witness?TITLE I’m Not ItBY Sarah AugerDATE: Sunday 17 November 2024Bible Passages: John 1:19-37Have you ever pretended to be something, or someone, you are not? Perhaps you tried to convince a new boss that you knew what you were doing, when you didn’t have a clue. Or maybe, you hoped no-one would notice that you weren’t as impressive as they thought you were. Or maybe you actually believed you were more competent at something, and then discovered you actually had no idea. When it comes to Jesus, history is full of people who have tried to draw attention to themselves, rather than to Jesus. John the Baptist shows a different way—he knew there was something so incredible in Jesus, that meant he could never accept the focus being on him.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: I Want InTITLE In A MysteryBY Nathanael BallewDATE: Sunday 10 November 2024Bible Passages: Ephesians 3:1-21Have you ever needed glasses? The first time you put a pair of glasses on that have the correct lenses, it’s almost miraculous! The world suddenly becomes much, much clearer! It’s almost as if you hadn’t realised how fuzzy things were until you put on the right pair of glasses. The same is true about Jesus. Once we understand what is available in Jesus, it’s as if the mysteries of life suddenly become clearer.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: I Want InBY: Duncan BanksDATE: Sunday 27 October 2024From our guest speaker from the Further Faster Network.It's tough to get life right when you keep getting Jesus wrong. When you look deeper at Jesus, you understand everything about him is counter intuitive, counter cultural, upside down and maybe even a little backwards. So let's take a whistle-stop tour through his life and look at Jesus in a way we’ve maybe never looked at him before.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: I Want InTITLE In A Different Kind Of TribeBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 27 October 2024Bible Passages: Ephesians 2:11-22It is easy to nod along with Gandhi’s famous quote, ‘I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians.’ But what if our judgement about other Christians is more of a statement about ourselves than it is about them? The beautiful, and inconvenient, truth about being a Christian is that the moment we become Children of God is the same moment we become a brother and so sister to all other followers of Jesus. How do we cope when we really struggle with other people?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: I Want InTITLE In A Community Of GraceBY: Ben PersonDATE: Sunday 20 October 2024Bible Passage: Ephesians 2: 1-10EXCERPT:A famous story is told about C.S. Lewis, the twentieth-century English writer. During a conference on the difference and similarities between the major global religions, Lewis entered a room halfway through a debate. “What’s the rumpus about?”, he asked. He was told that they were discussing what was unique about Christianity. “Oh, that’s easy.” Lewis replied, “It’s grace.”Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: I Want InTITLE In The KnowBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 13 October 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Ephesians 1:15-21EXCERPT:In the prayer of thanksgiving from Ephesians 1:15-21, Paul encourages us to rediscover all the riches that we have by being “in Christ. “ He prays for the church that we would know God more. He asks that we live afresh in the hope we already have in what Jesus has done for us.His prayer is that we would know that the resurrection power that raised Jesus from the dead is the power that is in us.How differently do we see our lives through the lens of this prayer?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: I Want InTITLE You’re InBY: Nathanael BallewDATE: Sunday 6 October 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Ephesians Chapter 1, verse 13-14EXCERPT:Mahatma Gandhi famously once said, 'I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians.' It's not difficult to understand what he meant. Why is it that followers of Jesus seem, sometimes, to be so unlike the Jesus they follow? Why does Christianity often appear to be bad news, rather than good? And, for some of us, the question is much more personal... why is it so hard to see any change in our own lives? If Jesus came to change the world, why can't I seem to change the patterns and actions in my own life?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: I Want InTITLE In A Very Rich FamilyBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 29 September 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Ephesians 1EXCERPT:When you were young, did you judge a Christmas present on the size of the present? Were you slightly disappointed when you got a smaller parcel than someone else? What if God offers something to you that is the best possible gift, and yet you completed misjudged what it was.What if his gift to you was so much more wonderful than you ever realised.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: I Want InTITLE: Unless you bless meBY: Sarah AugerDATE: Sunday 22 September 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Acts 19:1-21EXCERPT:What if Jesus wants to disrupt everything you ever believed to be true? What if the offer he extends to you is more incredible than you ever imagined, more disruptive to your life than you thought, and more transformational than you could ever dream?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: A Necessary EmbraceTITLE: Unless you bless meBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 15 September 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Genesis 32:22-32EXCERPT:There is one flag around the world that signifies surrender – the white flag. In war, when the white flag is raised, the battle is over. What if we could wave a white flag towards God?In the ancient story of Jacob, we witness a ‘white flag’ being waved. But, this white flag is no ordinary flag. In fact, as we look closely, we get to see that the flag is being held by Jacob, and by God! And maybe in that moment we realise something – that faith and struggling are much more closely linked than we would ever imagine.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: A Necessary EmbraceBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 8 September 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Genesis 32:22-32EXCERPT:Imagine if you came face to face with God, what do you think would happen? What impact would it have on your life? The ancient figure of Jacob discovered that it changed everything. He was never the same again. That’s because once you’ve been face to face with God, you can be face to face with anything.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: A Necessary EmbraceTITLE: Unless you bless meBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 1 September 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Genesis 32:22-32EXCERPT:Life doesn’t just happen to you…you’ve got to make life happen for you. That’s the mantra, isn’t it? You can’t trust anyone except yourself. And so, if you want to be successful in life, you’ve got to get out there and make it happen. That’s what Jacob thought. But he was in for a shock. Join us as we begin this series to discover the shock of discovering that you aren’t the one in control of your destiny.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Closer Than You KnowTITLE: Don’t Stress The DetailsBY: Nathanael BallewDATE: Sunday 25 August 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Exodus 3:16-22EXCERPT:Can we compromise? God has shown in the Bible that he is faithful through the generations. And he asks us to love him with all that we have. But do we find it too easy at times to compromise on his commands?Are you a planner or a blagger?! Some of us need all the details sorted before we act, whereas others are happy to see what happens. Either way, taking a step of faith is not always easy. We can never know for sure what will happen, and all of the details won’t be clear until they happen. And even then, we wont please everybody! But, the example of Moses reveals that there is only one way to know that God goes with us, and that is by going his way.‘The person in the room who has the most hope, has the most influence’(Sarah Yardley)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Closer Than You KnowTITLE: How To Know?BY: Olivia AnwanaDATE: Sunday 18 August 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Exodus 3:11-15EXCERPT:We all need guidance in life at some point…whether a decision is wise, what we should do, or which is the best opportunity to take. How do we know what God wants? How does God guide us, and can we ever be 100% sure? When looking for guidance, how did we know if something is of God or not? Moses learnt some crucial lessons about God’s guidance. There are some important things to look to and to remember. But, he also discovered that there’s only ever one way to really know…it’s after you’ve taken a step of faith and see what God has done.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Closer Than You KnowTITLE: Longing for the miracleBY: Naomi WoodruffDATE: Sunday 11 August 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Exodus 3:8-10EXCERPT:So often, we look for the spectacular. We long for God to do amazing miracles, that calm our doubts and help us believe. But what if miracles are sometimes more mundane than that? God’s people were looking for a miracle. No doubt Moses was, too! But what he didn’t bargain for was that he might end up being the miracle. It when we look back through our lives, we see God’s fingerprints. And then we begin to see his plan for our lives.“Every human being has a great, yet often unknown gift: to care, to be compassionate, to become present to the other, to listen, to hear and receive…If that gift would be set free and made available, miracles could take place.”(Henri Nouwen)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Closer Than You KnowTITLE: Look Who’s TalkingBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 4 August 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Exodus 3:6-8EXCERPT:Have you ever been in a situation when someone has really surprised you in the way they act? What if God is like that? If we have the wrong view of God, it dramatically impacts what we presume he might be doing or saying. If we have an unhealthy view of God, it may feel devastating when we go through times that God feels distant or silent. Having the right view of ourselves and God changes how we expect him to act and how we expect him to care.“I believe in God, but I don’t believe in the God that you don’t believe in.”(Anon)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Closer Than You KnowSERMON TITLE: Turn To SeeBY: Jenny BarthowDATE: Sunday 28 July 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Exodus 3:1-3EXCERPT:In Exodus 3:3-4, the exact same phrase is used twice: Moses ‘goes over to look’ at the burning bush and God sees that Moses has ‘gone over to look’. This phrase is important and has two aspects to it:a.Turning away from one direction.b.Giving attention to another direction.This is crucial in our search for God. We often long to experience that he is close or hear his voice. But what if it started with us? What if the first step is actively turning towards him?“Prayer is never the first word; it is always the second word. God has the first word.”(Eugene Peterson)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Closer Than You KnowSERMON TITLE: The One Who HearsBY: Andy WorthingtonDATE: Sunday 21 July 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Exodus 2:11-25EXCERPT:God hears and sees even when you’re in the middle of circumstances where it might seem that he doesn’t.“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamour of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” (Martin Luther King)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: What’s In A Word?TITLE: In The UnknownBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday, 16 July 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Psalm 103; 11-17EXCERPT:Looking at God’s faithfulness in the unknown.As we looked at God’s faithfulness to Riverside’s in the last 40 years, this week we look at how He is faithful in the unknown, and we trust Him to lead us in these next 40 years.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: What’s In A Word?TITLE: Through The YearsBY: Tim Chilvers and Nick CuthbertDATE: Sunday, 07 July 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Psalm 100EXCERPT:Looking at God’s faithfulness through the years.As we are celebrating Riverside 40th birthday, we look at what God has done, is doing and our expectation and hope for what he will do. He is faithful.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: What’s In A Word?TITLE: When We Are NotBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday, 30 June 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Psalm 25:4-11EXCERPT:God remains faithful even when we don’t. When we get it wrong. He gets it right.We look at what God has done, is doing and our expectation and hope for what he will do. He is faithful.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: CitizenTITLE: Finding Meaning In The MayhemBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday, 23 June 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Daniel 12:5-13 (Daniel 10-12)EXCERPT:“It just doesn’t make sense.” Have you ever said that to yourself? Whether it’s some homework that you don’t understand, a form you need to fill in, or a situation that is beyond you, we all face perplexing things sometimes. What if it is life in general? And, what if the hardship you go through seems to cloud out God. Is there ever any meaning in times of mayhem?“Our godlike beauty is hidden beneath curtains of shame.” (Gregory Of Nyssa) “The Church of Christ in this world always was and will be oppressed – either by a false protection, converting it into a tool of the state, to Caesar’s ends, or by persecution.” (Nikolai Berdyaev)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Citizen TITLE: How To Survive The End Of The WorldBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday, 16 June 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Daniel 7:9-14 (Daniel 7-9)EXCERPT:Since Covid there’s been a big influx of apocalyptic movies and endurance entertainment. We’re fascinated by the stories and intensity, and some of us secretly long for a life that is simply about survival. And yet, beyond the entertainment, our culture doesn’t offer much hope. What if there was really hope in the face of the end of the world!“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually, then suddenly.” (Ernest Hemingway, The Sun also Rises) “I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent.” (Dwight D. Eisenhower)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: CitizenSERMON TITLE: Under PressureBY: Nathanael BallewDATE: Sunday 9 June 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Daniel 6:10-16 (Daniel 4 & 5)EXCERPT:What are you like under pressure? Do you thrive on the adrenaline, or do you buckle under the weight? Each of us is different in times of real pressure, for a whole variety of reasons. But one thing is sure – if you know the outcome, it changes how you see the situation. Daniel faced a choice. He could have acted to avoid the pressure. But instead, he chose the path of immense pressure, all because he knew who was fighting with him. That changes everything“Faith is refusal to panic” (Martyn Lloyd-Jones) Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: CitizenSERMON TITLE: Speaking Truth To PowerBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 2 June 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Daniel 4:1-3 (Daniel 4 & 5)EXCERPT:Who is the most powerful person you know? What does it mean to be ‘powerful’? And how can we use that power in a healthy and good way, rather than a destructive, self-centred way?“We are easily drawn in by energy, drive, charisma and what seems like success. But how can we tell if what we are seeing is healthy, biblical leadership?” (Marcus Honeysett) “This is the first temptation of power: We view the problem as “out there”…but we ignore the problem in our own hearts….Part of being created in God’s image is having the power to shape the world around us.” (Kyle Strobel and Jamin Goggin) “With great power comes great responsibility” (Spiderman) Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: CitizenSERMON TITLE: Courage Under FireBY: GuestDATE: Sunday 26 May 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Daniel 3:8-12, 19-26 EXCERPT:Everyone loves a movie with an act of courage. When the world seems against the hero, and they boldly, courageously defy the odds. But what does courage look like in our culture, without the soundtrack and camera crews? What does it take to be courageous even when under attack? “So courage, dear heart. I know you are tired. I know the darkness is thick and the way is longer and harder than you ever expected it to be. But God sees you, he hurts with you, and he welcomes your honesty. Even to the ends of the earth, he will lead you on.” (Rebecca Reynolds) “Without courage, we will simply accumulate a collection of good ideas and regrets.” (Andy Stanley) Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: CitizenSERMON TITLE: Being an InfluencerBY: Sarah AugerDATE: Sunday 19 May 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Daniel 2:14-23 EXCERPT:Do you want to be an influencer? According to indeed.com, there are 5 levels of influencer in our society – from being a ‘nano-influencer’ (under10k followers) up to being a ‘mega influencer’ (over 1m followers). In a sense, we are all influencers to some degree. But how are we influencing people, and towards what? And what are we influenced by?“Our legacy isn’t to have people remember us but rather who Jesus is. If people walk away from us, Church or an event talking about us rather than Jesus we missed the plot.” (Christy Wimber) Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: CitizenSERMON TITLE: I Don’t Belong HereBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 12 May 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Daniel 1:6-21 EXCERPT:At some point in life, we face a choice. A choice that causes us pain. A choice to do the difficult thing, but the right thing. Daniel faced the same choice. He was a long way from home, in a place he didn’t belong. Everything within him would have battled against making a scene. Keep quiet. Fit in. Don’t make a scene.And yet, he chose the only way he knew – to go God’s way. Whatever the cost. Fitting in would have made sense. But standing out made history. And the consequences were extraordinary.“Maybe you’re caught in the same tension as me, wanting to fit somewhere even as you’re permanently out of place. Maybe you’re not quite sure how to belong. Maybe you feel like an alien.” (Gregory Coles) Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Bend, Don’t BreakSERMON TITLE: Citizen of WhereBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 05 May 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Daniel 1:1-5 & Jeremiah 29:4-7 EXCERPT:In an election year, how do you live when you feel like you don’t fit in? It can be easy to resist and complain. And yet. In the ancient book of Daniel we find a people who are a long way from home, in Babylon. But, how they live changes everything for them, and for the people they live amongst.“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yeah, we wept, when we remembered Zion” (Boney M) “Undeserved kindness changes things.” (Heather Holdsworth) Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Bend, Don’t BreakSERMON TITLE: The Questions We HaveBY: Discussion PanelDATE: Sunday 28 April 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Psalm 91:2EXCERPT:Last of the series on mental health, wellbeing and resilience. How do we recognise when we were near breaking point? And how do we build healthy patterns and expectations for life? How do we care well for ourselves and for each other? ‘I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” (Psalm 91:2) Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Bend, Don’t BreakSERMON TITLE: Building ResilienceBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 21 April 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Psalm 130 & 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 EXCERPT:How can you be more resilient in life? How can we be better equipped to nurture mental wellness and resilience in our daily lives? In this third part, we will explore ways to build resilience in your life. .“I desperately needed people living in the real world, in the same world as me… Above all, I needed friends, not fixers.” (Mark Meynell) Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Bend, Don’t BreakSERMON TITLE: Breaking PointBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 14 April 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Psalm 88 & 2 Corinthians 1:3-7EXCERPT:You can only bend so long without breaking. How do you know how you’re doing? And, how do you know how much more you can take? In this second part, we will explore what breaking point might look like, and taking steps to find hope and wholeness.“A breakdown isn’t the beginning of mental illness, it’s the publication of it. It’s the volcano that has been rumbling away for years, exploding with boiling lava and destroying everything in its path. It has no choice; it was made like that, and people built houses on its slopes knowing what it was but hoping that it might not actually erupt.” (Lucy Martin, This Too Will Pass)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Bend, Don’t BreakSERMON TITLE: Reality CheckBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 7 April 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Psalm 42 & Psalm 139 – verse 14EXCERPT:It’s time for a reality check. In this first week of the series, we will break the stigma around mental health, reflect on some myths we might believe and discover how God responds to the complexity of who we are. “Jesus may be in your heart, but Grandpa is in your bones.’ (Pete Scazzero) Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Jesus. Is. Alive.BY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 31 March 2024Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Letting The Light InSERMON TITLE: InjusticeBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 24 March 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: John – Chapter 18, verses 28-40EXCERPT:Being a victim of injustice feels devastating. Not only is not fair, it feels as though there is no way to make it right. We feel vulnerable and as though the ground has been taken from under our feet. We know it wasn’t fair. An no-one else seems to care.As Jesus approached the cross, he experienced the ultimate humiliation – being completely innocent, and yet treated as scum. And, at the hands of the rulers of his nation and in front of the world. And yet, as he experiences that supreme injustice, it gives a beautiful hope to all who suffer injustice around the world. “So Pilate came out to them and asked, “What charges are you bringing against this man?” John 18:29Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Letting The Light InSERMON TITLE: AbandonmentBY: Nathanael Ballew DATE: Sunday 17 March 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: John – Chapter 18, verses 15-27EXCERPT:Every now and again you hear a truly tragic story about a person being abandoned by those who are meant to look after them. Most of us will never face such tragedy. But on a much smaller scale, at various times in life, we can all feel a bit abandoned. Whether it be our friends, family, spouses or employers, many of us identify with feeling abandoned, forgotten or ignored.As he approached the cross, Jesus went from being heralded by the crowds to being all alone. Even those closest to him abandoned him. But, as if that wasn’t enough, we remember the words he cried on the cross, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me.’ To feel forsaken not just by your closet friends, but by the God of the universe. That is abandonment! But what if that completely changes how we see our own feeling so being abandoned, forgotten or ignored.‘And when you suffer, you may be completely in the dark about the reason for your own suffering… But the cross tells you what the reason isn’t. It can’t be that God doesn’t love you; it can’t be that he has no plan for you. It can’t be that he has abandoned you. Jesus was abandoned, and paid for our sins, so that God the Father would never abandon you.’ (Timothy Keller)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Letting The Light InSERMON TITLE: BetrayalBY: Sarah AugerDATE: Sunday 10 March 2024‘BIBLE PASSAGES: John – Chapter 18, verses 1-11EXCERPT:When someone you trust lets you down, and betrays that trust, it can be one of the most devastating events in life. It is disorientating and gutwrenching. It’s one of the reasons why the TV series, The Traitors, has become so popular – it gets to the core of some of our most complex emotions, and painful experiences.A few short words in the bible remind us that Jesus understands all about betrayal. As Jesus is praying one night in a garden, with a few of his closest friends nearby, we read the words, ‘So Judas came to the garden…’ (John 18:3). And with that, the rest is history. And yet, rather than resist the betrayal, he goes on to almost willing embrace it (John 18:11). In the same moment that Jesus identifies with our feelings of being betrayed, we catch a glimpse that betrayal doesn’t have to be the end of the story, after all. “When a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.” (C.S.Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Open HandedSERMON TITLE: Generous LivesBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 3 March 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: 2 Corinthians – Chapter 9, verses 10-15EXCERPT:We often think of generosity in terms of money, but it affects every area of our lives. What if we cultivated generosity throughout our whole life? In our words, in our attitudes, in our decisions.But how to do so? It is only when we see what God has given us – his own son – that we can have a default position of generosity. And when we do so, it is infectious…people around us start being generous to us too! Let’s start a generosity revolution!Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Open HandedSERMON TITLE: How To Be GenerosityBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 25 February 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Luke – Chapter 11, verses 37-46EXCERPT:It’s one thing to want to be generous, but what does it look like in practice? How much should we give? What to? Over the past few weeks, we have been looking at the reasons why we can be generous. In this session we will explore some practical ways of what and how we can be generous. We will explore the ‘Giving ladder’ as simple way of taking our own next steps in being generous in every area of life.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Open HandedSERMON TITLE: Hilarious GenerosityBY: Nathanael BallewDATE: Sunday 18 February 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: 2 Corinthians – Chapter 9, verses 6-8EXCERPT:Someone once said that you never meet an unhappy generous person. In contrast, when you think of Ebenezer Scrooge, you think of unhappiness and misery…all because he is uncharitable and demanding.The bible describes generosity as, ‘God loves a cheerful giver.’ The original word used for ‘cheerful’ is actually closer to ‘hilarious’. What a beautiful image…someone laughing hysterically as they freely give generously. Isn’t that the kind of experiences we all want to have? How do we get there?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Open HandedSERMON TITLE: From Worry To CertaintyBY: Sarah AugerDATE: Sunday 11 February 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Timothy – Chapter 6, verses 17-19Matthew – Chapter 6, verses 19-33EXCERPT:Financial worries are always near top of the list when it comes to life anxieties. For some people, the reason why is clear. But for many of us, perhaps the reason why is less clear. What if the reason we are so worried about money is because we value it too highly? What if we trusted the one who gave us the very breath in our lungs more than we trusted the gifts he gives? Part of the joy of generosity is that it is beneficial for us. As we give generously, it sets us free from being slaves to money. We learn to control how we use it, rather than be controlled by it. Perhaps part of our fear about being generous is because we value money too highly. Perhaps we need to remember that where our treasure is, there is our heart.“Money is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.” (Anonymous)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Open HandedSERMON TITLE: What Is Mine Is YoursBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 4 February 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Chronicles – Chapter 29, verses 10-18Psalm 24 – verse 1Matthew – Chapter 26, verses 6-13EXCERPT:Have you ever been trusted to look after something that wasn’t yours? How did you act? If you ask any best-man at a wedding, one of the most nerve-wracking jobs is to look after the wedding rings! They’re not yours, you’ve got one job – to look after them for the purpose of the owner. You get it wrong, everything goes pear-shaped! But, get it right and joy abounds…That’s what it means to be a steward. When it comes to being generous, it starts with recognising that we are stewards. Everything we have comes from God, and is to be used for God. Recognising this is an immensely freeing thing – as it sets us free to not worry about whether we have enough, and how we should use what God has given us. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Open HandedSERMON TITLE: Never Enough?BY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 28 January 2024BIBLE PASSAGES:Mathew – Chapter 10, verses 82 Corinthians – Chapter 9, verses 8-101 Timothy – Chapter 6, verses 6-11EXCERPT:How much is enough? In some recent research in the US, people were asked ‘How much does your annual salary need to be for you to feel happy/less stressed?’ The results were fascinating! What was remarkable was that – regardless of how much people actually earned – everyone said that they needed about 30-50% more to feel happy. (See here for details) It seems that we all think we haven’t got quite enough! What about you?As we begin this series on generosity, perhaps we need to change our focus. What if being content with what we have is actually the start of being generous. It’s only when we recognise that everything we have comes from God and recognise that he generously provides for all of our needs that we are able to be content. And it is this contentment that enables us to be generous.‘Money doesn’t make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.’ (Arnold Schwarzenegger) Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Changing The ConversationSERMON TITLE: Changing The Conversation About Other PeopleBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 21 January 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Romans– Chapter 12, verses 14-21EXCERPT:We live in a tribal world, when it is easy to live in our echo chambers. We dismiss people who don’t agree with us, and only need to embrace those who do. And, in our connected world, we find a steady stream of people who agree with us! But, what if the good news of Jesus makes us see people differently? What if we bless those who are against us, and do good to our enemies? What if we try and live honourably and at peace with everyone? That would change the world!‘The world is to look at the people of God and exclaim “So that is the gospel? I see it now!”’(Darrel Guder)‘An inflated estimation of human nature capsizes love for one’s neighbour’(David Zahl)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Changing The ConversationSERMON TITLE: Changing The Conversation About The ChurchBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 14 January 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Romans– Chapter 12, verses 4-13EXCERPT:Recently, a local man turned up to one of our Sunday morning gatherings because he had been told ‘Go to Riverside, they’ll help you.’ What does it mean to be a church that changes the conversation? Perhaps it means being so transformed ourselves, that we relentlessly work to transform the lives of others. That’s the kind of community that changes everything – were people’s needs are generously met, as they are pointed to the generosity of God.‘The Church has an unconditional obligation to the victims of any ordering of society, even if they do not belong to the Christian community.’ (Dietrich Bonhoeffer) “What I miss about church is being forced to be in community with people that aren’t the same as me.’ (Win Butler, Arcade Fire)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Changing The ConversationSERMON TITLE: Changing The Conversation About Ourselves BY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 7 January 2024BIBLE PASSAGES: Romans– Chapter 12, verses 1-5EXCERPT:‘The primary exacerbator of burnout isn’t really email, or Instagram, or a constant stream of news alerts. It’s the continuous failure to reach the impossible expectations we’ve set for ourselves.” (Anne Helen Petersen)Change starts with us. How we see ourselves is an important foundation in changing the conversation. If we think too highly of ourselves, we put ourselves on a pedestal over others which leads to hearts that are full of judgement. If we think too poorly of ourselves, we set others on a pedestal and will lead to a heavy burden that we can’t carry. The good news of Jesus shatters both of these views. Only when we are able to see ourselves ‘rightly’ does it lead to change in how we treat God, ourselves and others in a way that is truly life-giving.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: What We Waiting For?SERMON TITLE: Waiting With Your Running Shoes OnBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 8 December 2023BIBLE PASSAGES: Mathew– Chapter 3, verses 1-12Luke – Chapter 2, verses 22-32EXCERPT:Have you ever had the situation where you’re working on a computer and you get the ‘spinning ball of doom’, where your computer just seems to freeze. And, you’re not sure what is happening, or what to do? Should I reboot, or wait, or what?! Life can sometimes feel like that. That you’re in limbo. How do you live when that’s the case?It is reported that the last words of David Cassidy – the seventies Hollywood icon – were, ‘So much wasted time.’ After looking back on his life, he realised the opportunities he missed. Advent is a time of waiting – waiting for Christmas. And yet, many of us finding waiting really difficult, its feels too passive. What if waiting doesn’t just mean sitting around doing nothing, but rather is an attitude of heart that propels us into action? What if we can learn to wait with our running shoes on?Most of us use ‘I’m waiting for God to reveal His calling on my life’ as a means of avoiding action.(Francis Chan)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: What We Waiting For?SERMON TITLE: Waiting With Your Party Clothes OnBY: Nathanael BallewDATE: Sunday 3 December 2023BIBLE PASSAGES: Mathew – Chapter 25, verses 1-13EXCERPT:Have you ever been on a rollercoaster? Near the beginning there’s often a steep, slow climb to the top of a hill. As you travel up, expectation grows! And then, as you reach the top, the fun begins as momentum carries you down the hill at speed!Waiting can sometimes feel like that – like a long, action-less climb before the excitement of what lies ahead. Or, if you like, it’s like get dressed for a party when the party is still hours away. How do we wait well, in preparation for what’s ahead, without getting too discouraged in the wait?If we want to appreciate Advent fully, we need to re-learn how to wait, to rediscover the art of savouring the future, of staying in the present and of finding meaning in the act of waiting. (Paula Gooder)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: What We Waiting For?SERMON TITLE: Waiting In The DarkBY: Sarah AugerDATE: Sunday 26 November 2023BIBLE PASSAGES: Malachi – Chapter 4, verses 2-6EXCERPT:Have you ever seen a dog tied up outside a shop, waiting for its owner. Occasionally the dog really starts whining, with a despair that wonders ‘is my owner coming back?’ And then, when the owner reappears, the joy for the dog is palpable!There can be moments in our lives when we feel like that – in the middle of despair and we aren’t sure how it’s going to turn out. When life feels pretty dark, waiting can feel almost unbearable. What might it look like to wait, when the world around seems pretty dark?‘…waiting isn’t just something we do; it’s a place we live – usually against our will. It’s a stage of life, a journey we take, a crucible for the heart.’(Elizabeth Laing Thompson)Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: StorySERMON TITLE: The Story BeginsBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 19 November 2023BIBLE PASSAGES: Mark – Chapter 16, verses 1-8 & verses 9-20.EXCERPT:Glen Scrivener writes, ‘The resurrection of Jesus is undeniably a miracle. But it’s not a miracle that adds to the absurdity of your world. The resurrection explains what would otherwise be even more absurd.’ The resurrection of Jesus changes everything. We are all given the chance to overcome the greatest enemy of all, and come into a relationship with him now and forever. This world is not the end, death is no longer to be feared.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: StorySERMON TITLE: The End Of The StoryBY: Nathanael BallewDATE: Sunday 12 November 2023‘BIBLE PASSAGES: Mark – Chapter 14, verses 12-26 & Chapter 15, verses 33-41.EXCERPT:Why is it that we so often associate rescue with the symbol of a cross? Hospitals, pharmacies, aid agencies, lucky necklaces – all characterised by a cross symbol. The cross is the greatest moment in history, where Jesus died. Join us to explore the importance of the cross and why Christians celebrate communion as a result. In his sacrificial death, Jesus was the greatest act of God’s love, power and justice. The ultimate proof of his love for us.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: StorySERMON TITLE: A Story Of SacrificeBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 5 November 2023BIBLE PASSAGES: Mark – Chapter 11, verses 1-24EXCERPT:Everyone loves a story that involves a dramatic sacrifice. Yet, it’s not quite as entertaining when we are the ones who might need to make the sacrifices! Jesus calls people to give him every part of our lives, not Sundays or simply giving the impression that we’re doing ok. What does this look like for us? How do we be resilient followers of Jesus at every stage of life?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: StorySERMON TITLE: A Generational StoryBY: Sarah AugerDATE: Sunday 29 October 2023BIBLE PASSAGES: Mark – Chapter 10, verses 13-16EXCERPT:Jean Twenge, says the following, ‘The breakneck speed of cultural change means that growing up today is a completely different experience from growing up in the 1950s or the 1980s—or even the 2000s.’ One of the striking things about Jesus was the way he treated all generations – his kingdom is an intergenerational kingdom, where young and old learn from – and lead – one another. What would it look like for us to truly understand and live this out today?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: StorySERMON TITLE: An Awesome StoryBY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 22 October 2023BIBLE PASSAGES: Mark – Chapter 9, verses 2 to 13EXCERPT:Have you ever had a ‘wow’ moment? When something truly awe-inspiring almost takes your breath away? Mark’s account of Jesus reveals that through Jesus we can come into the presence of God without fear or shame. Wow! Jesus is all we need to focus on and worship is a wonderful way of coming into the presence of Jesus away from the distractions of the world around us.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: StorySERMON TITLE: A Story A New IdentityBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 15 October 2023BIBLE PASSAGES: Mark – Chapter 8, verses 31 to 38 EXCERPT:When you meet someone for the first time, how do you describe yourself? What defines you? By going to the cross Jesus lost his identity, so we can have a new identity. When we understand how much Jesus loves us by being willing to die for us, we can find new freedom- our old approach to identity (money, power, relationships, achievements etc) is gone as we find a new identity as a child of God.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: StorySERMON TITLE: A Story That EquipsBY: Nathanael BallewDATE: Sunday 8 October 2023‘BIBLE PASSAGES: Mark – Chapter 6, verses 7 to 13 & verses 30 to 42.EXCERPT:There is a brilliant YouTube video of a little girl trying to hula-hoop. She thinks she’s doing well, but in reality her Dad is stood behind her, holding the hoop! Jesus doesn’t just call us to follow him, he calls us to step out in faith as partners in his mission. We are given his authority to do his work on earth. And as we do so, we discover him right there with us equipping us to join in what he is doing.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: StorySERMON TITLE: A Story You Can TrustBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 1 October 2023BIBLE PASSAGES: Mark – Chapter 5, verses 21-43EXCERPT:In October last year, a survey was conducted by Ipsos about the levels of trust in the UK. The results were sobering – only 12% of British citizens say that they trust politicians. This is the lowest percentage it has ever been. And, compared to other countries, Britain is now ranked 17th (out of 19 countries in the survey) in terms of how little we trust our government. At such a time of low trust, the accounts of Jesus come like a breath of fresh air. Jesus is trustworthy, even when things don’t happen as we expect. If we trust in Jesus he may ask for more than we had originally planned to give, but he can give to us infinitely more than we dared ask or imagine.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: StorySERMON TITLE: A Story That Break The RulesBY: Sarah AugerDATE: Sunday 24 September 2023BIBLE PASSAGES: Mark – Chapter 2, verses 18 to Chater 3, verse 6.Mark – Chapter 7 (all). EXCERPT:Most classic stories have a good and a bad main character. But what if the line between good and bad isn’t as clear cut as you realise. Jesus showed a new way to know God that was not based on doing good things or following a set of rules, but was instead about relationship and loving God with your whole heart.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: StorySERMON TITLE: A Story Of Second ChancesBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 17 September 2023BIBLE PASSAGES: Mark – Chapter 2, verses 1-17EXCERPT:Have you ever been in a situation when you really messed something up? Said something you regretted; did something that you wish you could undo? In those kind of situations, most of us would do anything to have a second chance. What if life is like that? Jesus came to bring us something we might not even realise we need, forgiveness, a second chance. A way back to a relationship with the God who made us and loves us.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Story SERMON TITLE: A Story Of Relationship BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 10 September 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: Mark – Chapter 1, verses 9-28
EXCERPT:
Relationships are so important, aren’t they? Friendships; colleagues; communities; families; partners. They give such joy and such pain. But why? Maybe it’s because at the heart of the story of our lives is a relationship that most of us don’t think about – God’s relationship. Why is the relationship between Father, Son and Holy Spirit so important? Why is it such a key part of the story of Jesus, and of our lives? We’ll discover the authority that relationship gives Jesus, as we discover he wasn’t just another good teacher. And this, changes everything.
Welcome:
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links:
OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Story SERMON TITLE: An Epic Story BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 3 September 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: Mark – Chapter 1, verses 1-8
EXCERPT:
K. Chesterton once said , ‘I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story, there is a storyteller.’ In this introduction to the series, we are introduced to the ultimate story of history – the story with Jesus at its heart. Jesus was the rescuer promised for thousands of years, as described in the Old Testament. It is a story of God’s great rescue plan. It began in Gen 3:15, and continues to this day, as we discover our part in the greatest story ever.
Welcome:
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links:
OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Lifehacks SERMON TITLE: How To Have A Future That’s Bright BY: Nathanael Ballew DATE: Sunday 27th August 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: Proverbs:
Chapter 11, verses 14
Chapter 14, verse 22
Chapter 16, verse 1-3
Chapter 19, verse 21
EXCERPT:
When facing decisions, we all want to know what is the best choice to make. How do we know? Where do we go for guidance for the future? Join us to explore some principles of what wise guidance for the future looks like, and how to avoid some pitfalls that will really hurt.
Welcome:
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links:
OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Lifehacks SERMON TITLE: How To Use Words For Good BY: Ado Muronzi DATE: Sunday 20th August 2023 ‘BIBLE PASSAGES: Proverbs:
Chapter 3, verses 9-10
Chapter 8, verse 18-19
Chapter 10, verse 2-4
Chapter 30, verse 8
EXCERPT:
Is there a way to use our money and resources in a way that honours God and makes us partners with Him in the work that He is doing in the church and around the world? Instead of trying to gain the world, could we be the ones that add colour and flavour? How can we truly be the salt in the earth and a bright light on a hill for all to see.
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Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
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TEACHING SERIES: Lifehacks SERMON TITLE: How To Disagree Well BY: Sarah Auger DATE: Sunday 13 August 2023 ‘BIBLE PASSAGES: Proverbs:
Chapter 6, verses 19
Chapter 10, verse 12
Chapter 16, verse 28
Chapter 26, verse 17
EXCERPT:
Disagreement and conflict is a normal part of life. In fact, friction and conflict can be good as ideas are challenged and refined. But how do we do this well? Author Patrick Lencioni once said, ‘Seek to bring light not heat to the conversation.’ Join us to explore how we can disagree well.
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Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
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TEACHING SERIES: Lifehacks SERMON TITLE: How To Listen In A World Of Noise BY: Mel Lynch DATE: Sunday 30th July 2023 ‘BIBLE PASSAGES: Proverbs:
Chapter 12, verses 1
Chapter 12, verse 15
Chapter 13, verse 13-14
Chapter 15, verse 31-32
EXCERPT:
The old saying goes, ‘you have two ears and one mouth for a reason!’ In our distracted world, everyone has an opinion and wants others to know about it. But maybe true wisdom listens more than it speaks. What would it look like to be known as a good listener?
Welcome:
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
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TEACHING SERIES: Lifehacks SERMON TITLE: How to be a Friend That Brings Life BY: John Goodliff DATE: Sunday 23th July 2023 ‘BIBLE PASSAGES: Proverbs:
Chapter 3, verses 27-31
Chapter 17, verse 9
Chapter 17, verse 17
Chapter 18, verse 24
EXCERPT:
“A diminishing circle of friends is the first terrible diagnostic of a life in deep trouble.” (David Whyte) In an age of isolation and online connection, true friendship can be tricky. And yet, perhaps we need friendship more than ever. In Proverbs we catch a glimpse of the perils of unwise friendship, and the huge befits of friends who bring life.
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Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
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TEACHING SERIES: This Little Light of Mine SERMON TITLE: Desperate Times BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 16th July 2023 ‘BIBLE PASSAGES: Revelation | Chapter 3 | Verses 14-22
EXCERPT:
The last few years have shown that we can’t presume that our standards of living will always keep in increasing. But should that really be our goal anyway? For the ancient followers of Jesus, they had mistaken material comfort and wealth as being the central thing in life. And John reminds them that true riches come not from physical wealth but from following Jesus.
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Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
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TEACHING SERIES: This Little Light of Mine SERMON TITLE: The Open Door BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 9th July 2023 ‘BIBLE PASSAGES: Revelation | Chapter 3 | Verses 7-13
EXCERPT:
We live in a world in which success is the goal, regardless of the cost. For followers of Jesus, sometimes our lack of success can be disheartening. And it can be easy to forget that Jesus values faithfulness over success. For these ancient readers, John reminds them that even though they feel weak, he has placed before them an open door. And they just simply need to faithful in following Christ. Because, at the end of the day, faithfulness is success.
Welcome:
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Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
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02/07/2023 | This Little Light of Mine | On The List | Tim Chilvers by Riverside Church
TEACHING SERIES: This Little Light of Mine SERMON TITLE: Going Old BY: Judy Moore & Michelle Rawlins DATE: Sunday 25th June 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: Revelation | Chapter 2 | Verses 18-29
EXCERPT:
G.K. Chesterton once said, ’Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about.’ What he means is that many of us change our beliefs and values throughout our lives. And, future generations will also look at many of the values our society hold dear with similar incredulity. And so, how do we know we are right? Let’s not be so quick to dismiss the wisdom from the many generations who have lived before us. Perhaps the best way to navigate the future is by going old-school and embracing again the teaching and wisdom from years gone by.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
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TEACHING SERIES: This Little Light of Mine SERMON TITLE: Setting On The Fence BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 18th June 2023 ‘BIBLE PASSAGES: Revelation | Chapter 2 | Verses 12-17
EXCERPT:
Have you ever tried to sit on a fence? It can get uncomfortable pretty quickly! The word ‘compromise’ comes from the idea of making a mutual promise and commitment – two different views, coming together. There are so many times when such a thing is necessary and good. And yet, sometimes, compromise means settling for things that aren’t good, like trying to sit on a fence. For these ancient followers of Jesus, it seems that they were compromising in a really unhealthy way. They were trying to live in two camps – following Jesus, whilst tolerating evil at the same time. And John reminds them that sitting on the fence is neither comfortable, or a good thing in the long-run.
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Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
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TEACHING SERIES: This Little Light of Mine SERMON TITLE: Clinging on For Life BY: Nathanael Ballew DATE: Sunday 11th June 2023 ‘BIBLE PASSAGES: Revelation | Chapter 2 | Verses 8-11
EXCERPT:
Going through hard times can be one of the biggest barriers to faith in Jesus. And sometimes when followers of Jesus suffer, questions start emerging about whether God is there, or at work. For these ancient followers of Jesus, John reminds them that the opposition and suffering they face won’t last forever. And that, one day, they will receive a prize that will help them to keep clinging on now, despite the struggles they face.
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Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
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TEACHING SERIES: This Little Light of MineSERMON TITLE: Love That ShinesBY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 4th June 2023BIBLE PASSAGES: Revelation | Chapter 2 | Verses 1-7EXCERPT:In the UK, what is the church known for? In a recent survey (talkingjesus.org), the most common positive responses were: friendly, caring, hopeful and generous. And yet, at the same time, the church is also known for being hypocritical and narrow-minded. As John writes to Christians in the ancient city of Ephesus he is encouraged by some of what he sees – the good things they’re doing; their hard work; their perseverance; and their inability to tolerate evil. In a sense, they ‘hate’ the right things. And yet, at the same time there is one big thing they are missing – love. What would it be like to for the church to be known for both love and hating evil at the same time? Is it possible?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: This Little Light of MineSERMON TITLE: Where to Look?BY: Sarah AugerDATE: Sunday 28th May 2023‘BIBLE PASSAGES: Revelation | Chapter 1 | Verses 1-20EXCERPT:When you sit in the dark for long enough, your eyes become accustomed to it. It doesn’t seem so dark anymore. Perhaps the same is true for our society? Have we become so accustomed to one way of life that we get used to it? For the first readers of the book of Revelation, they faced a real danger – in the middle of opposition, the temptation to settle down to a life of comfort in the Roman Empire was so attractive. And yet, the light of Christ shines like a lighthouse – brightly revealing the darkness and guiding to safety. What would it look like for followers of Jesus to then shine this light brightly, like lampshades in a dark world?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: What are You Running From?SERMON TITLE: What Does God Thinks of My Enemies?BY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 14th May 2023‘BIBLE PASSAGES: Jonah | Chapter 4 | Verses 1-11EXCERPT:This whole book is aimed at those who think that God loves us – our country etc – and therefore is against our enemies. It’s a powerful drama confronting the racism, nationalism, sectarianism, tribalism in our hearts. The Jonah figure is us. The strength of his emotional collapse at the mercy shown to his enemies is striking. And yet, we witness the same tribalism and division every day in world (e.g. on social media) – how do we respond? God’s question, at the very end of the book, leaves us hanging. It’s a question about the posture of our lives, that we all need to ask. Should I not be concerned about that great city?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: What are You Running From?SERMON TITLE: Is Change Possible?BY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 7th May 2023‘BIBLE PASSAGES: Jonah | Chapter 3 | Verses 1-10EXCERPT:What does ‘repentance look like in practice? Nineveh was a brutal and horrific enemy…we are meant to identify with Jonah about wanting them to be wiped out. And yet, here in chapter 3, they seem to repent. What is true repentance like? And what would revival look like in our society today?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: What are You Running From?SERMON TITLE: Does God Really Hear Our Cry?BY: Judy MooreDATE: Sunday 30th April 2023BIBLE PASSAGES: Jonah | Chapter 1, verses 17 to Chapter 2, verse 10. EXCERPT:Inside the fish, Jonah prays. It is noticeable, though, that Jonah doesn’t really acknowledge or confess his sin. It’s almost as if he is more interested in his own rescue, than admitting his error? Maybe he hasn’t quite grasped the bigger picture about how wide God’s grace is.It is only by the end of the prayer that we actually get to God’s grace – his steadfast love. It’s at this point that Jonah is released back to the land of the living. When Jonah is finally alone with God, and finally admits what God is like, then salvation comes. We sometimes say sorry to escape consequences, rather than actually being sorry. Maybe this is what Jonah is doing? Maybe it’s only when God is all we have left, that we discover God is all we need.Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: What are You Running From?SERMON TITLE: What are You Running from?BY: Tim ChilversDATE: Sunday 23 April 2023BIBLE PASSAGES: Jonah | Chapter 1 | Verses 1-16EXCERPT:The book of Jonah is not about the fish! It’s actually a mirror on our culture and our hearts. It’s about any group of people/person that we think ‘they deserve God’s justice & judgement more than they deserve his grace’. For Ancient Israel, they would have identified with Jonah and would not have wanted Nineveh to repent. Jonah is running from God’s grace and mercy, whereas the (pagan) sailors discover they need it. What about us?Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Distinct SERMON TITLE: We need to Talk BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 16 April 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: James | Chapter 5 | Verses 13-19 EXCERPT: Surely confession can’t be that important? The journalist Dorothy Dix was quoted as saying “confession is always weakness”; but is this really true or might confession be one of the most powerful things we can do? How often are we really honest with those closest to us? Really, really honest….telling them the things we know are embarrassing, hard and let our guards down so they see the real us, the bits that aren’t quite as shiny as we’d like them to be. Do we prefer to stick to the Instagram perfect pictures, where everything is filtered to perfection? Yet this is what we have been called to do to help us grow in our relationship with God and help us live fully in the freedom that God intended for our lives. James helps us to realise there is great power in confessing the things we struggle with so we can live fully in the light of Jesus. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links:# OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ # READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ # WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Distinct SERMON TITLE: The Power of Prayer BY: Nathanael Ballew DATE: Sunday 2nd April 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: James | Chapter 5 | Verses 13-19 EXCERPT: How should we pray and does it even work? The Christian author Pete Greig said, in response to the question of who prays nowadays “Everyone prays. Even non-Christians pray. The difference when Christians do it is they are climbing into the lap of their heavenly Father!” Prayer can be a mystery. Why are some prayers seemingly answered and others not? However, what if we reimagined what many seem to have allowed prayer to become, a wish list of what we think should happen, and instead turn it into a powerful relationship with an ever present loving Heavenly Father. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Distinct SERMON TITLE: Facing Suffering BY: Judy Moore DATE: Sunday 26th March 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: James | Chapter 5 | Verses 7-12 EXCERPT: How do I walk through suffering? For many believers and unbelievers one of the biggest questions we continually wrestle with is “how can a loving God allow suffering?” and yet suffering lies at the very heart of the Christian story. Rebecca McLaughlin writes & suffering is not an embarrassment to the Christian faith. It is the thread with which Christ's name is stitched into our lives. How does this truth change the way we can walk through the darkest times? Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Distinct SERMON TITLE: But Why? BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 19th March 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: James | Chapter 5 | Verses 1-9 EXCERPT: How can I show God’s heart for justice? At a time in our society where the gap between the rich and poor seems ever widening God calls us to live in a counter-cultural way, not trusting in or trying to gain the things the world puts value in such as wealth and power but instead trusting in God alone. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Distinct SERMON TITLE: The Issue with Submission BY: John Auger DATE: Sunday 12th March 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: James | Chapter 4 | Verses 1-13 EXCERPT: How is submission to God a good thing? A recent article in Christianity Today explored the negativity that surrounds the word submission. Many people associating it with control, abuse of power, inequality and a lack of freedom. However, James teaches that as we submit ourselves to God, he will lift us up, giving us a greater and closer relationship with him rather than pushing us away. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Distinct SERMON TITLE: The Story Is Not Finished BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 5 March 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: Acts | Chapter 16 | Verses 6-15 EXCERPT: Have you ever missed the end of a movie and never found out what happened? You’re left hanging and wondering. Seeing how the story ends changes how you see the story beforehand. What if the same is true in life? In the book of Acts, we read of some early Jesus followers. And as we see each step of their story, it sometimes doesn’t make sense. And yet, when we see how the story ends it changes how we see the rest of the story. It’s good to remember for our lives that the story is not yet finished. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Distinct SERMON TITLE: Wisdom In A World Of Information BY: Judy Moore DATE: Sunday 26th February 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: James | Chapter 3 | Verses 13-18 EXCERPT: How do you cultivate Godly wisdom in your life? With the internet and world of social media we have information and knowledge at the ends of our finger tips now more than ever however, as Charles Spurgeon said “wisdom is the right use of knowledge”. James looks at the difference between the knowledge we can gain from the world in comparison to the life-changing wisdom that comes from God. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Distinct SERMON TITLE: The Things That I Say BY: Sarah Thomson DATE: Sunday 19th February 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: James | Chapter 3 | Verses 1-13 EXCERPT: Why do the words I say matter? It’s said that for every 1 negative word that is spoken to us we need 10 positive words to cancel it out. Our words have really powerful consequences so maybe there isn’t such a thing as a little white lie or a harmless bit of gossip. James reminds us of the power of the things that we say and the importance of using our words as worship to God at all times. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Distinct SERMON TITLE: Doing or Believing? BY: Judy Moore DATE: Sunday 12th February 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: James | Chapter 2 | Verses 14-26 EXCERPT: What’s more important my faith or my works? C.S.Lewis once said “Regarding the debate about faith and works: It’s like asking which blade in a pair of scissors is most important. Throughout church history many have argued that James seems to teach in contradiction to Paul (Galatians 2:16) about faith and works but actually as we explore further we realise they are both saying the same wonderful truth. As we grow in our relationship with God we can’t help but demonstrate our faith in the ways we live our lives and the impact we make on those around us. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Distinct SERMON TITLE: Watch Out! BY: Damilola Makind DATE: Sunday 5 February 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: Daniel | Chapter 1 | Verses 1-8 EXCERPT: Scams are never pleasant experiences, but sometimes they come with unexpected theological depth! In this talk, Damilola leads us to consider what the experience of Daniel and his friends in Babylon speaks to us as Christians in the west today. We are encouraged to hold fast to our treasure in Jesus – not just for our sakes but for the sake of the world. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Distinct Sessions 4: Remove the Plank BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 29th January 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: James | Chapter 2 | Verses 1-13 EXCERPT: Christians are called to be people who love not to judge. A recent study of people aged 16-29 in the United States found that 90% considered Christians to be judgmental people and for many this was a barrier to them attending churches or exploring the Christian faith further. How can we be people who show radical love to all, knowing that we have a judge who is above all but who loved us so much that he sent his son to die for every one of us? Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Distinct TITLE: Living the Word BY: Judy Moore DATE: Sunday 22 January 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: James | Chapter 1 | Verses 19-27 EXCERPT: How does the Bible impact your everyday life? In the Christian series we looked at the trust we can have that the Bible is true but how can engaging with the Bible in your everyday life make a difference to how you live? In the midst of busy lives how can we fully engage with the Bible and help point others towards the difference that the Bible can make in their own lives? Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Distinct TITLE: How Much Is Too Much? BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 15 Janaury 2023 BIBLE PASSAGES: James | Chapter 1 | Verses 1-18 EXCERPT: How do you face temptation & show perseverance? Every week we seem to be reading a news scandal of yet another celebrity affair or celebrity evading tax payments but even in our own lives we face daily temptations both big and small. God promises that when we persevere and don’t give in to temptation we will receive ‘the crown of life’. How can knowing God in our lives help us to stand firm against temptation and help us know the assurance of his forgiveness when we do get things wrong? Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Distinct TITLE: How Much Is Too Much? BY: Sarah Auger DATE: 15 January 2023 PASSAGE: Overview of the book of James. EXCERPT: What difference does following Jesus make in our lives? Are the lives of Christians the same as everyone else? What would change if we really took Jesus’ words seriously? As we begin this teaching series in the book of James we find answers to many of these questions and discover the life-changing reality that a life with Jesus can bring. After all, the author should know – he was Jesus’ brother! Our prayer for this series is that, like James, we will so absorb Jesus’ words and actions that we develop a new understanding and relationship with Jesus that changes everything about our lives. Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Description: TEACHING SERIES: Christian TITLE: Session 8: How To Make The Most Of My Life? BY: Judy Moore DATE: Sunday 27 November 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Luke Chapter 24, verses 28-35 Psalm 96
EXCERPT: So what? It’s perhaps the most important question to end this teaching series on. After all is said and done, what do we do with all we have explored? What if, in light of Jesus, the rest of our lives can be the most meaningful and important yet. What does it look like to make the most of the rest of your life?
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Description: TEACHING SERIES: Christian TITLE: Session 7: Can We Get Heaven On Earth? BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 20 November 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES:
EXCERPT: ‘Get the hell out of here.’ It’s a phrase that people sometimes say in a fit of rage. But what do we mean? Is there such a thing as ‘hell’ and ‘heaven’. Are they places you go to, or are they outdated concepts from uneducated world? In a world of pain and uncertainty, can we get heaven on earth?
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TITLE: Revive Us! BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 13 November 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Psalm 85
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Description: TEACHING SERIES: Christian TITLE: Session 6: Can We Change The World? BY: Nathanael Ballew DATE: Sunday 6 November 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Luke Chapter 24, verses 46-49 Psalm 84
EXCERPT: The late Christopher Hitchens once wrote, ‘Religion poisons everything.’ Is that true? What if the problem isn’t ‘religion’ itself, but people. Jesus’ greatest criticisms were directed at the religious leaders of his day. And yet, he also left behind a movement of people with one cause – to change the world through devotion to Him and each other. What if the problem isn’t so much the church, but when church goes wrong. What if the church is actually the greatest hope for our day.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Description: TEACHING SERIES: Christian TITLE: Session 5: Are We Alone? BY: Sarah Auger DATE: Sunday 23 October 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Luke Chapter 11, verses 9-13 Psalm 57
EXCERPT: When you’re lost at night there’s two things you need – to know the way to go, and to know you’re not alone. Jesus guaranteed us both when he promised his Holy Spirit – to lead, and to accompany us. What does that mean in practice?
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Description: TEACHING SERIES: Christian TITLE: Session 4: What Is Distinctive About Christian Hope? BY: Phil Knox DATE: Sunday 16 October 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 2 Corinthians Chapter 4, verses 7-18
EXCERPT: There’s been a lot of talk about hope recently as we have emerged slowly from the pandemic. In a month’s time we will be at another World Cup and the hopes of a nation will be realised or dashed. Hope is only good if it’s in the right place. And Christian hope is in a person, and the Bible’s promise is that it makes all the difference now and forever.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Christian TITLE: Session 4: Do We Need A Saviour? BY: Judy Moore DATE: Sunday 9 October 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Luke (Chapter 23, verses 32-43) Psalm 22
EXCERPT: In recent years, the self-help section of bookshops and websites has grown dramatically. It’s almost as if we know we need help, but we can’t quite work it out for ourselves. What if the centre of Christianity – Christ – is the solution we need. What if we need saving from ourselves rather than trying to help ourselves?!
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Description: TEACHING SERIES: Christian TITLE: Session 3: How Do We Know? BY: Sarah Auger DATE: Sunday 2 October 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Luke (Chapter 1, verses 1-4) Psalm 119 (Verses 9-24)
EXCERPT: Equality; Consent; Education for all; Science; Human Rights. They’re all things we take for granted. We presume they’re good things. But why? A look through History shows us that so many of our strongly-held values are not actually as universal as we might think. They come from somewhere. Like it or not, so many of them stem from the Bible – a book that has changed the world. And yet, it’s a book we so easily ignore or dismiss today. But what if there’s more to it than we ever realised, and it can still change our world today?
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Description: TEACHING SERIES: Christian TITLE: Session 2: What’s The Problem? BY: Judy Moore DATE: Sunday 25 September 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Luke (Chapter 15, verses 11-32) Psalm 51
EXCERPT: Someone once said that, ‘You can’t make progress until you know what the problem is.’ The speed of change in our world is astonishing – medical advances; technological breakthroughs; political developments. And yet, despite all of that change and that good that comes from it, we can’t seem to escape the fact that there are so many problems that we create too. What if we’re part of the problem? What if the old-fashioned idea of ‘sin’ is the best news possible?
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Description: TEACHING SERIES: Christian TITLE: Session 1: Is There A God? BY: Nathanael Ballew DATE: Sunday 18 September 2022
BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Luke (Chapter 1, verses 46-55) Psalm 53
EXCERPT: Thousands of years ago a poet wrote the words, ‘ The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God!’ (Psalm 53) In a recent survey, over 40% of people in the UK say that don’t believe in God. What do we make of that? What difference does it make to how we live our lives? Without a shadow of a doubt, one man has had a greater impact on history than any other – Jesus of Nazareth. Was he a fool to believe in God?
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TITLE: Why Do I Service? BY: Sarah Aurger DATE: 11 September 2022
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Description: TEACHING SERIES: Old Fashioned Postures For A Brave New World TITLE: Keep Watch! BY: Andy Worthington DATE: Sunday 4 September 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Timothy (Chapter 6, verse 20-21)
EXCERPT: The graphic novel Watchmen has spawned several movies and inspired millions. It is about a dubious bunch of vigilante superheroes, and the central premise is ‘who watches the watchmen?’ In a world of brokenness, what does it mean to keep watch over your life and over the calling that God has on your life.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Old Fashioned Postures For A Brave New World TITLE: Session 6: Let Go! BY: Sarah Auger DATE: Sunday 28 August 2022
BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Timothy (Chapter 6, verse 18-19) Mathew (Chapter 6, verses 19-24)
EXCERPT: Part of the solution to not trusting in wealth (see Session 5: I Don’t Trust You) is giving away…. being generous with our money and in general. Part of the beauty of generosity is we learn to let go of trying to hold on. We let go of things that try and control us! What does it look like to do this in practice…?
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
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BY: Steve Botham DATE: Sunday 21 August 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Timothy (CHapter 6, verse 17) Revelation (Chapter 3, verses 17-18)
EXCERPT: David Foster Wallace once said, “If you worship money…you will never have enough.” The pandemic has changed how we see life and, with more and more people changing jobs and moving houses, many of us have begun to revaluate whether wealth is really worth sacrificing everything. And yet, with the cost of living going up and up, what does it look like to not put trust in wealth?
BY: Judy Moore DATE: Sunday 14 August 2022 EXCERPT: Keep your eyes on the prize! Ask any athlete, and they will tell you that you have to keep the finish line in mind. It’s as you remember the goal, you’re able to endure the pain. So too in life. When you remember the eternity that Jesus offers, and hold on to that, it helps makes sense and give perspective on life.
BY: Olivia Anwana DATE: Sunday 7 August 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Timothy (Chapter 6, verse 12) 1 Corinthians (Chapter 9, verses 24-27) EXCERPT: In 1984, Neil Postman wrote a hugely influential book called ‘Amusing ourselves to death’. He argued that we live in an age of ease and amusement. And maybe we have forgotten that much of life is battling through. Paul reminds his protege that some fights are worth fighting…yes the battles might lead to a few scars and, yes, sometimes it might look like the battle isn’t going way. But, that’s why it is a battle of faith. And maybe the war is already won.
BY: Paul Duncan DATE: Sunday 31 July 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Timothy (Chapter 6, verse 11) Mathew (Chapter 5, verses 6) EXCERPT: Last week we explored what we need to run away from, and this week we explore the opposite – what we need to run towards. A father figure reminds his protege to chase after the truly important things in life. What does it look like to chase after what is really good, right, loving and gentle? What does it look like to pursue the things of God?
BY: Jenny Barthow DATE: Sunday 24 July 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: 1 Timothy (Chapter 6, verse 11) 1 Timothy (Chapter 6, verses 2-10)
In an age of freedom, do we ever need to run away from anything? How do we decide? Listen to some ancient wisdom as a father figure instructs his protege about what to avoid at all costs. Paul urges Timothy to run away from… • Always being a Contrarian – Paul urges Timothy to avoid false teaching, unhealthy controversies & quarrels (v2-5)
BY: Guest Panel (Discussion) DATE: Sunday 17 July 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Proverbs (Chapter 20, verse 7) Ephesians (Chapter 6, verses 1-4)
Talking about being a parent, the author Nick Lannon writes, ‘What finally gave me some peace, and the ability to approach the birth of our daughter with some mental stability, was the realisation that making all the right decisions along the parenting decision tree was impossible. Not difficult, impossible…I had to acknowledge from the very beginning that failure was my sure destination. “Success,” as I had subconsciously defined it, was impossible. Ironically and counterintuitively, it was in admitting failure that I found peace.”’ In a world of unrealistic expectations, what hope do parents have?! What does it mean to be parents in an age of expectation?
BY: Nathanael Ballew DATE: Sunday 10 July 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Proverbs (Chapter 15, verse 20) 1 Timothy (Chapter 5, verses 1-8)
Throughout our lives, our relationships with our parents change. At various stages the emphasis of the relationship changes. And as part of this, there comes a time when we shift from being cared for by our parents, to caring for our parents. What does it mean to honour our parents throughout all of our lives? How do we live grateful lives in an age of independence?
BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 26 June 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Read online Proverbs (Chapter 5, verse 16-17) 1 Corinthians (Chapter 7, verses 1-7) Sex is everywhere. Everyone is doing it, wanting it, loving it and thinking about it. Or, are they? The evidence suggest that it’s a little bit more complicated than that. What if we need to think again about sex? What if we need to rediscover what sex is actually for? What if the Bible is the most ‘sex-positive’ tool there is, to give hope in our confused and disconnected world? ‘The crisis of Covid has distanced us from each other. We see anew how far apart we are. The result must be a new way to bring us together.’ (Jon Yates)
BY: Sarah Auger DATE: Sunday 19 June 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Read online Proverbs (Chapter 17, verse 6) Psalm (Chapter 78, verses 1-8)
We all want our lives to count. To make a difference. What if investing in the next generation – the ones who come after us – is the biggest impact we can have? What if the lives that come next are the ones who will truly change the world? How do we change our focus, so that we’ll leave a legacy that carries on for decades after us?
‘The crisis of Covid has distanced us from each other. We see anew how far apart we are. The result must be a new way to bring us together.’ (Jon Yates)
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Session 5: Singleness In An Age Of Isolation By: Judy Moore Date: Sunday 29 May 2022 Bible Passage: Proverbs (Chapter 3, verses 5-6) 1 Corinthians (Chapter 7, verses 25-40) Sam Allberry, in his book 7 Myths about Singleness, writes that the ’… goodness of singleness is something the whole church needs to know’. In our age of Love Island and First Dates, we tend to forget that many of the heroes in the bible were single (Jesus, Paul). Perhaps we need to spend a bit more time reflecting on the virgin life of Jesus than his virgin birth! How can we build a healthy, honest and compelling picture of what it means to be single in an age of isolation?
‘The crisis of Covid has distanced us from each other. We see anew how far apart we are. The result must be a new way to bring us together.’ (Jon Yates)
SESSION 4: MARRIAGE IN AN AGE OF OBSESSION BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: Sunday 22 May 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Proverbs (Chapter 18, verses 22) 1 Corinthians (Chapter 7, verses 8-24) The ancient scholar, Gregory of Nyssa, once wrote that marriage is the “Sweet rivalry of each wishing to surpass the other in loving”. In a world that is fixated by romance, the biblical perspective on marriage is very surprising. It’s only as we discover how unimportant marriage really is, that we discover the tools for life-changing marriages!
The crisis of Covid has distanced us from each other. We see anew how far apart we are. The result must be a new way to bring us together.’ (Jon Yates)
TITLE: What Are You Wearing? – The Armour of God BY: Judy Moore DATE: 15 May 2022 BIBLE PASSAGE: Ephesians (Chapter 6, verses 10-18).
TEACHING SERIES: The Story of US TITLE: Session 3: Disappointment In An Age Of Longing BY: Judy Moore DATE: 8 May 2022 BIBLE PASSAGES: Proverbs (Chapter 13, verses 12) Romans (Chapter 12, verses 1-2) and Mathew (Chapter 26, verses 36-46).
In the Welsh language, there is a strange word that describes something many of us feel. It is the word Hiraeth. It describes the unattainable desire that we feel for a place that no longer exists, or to which we can never return. It is a homesickness we feel when our ‘home’ is years ago and far away, if it ever really existed at all. What do we do when our relationships are a bit like that – when they are disappointing? When our friends, families, or partner let us down? What do we do when life isn’t quite what we hoped it would be?
‘The crisis of Covid has distanced us from each other. We see anew how far apart we are. The result must be a new way to bring us together.’ (Jon Yates)
TEACHING SERIES: The Story of US TITLE: Session 2: Friendship in an age of romance BY: Sarah Auger DATE: 1 May 2022 PASSAGE: Proverbs (Chapter 17, verses 17) and John (Chapter 15, verses 9-17)
According to a study from University College London, nearly a quarter of us have experienced a complete breakdown in a significant relationship during the pandemic. Friendships have been stretched; families have been fractured; romances have struggled. Yes, over the last 2 years many of us know that our relationships have taken a serious hit. This important teaching series is all about those relationships. Rooted in the biblical book of Proverbs, this is a chance to reflect, rebuild and refresh all our relationships in this post-pandemic world.
‘The crisis of Covid has distanced us from each other. We see anew how far apart we are. The result must be a new way to bring us together.’ (Jon Yates)
TEACHING SERIES: The Story of US TITLE: Session 1: I am not me without you BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: 24 April 2022 PASSAGE: Proverbs (Chapter 27, verses 17) and Romans (Chapter 12, verses 9-21)
According to a study from University College London, nearly a quarter of us have experienced a complete breakdown in a significant relationship during the pandemic. Friendships have been stretched; families have been fractured; romances have struggled. Yes, over the last 2 years many of us know that our relationships have taken a serious hit. This important teaching series is all about those relationships. Rooted in the biblical book of Proverbs, this is a chance to reflect, rebuild and refresh all our relationships in this post-pandemic world.
‘The crisis of Covid has distanced us from each other. We see anew how far apart we are. The result must be a new way to bring us together.’ (Jon Yates)
TEACHING SERIES: And, Breathe TITLE: Session 10: The Holy Spirit & Me BY: Judy Moore DATE: 3 April 2022 PASSAGE: Ephesians (Chaper 5, verses 15 to 20)
“If God was small enough to be comprehended, he would not be big enough to be worshipped.” (Imad Shehadeh) This is a series all about the Holy Spirit. Who, or what, is the Holy Spirit? The bible is mainly written in Hebrew (Old Testament) and in Greek (New Testament). Each of these languages has one word (Hebrew – ruach; Greek – pneuma) that is used for three different English words – Spirit, breath and wind. And so, the way the bible describes the Holy Spirit can be both confusing and illuminated by these ideas…the wind that powers the sails, and the breath that gives life. So, what role does the Holy Spirit play in the life of Christians? This series takes a deep dive in who the Holy Spirit is and the difference he makes in our lives. It’s time to breathe again. “The Lord of hosts is with us. He’s not watching us move through this stream of history, he’s actually navigating it with us through his Holy Spirit.” (Karen A Ellis)
TEACHING SERIES: And, Breathe TITLE: Session 9: Built Up – Gift Of Tongues BY: Tim Chilvres DATE: 27 March 2022 PASSAGE: 1 Corinthians (Chaper 12, verses 7 to 11 and Chapter 14, verses 1-25)
“If God was small enough to be comprehended, he would not be big enough to be worshipped.” (Imad Shehadeh) This is a series all about the Holy Spirit. Who, or what, is the Holy Spirit? The bible is mainly written in Hebrew (Old Testament) and in Greek (New Testament). Each of these languages has one word (Hebrew – ruach; Greek – pneuma) that is used for three different English words – Spirit, breath and wind. And so, the way the bible describes the Holy Spirit can be both confusing and illuminated by these ideas…the wind that powers the sails, and the breath that gives life. So, what role does the Holy Spirit play in the life of Christians? This series takes a deep dive in who the Holy Spirit is and the difference he makes in our lives. It’s time to breathe again. “The Lord of hosts is with us. He’s not watching us move through this stream of history, he’s actually navigating it with us through his Holy Spirit.” (Karen A Ellis)
SESSION 8: BUILT UP – GIFT OF PROPHECY TEACHING SERIES: And, Breathe TITLE: Session 8: Built Up – Gift Of Prophecy BY: Sarah Auger DATE: 20 March 2022 PASSAGE: 1 Corinthians (Chaper 12, verses 7 to 11 and Chapter 14, verses 1-25
“If God was small enough to be comprehended, he would not be big enough to be worshipped.” (Imad Shehadeh) This is a series all about the Holy Spirit. Who, or what, is the Holy Spirit? The bible is mainly written in Hebrew (Old Testament) and in Greek (New Testament). Each of these languages has one word (Hebrew – ruach; Greek – pneuma) that is used for three different English words – Spirit, breath and wind. And so, the way the bible describes the Holy Spirit can be both confusing and illuminated by these ideas…the wind that powers the sails, and the breath that gives life. So, what role does the Holy Spirit play in the life of Christians? This series takes a deep dive in who the Holy Spirit is and the difference he makes in our lives. It’s time to breathe again. “The Lord of hosts is with us. He’s not watching us move through this stream of history, he’s actually navigating it with us through his Holy Spirit.” (Karen A Ellis)
TEACHING SERIES: And, Breathe TITLE: Session 7: A Generous Spirit BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: 13 March 2022 PASSAGE: Romans (Chaper 12, verses 42 to 47) Acts (Chapter 4, verses 32 to 36) and Acts 5
“If God was small enough to be comprehended, he would not be big enough to be worshipped.” (Imad Shehadeh) This is a series all about the Holy Spirit. Who, or what, is the Holy Spirit? The bible is mainly written in Hebrew (Old Testament) and in Greek (New Testament). Each of these languages has one word (Hebrew – ruach; Greek – pneuma) that is used for three different English words – Spirit, breath and wind. And so, the way the bible describes the Holy Spirit can be both confusing and illuminated by these ideas…the wind that powers the sails, and the breath that gives life. So, what role does the Holy Spirit play in the life of Christians? This series takes a deep dive in who the Holy Spirit is and the difference he makes in our lives. It’s time to breathe again. “The Lord of hosts is with us. He’s not watching us move through this stream of history, he’s actually navigating it with us through his Holy Spirit.” (Karen A Ellis)
TEACHING SERIES: Monthly Joint Sunday Gathering TITLE: Self Sacrifice In An Age Of Entitlement BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: 6 March 2022
TEACHING SERIES: And, Breathe TITLE: Session 6: A Transformed Community BY: Nathanael Ballew DATE: 27 February 2022 PASSAGE: Romans (Chaper 12, verses 3 to 8)
“If God was small enough to be comprehended, he would not be big enough to be worshipped.” (Imad Shehadeh) This is a series all about the Holy Spirit. Who, or what, is the Holy Spirit? The bible is mainly written in Hebrew (Old Testament) and in Greek (New Testament). Each of these languages has one word (Hebrew – ruach; Greek – pneuma) that is used for three different English words – Spirit, breath and wind. And so, the way the bible describes the Holy Spirit can be both confusing and illuminated by these ideas…the wind that powers the sails, and the breath that gives life. So, what role does the Holy Spirit play in the life of Christians? This series takes a deep dive in who the Holy Spirit is and the difference he makes in our lives. It’s time to breathe again. “The Lord of hosts is with us. He’s not watching us move through this stream of history, he’s actually navigating it with us through his Holy Spirit.” (Karen A Ellis)
TEACHING SERIES: And, Breathe TITLE: Session 5: Gifts That Keep On Giving BY: Judy Moore DATE: 20 February 2022 PASSAGE: 1 Corinthians (Chapter 12, verses 1 to 7)
“If God was small enough to be comprehended, he would not be big enough to be worshipped.” (Imad Shehadeh) This is a series all about the Holy Spirit. Who, or what, is the Holy Spirit? The bible is mainly written in Hebrew (Old Testament) and in Greek (New Testament). Each of these languages has one word (Hebrew – ruach; Greek – pneuma) that is used for three different English words – Spirit, breath and wind. And so, the way the bible describes the Holy Spirit can be both confusing and illuminated by these ideas…the wind that powers the sails, and the breath that gives life. So, what role does the Holy Spirit play in the life of Christians? This series takes a deep dive in who the Holy Spirit is and the difference he makes in our lives. It’s time to breathe again. “The Lord of hosts is with us. He’s not watching us move through this stream of history, he’s actually navigating it with us through his Holy Spirit.” (Karen A Ellis
TEACHING SERIES: And, Breathe TITLE: Session 4: A Beautiful Kind of Ordinary BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: 13 February 2022 PASSAGE: Galatians (Chaper 5, verses 13 to 26)
“If God was small enough to be comprehended, he would not be big enough to be worshipped.” (Imad Shehadeh) This is a series all about the Holy Spirit. Who, or what, is the Holy Spirit? The bible is mainly written in Hebrew (Old Testament) and in Greek (New Testament). Each of these languages has one word (Hebrew – ruach; Greek – pneuma) that is used for three different English words – Spirit, breath and wind. And so, the way the bible describes the Holy Spirit can be both confusing and illuminated by these ideas…the wind that powers the sails, and the breath that gives life. So, what role does the Holy Spirit play in the life of Christians? This series takes a deep dive in who the Holy Spirit is and the difference he makes in our lives. It’s time to breathe again. “The Lord of hosts is with us. He’s not watching us move through this stream of history, he’s actually navigating it with us through his Holy Spirit.” (Karen A Ellis)
TEACHING SERIES: Monhtly Joint Sunday Gathering TITLE: A Renewed Heart BY: Judy Moore DATE: 6 February 2022 PASSAGE: Proverbs (Chaper 4, verse 23)
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk/
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TEACHING SERIES: And, Breathe TITLE: Session 3: You’re Home BY: Sarah Auger DATE: 30 January 2022 PASSAGE: Romans (Chapter 8, verses 5 to 15)
“If God was small enough to be comprehended, he would not be big enough to be worshipped.” (Imad Shehadeh) This is a series all about the Holy Spirit. Who, or what, is the Holy Spirit? The bible is mainly written in Hebrew (Old Testament) and in Greek (New Testament). Each of these languages has one word (Hebrew – ruach; Greek – pneuma) that is used for three different English words – Spirit, breath and wind. And so, the way the bible describes the Holy Spirit can be both confusing and illuminated by these ideas…the wind that powers the sails, and the breath that gives life. So, what role does the Holy Spirit play in the life of Christians? This series takes a deep dive in who the Holy Spirit is and the difference he makes in our lives. It’s time to breathe again. “The Lord of hosts is with us. He’s not watching us move through this stream of history, he’s actually navigating it with us through his Holy Spirit.” (Karen A Ellis)
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
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TEACHING SERIES: And, Breathe TITLE: Session 2: A Life Of Purpose BY: Judy Moore DATE: 23 January 2022 PASSAGE: John (Chapter 16, verses 5 to 15)
“If God was small enough to be comprehended, he would not be big enough to be worshipped.” (Imad Shehadeh)
This is a series all about the Holy Spirit. Who, or what, is the Holy Spirit? The bible is mainly written in Hebrew (Old Testament) and in Greek (New Testament). Each of these languages has one word (Hebrew – ruach; Greek – pneuma) that is used for three different English words – Spirit, breath and wind. And so, the way the bible describes the Holy Spirit can be both confusing and illuminated by these ideas…the wind that powers the sails, and the breath that gives life. So, what role does the Holy Spirit play in the life of Christians? This series takes a deep dive in who the Holy Spirit is and the difference he makes in our lives. It’s time to breathe again. “The Lord of hosts is with us. He’s not watching us move through this stream of history, he’s actually navigating it with us through his Holy Spirit.” (Karen A Ellis)
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: And, Breathe TITLE: Session 1: We Are Not Alone BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: 16 January 2021 PASSAGE: John (Chapter 15, verses 26 to Chapter 16, verse 7)
“If God was small enough to be comprehended, he would not be big enough to be worshipped.” (Imad Shehadeh)
This is a series all about the Holy Spirit. Who, or what, is the Holy Spirit? The bible is mainly written in Hebrew (Old Testament) and in Greek (New Testament). Each of these languages has one word (Hebrew – ruach; Greek – pneuma) that is used for three different English words – Spirit, breath and wind. And so, the way the bible describes the Holy Spirit can be both confusing and illuminated by these ideas…the wind that powers the sails, and the breath that gives life. So, what role does the Holy Spirit play in the life of Christians? This series takes a deep dive in who the Holy Spirit is and the difference he makes in our lives. It’s time to breathe again.
“The Lord of hosts is with us. He’s not watching us move through this stream of history, he’s actually navigating it with us through his Holy Spirit.” (Karen A Ellis
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TITLE: Joint Gathering: Shine BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: 9 Jan 2022 PASSAGE: Psalm Chapter 34, verses 1 – 8.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Jesus TITLE: Session 7: The Call BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: 21 November 2021 PASSAGE: Luke – Chapter 8, verses 4-15.
WELCOME: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk/
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TEACHING SERIES: Jesus TITLE: Session 6: The Faith BY: Judy Moore DATE: 14 November 2021 PASSAGE: Luke Chapter 7, Verses 11-17
EXCERPT: The heart of Christianity is not the strength of our faith, but the strength of the one in whom we have faith – the one who welcomes outsiders (v1-10), raises the dead (v11-17) and forgives sins (v36-50).
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Jesus TITLE: Session 5: The Message BY: Nathanael Ballew DATE: 24 Oct 2021
EXCERPT: The message of Jesus is one full of hope and love, and yet always results in lasting fruit. The more we understand the hope and love that Jesus offers, the more change it will always produce. If we aren’t seeing the fruit, then maybe we need to understand the message even more.
If our default position is to find fault in others before we see any fault in ourselves, then Jesus has something to say! The message of Jesus always results in change….starting with me.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Jesus Title: Session 4: The Belonging BY: Sarah Auger DATE: 10 Oct 2021
EXCERPT: We live in a tribal world, in which we like to pigeonhole people as ‘them’ and ‘us’. What if Jesus offers a belonging that includes those we exclude? What if we viewed people through the lens of 5:31? What if we’re all ‘sick’ and in need of the cure? What if the insiders are actually the outsiders?!
WELCOME: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk/
USEFUL LINKS: Our Website: riverside-church.org.uk/ Read Online(Church Blog) - www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog Watch Online(YouTube) - www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Jesus TITLE: Session 3: The Influencer BY: Judy Moore DATE: 3 Oct 2021
EXCERPT: These days, everyone what’s to be an influencer. Jesus was the original influencer and changed everything!
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Jesus TITLE: Session 2: The Manifesto BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: 26 Sep 2021
EXCERPT: Sadly, the church hasn’t always been the best window to be able to see Jesus. And it can be tempting to ignore him as a result of his followers. But as the old saying goes – don’t judge an original classic song on the basis of dodgy cover versions! Instead, remind yourself just how good the original really is. And he really is that good.
BIBLE PASSAGES: Luke Chapter 4, verses 14-30 – Jesus the Teacher Luke Chapter 4, verses 31-44 – Jesus the Healer
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: Jesus TITLE: Session 1: The Real Jesus BY: Tim Chilvers DATE: 19 Sep 2021
EXCERPT: One man changed history more than any other. Our calendar is based on his life. Our symbols of hope are based on his death… but do we really know who he is?
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
TEACHING SERIES: The God Who… TITLE: Session 5: The God Who… Changes Everything BY: Andy Worthington DATE: 5 Sep 2021
EXCERPT: It is only when we see how good God is, can we get the right perspective on our lives. A summer series to reflect and be inspired for the journey ahead. Full Bible study resources related to this talk are available via our church blog (link below).
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: The God Who… Title: Session 4: The God Who… Notices By: Paul Duncan Recorded: Sunday 29/08/2021
For full details and resources associated with this podcast please visit our church blog: https://riverside-church.org.uk/blog Resources include Bible study discussion questions, children’s activity sheets, links to the livestream broadcast on YouTube and a transcript of the talk.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) – https://youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: The God Who… Title: Session 3: The God Who… Provides By: Julian Mander Recorded: Sunday 22/08/2021
For full details and resources associated with this podcast please visit our church blog: https://riverside-church.org.uk/blog Resources include Bible study discussion questions, children’s activity sheets, links to the livestream broadcast on YouTube and a transcript of the talk.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://riverside-church.org.uk/blog WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) – https://youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: The God Who… Title: Session 2: The God Who… Is Hope By: Mel Lynch Recorded: Sunday 15/08/2021
For full details and resources associated with this podcast please visit our church blog: https://riverside-church.org.uk/blog Resources include Bible study discussion questions, children’s activity sheets, links to the livestream broadcast on YouTube and a transcript of the talk.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links:
OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://riverside-church.org.uk/blog
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) – https://youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Let The River Flow Title: Part 2 By: Tim Chilvers Bible Passage: Ezekiel (Chapter 47) Recorded: Sunday 23/05/2021
Let The River Flow: As a church our heartbeat has always been to bring the life of Jesus to our city and beyond. He’s changed our lives, and we want everyone else to discover the same hope we have. Like a river that brings life wherever it flows. Covid-19 has given us the opportunity to think, pray and dream about the journey that is ahead. Join us for this important Sunday series as we unpack the path before us as a church.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links:
OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Emerge Title: Moving On With Expectation By: Sarah Auger Bible Passage: Ephesians (Chapter 3, verses 14-21) Recorded: Sunday 09/05/2021
Emerge: As the world continues to battle with Covid-19, here in the UK we are beginning to emerge out of lockdown. This Sunday teaching series is all about reflecting on how to do this well. Over the next 3 weeks we will take time to stop, breathe and reflect. And then, we’ll think about the kind of lives that we want to have, before then choosing to look forwards with expectation.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: The God Who… Title: Session 1: The God Who… Is Faithful By: Alice Ballew Recorded: Sunday 08/08/2021
The God Who… It is only when we see how good God is, can we get the right perspective on our lives. A summer series to reflect and be inspired for the journey ahead.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Take Hold Title: Light Despite The Shadows By: Tim Chilvers Bible Passage: Nehemiah (Chapter 13) Recorded: Sunday 01/08/2021
Light Despite The Shadows: We are part of a much bigger story, and God is building something much bigger than us. Despite our ongoing failings, it’s so good to remember the difference that Jesus makes!
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links:
OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Take Hold Title: Time To Party By: Nathanael Ballew Bible Passage: Nehemiah (Chapter 11, verses 1-2 & Chapter 12, verses 27-30) Recorded: Sunday 25/07/2021
Time To Party: It’s only when we look back can we see how far we have come. It’s only as we take time to see what God has done, that we really can party!
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links:
OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Take Hold Title: Picking Yourself Up By: Judy Moore Bible Passage: Nehemiah (Chapter 9, verses 1-3) Recorded: Sunday 11/07/2021
Picking Yourself Up: We all get things wrong, and sometimes it gets ugly. When we do so, how do we pick ourselves up and resolve to move forwards and take hold of what is ahead?
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links:
OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Take Hold Title: Building Strong By: Tim Chilvers Bible Passage: Nehemiah (Chapter 8, verses 1-6) Recorded: Sunday 04/07/2021
Building Strong: When you want to change things for good, it’s crucial to lay the right foundations. What should be the key priorities?
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links:
OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Take Hold Title: Despite The Odds By: Sarah Auger Bible Passage: Nehemiah (Chapter 4, verses 1-6) Recorded: Sunday 27/06/2021
Despite The Odds: Change is never easy! Anything that is worth doing will face opposition, both from outside and from within. How do we keep going despite the odds?
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links:
OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Take Hold Title: Seize The Moment By: Judy Moore Bible Passage: Nehemiah (Chapter 2, verses 1-20) Recorded: Sunday 20/06/2021
Seize The Moment: It’s easy to wish things were different, but what if God has given you an opportunity – in the very moment you find yourself, right now – to be that difference!
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links:
OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Take Hold Title: Change Begins In The Heart By: Tim Chilvers Bible Passage: Nehemiah (Chapter 1, verses 1-11) Recorded: Sunday 13/06/2021
Change Begins In The Heart: When things aren’t as they should be, we long for change. It’s so good to know that change doesn’t just depend on us – God is always at work!
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links:
OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Let The River Flow Title: Part 3 By: Tim Chilvers Bible Passage: Ezekiel (Chapter 47) Recorded: Sunday 06/06/2021
Let The River Flow: As a church our heartbeat has always been to bring the life of Jesus to our city and beyond. He’s changed our lives, and we want everyone else to discover the same hope we have. Like a river that brings life wherever it flows. Covid-19 has given us the opportunity to think, pray and dream about the journey that is ahead. Join us for this important Sunday series as we unpack the path before us as a church.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links:
OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Let The River Flow Title: Part 1 By: Tim Chilvers Bible Passage: Ezekiel (Chapter 47) Recorded: Sunday 16/05/2021
Let The River Flow: As a church our heartbeat has always been to bring the life of Jesus to our city and beyond. He’s changed our lives, and we want everyone else to discover the same hope we have. Like a river that brings life wherever it flows. Covid-19 has given us the opportunity to think, pray and dream about the journey that is ahead. Join us for this important Sunday series as we unpack the path before us as a church.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Emerge Title: Session 2: Opening Up To Life By: Nathanael Ballew Bible Passage: Colossians (Chapter 3, verses 1-4) & 1 Timothy (Chapter 4, verses 6-10) Recorded: Sunday 02/05/2021
Emerge: As the world continues to battle with Covid-19, here in the UK we are beginning to emerge out of lockdown. This Sunday teaching series is all about reflecting on how to do this well. Over the next 3 weeks we will take time to stop, breathe and reflect. And then, we’ll think about the kind of lives that we want to have, before then choosing to look forwards with expectation.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Emerge Title: Session 1: Coming Up For Breath By: Judy Moore Bible Passage: Psalm 42 Recorded: Sunday 25/04/2021
Emerge: As the world continues to battle with Covid-19, here in the UK we are beginning to emerge out of lockdown. This Sunday teaching series is all about reflecting on how to do this well. Over the next 3 weeks we will take time to stop, breathe and reflect. And then, we’ll think about the kind of lives that we want to have, before then choosing to look forwards with expectation.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Human Title: Session 11: I Long For So Much More By: Tim Chilvers Bible Passage: Genesis (Chapter 3, verses 6-13) Recorded: Sunday 18/04/2021
I Long For So Much More: The devastating power of fantasy is something that every movie producer and advertising executive swears by. The fantasy, the ideal, the thing we long for, particularly when our circumstances are far from what we’d hoped. It’s almost as we can’t escape the allure. But, maybe we’d do well to remember exactly what fantasies really are...Fantasy. And, maybe they point to a much deeper desire, a longing that has something really important to tell us.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Teaching Series: Human Title: Session 10: The Use And Abuse Of Power By: Tim Chilvers Bible Passage: Genesis (Chapter 3, verses 9-24) & Luke (Chapter 14, verses 7-11) Recorded: Sunday 11/04/2021
The Use And Abuse Of Power: We all have power, but we don’t realise it. Sadly, some of us have experienced the misuse of power in very damaging ways. How might we use and even abuse our power? And how do we handle power in our relationships? In Genesis 1-3, we see several instances of power and begin to discover that there is a very different way that God uses power. And as we see how Jesus uses it we discover the upside-down way to use power for good.
Welcome: What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE: https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/RiversideChurchBirmingham
Title: Why Is Everything Broken By: Sarah Auger Bible Passage: Genesis (Chapter 3, verses 1 – 9) Recorded: Sunday 28/03/2021
Adam & Eve are a snapshot of the devastating truth that everything is fractured. Their relationships with each other, with themselves, with the world around them and ultimately with God are all broken. Left to our own devices, things go devastatingly wrong. Maybe it’s a good job we’re not left to our devices!
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together in-person is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. We hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links:
READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) https://riverside-churchblog.org.uk
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - Search 'Riverside Church Birmingham' in YouTube or visit our website for the link: https://riverside-church.org.uk
Title: The Journey We All Take By: Tim Chilvers Bible Passage: Genesis (Chapter 3, verses 1 – 8) Recorded: Sunday 21/03/2021
For decades, we have moved away from the idea of ‘sin’. It’s often either a dirty word or just a naughty word. What if rediscovering the biblical idea of sin is actually the best news possible. What if it is the only thing that makes sense of our broken lives and hearts. What if sin is actually good news?
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. Whether online or in-person, we hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Useful Links:
READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) https://riverside-churchblog.org.uk
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - Search 'Riverside Church Birmingham' in YouTube or visit our website for the link: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Title: What Do I Do With Shame? By: Judy Moore Bible Passage: Genesis (Chapter 2, verses 25 to Chapter 3, verse 10) Recorded: Sunday 14/03/2021
In a 'cancel culture' in which we try and shame those we differ from, what do we do with our own shame? It’s a part of the human story since we began, and so what do we do with it and where is the hope?
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically is still true of us online. We are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: http://riverside-church.org.uk/
Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. Whether online or in-person, we hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Useful Links:
READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) https://riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - Search 'Riverside Church Birmingham' or you can get the link from our website: http://riverside-church.org.uk/
Title: Sex Is Great But … By: Tim Chilvers Bible Passage: Genesis (Chapter 2, verses 23 - 25) Recorded: Sunday 7/3/2021
In a society that has elevated a gift from God to the status of a god, the biblical perspective on sex is breathtaking. It is good news for everyone, whether they be conservatives or liberals; single or married; young or old. As we discover that sex is both more, and less, important than our culture has modelled, we see a future that is truly good news for our broken lives.
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically is still true of us online. At Riverside we are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. Whether online or in-person, we hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Useful Links:
READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - Visit our website or use link: bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: Human Title: Him/Her By: Tim Chilvers Bible Passage: Genesis (Chapter 2, verses 18 - 22) Recorded: Sunday 28//02/2021
In a confused world, the biblical foundations of gender lay out a pathway ahead. It’s when we discover the dignity and equality in both male and female, we realise the radical power of living with and for both genders.
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically is still true of us online. At Riverside we are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk
Riverside is a church made up of people from a diversity of backgrounds and experiences all with one thing in common; our discovery of God and His amazing love. Whether online or in-person, we hope you will feel at home among us and that you will find our weekly services, events and groups welcoming and relevant to your life.
Useful Links:
READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - Visit our website or use link: http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Title: 5 Things I've Learnt During The Pandemic By: Judy Moore Recorded: Sunday 14//02/2021
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically is still true of us online. At Riverside we are on a journey together to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links:
READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/
WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - Visit our website or use link: http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: Human Title: Home Is Where The Heart Is By: Nathanael Ballew Bible Passage: Genesis (Chapter 2, verses 4 - 17) Recorded: Sunday 07//02/2021
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - Visit our website or use link: bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: Human Title: Why Am I Here? By: Sarah Auger Bible Passage: Genesis (Chapter 1, verses 28 to Chapter 2, verse 17) Recorded: Sunday 31/01/2021
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - Visit our website or use link: bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: Human Title: Who Am I? By: Tim Chilvers Bible Passage: Genesis (Chapter 1, verses 26-27) Recorded: Sunday 24/01/2021
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - Visit our website or use link: bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: Human Title: Whose Story Am I Living? By: Tim Chilvers Bible Passage: Genesis (Chapter 1, verses 1-25) Recorded: Sunday 17/01/2021
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE - https://riverside-church.org.uk/ READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/ WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - Visit our website or use link: bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: Back To The Future Title: Part 2 By: Judy Moore Bible Passages: Isaiah (Chapter 43, verses 18 to 19)& 2 Corinthians (Chapter 5, verses 16 to 21) Recorded: Sunday 10/01/2021 (Online Service)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: OUR WEBSITE - https://riverside-church.org.uk READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: Back To The Future Title: Part 1 By: Tim Chilvers Bible Passages: Isaiah (Chapter 43, verses 18 to 19)& 2 Corinthians (Chapter 5, verses 16 to 21) Recorded: Sunday 03/01/2021 (Online Service)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers across Birmingham and beyond. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: The Masks We Can Leave Behind Title: Session 4 – A Posture Of Defence By: Sarah Auger Bible Passage: Luke (Chapter 12, verses 8-12) Recorded: Sunday 06/12/2020 (Online Service)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: The Masks We Can Leave Behind Title: Session 3 – The Mask Of Age By: Tim Chilvers Bible Passage: Luke (Chapter 12, verses 6-7) Recorded: Sunday 29/11/2020 (Online Service)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: The Masks We Can Leave Behind Title: Session 2 – The Stories We Tell By: Judy Moore Bible Passage: Luke (Chapter 12, verses 4-5) Recorded: Sunday 22/11/2020 (Online Service)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: The Masks We Can Leave Behind Title: Session 1 – Removing The Mask By: Nathanael Ballew Recorded: Sunday 15/11/2020 (Online Service)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: What On Earth Is Going On? Title: Session 2 – Where can we find strength to keep on going? By: Tim Chilvers Recorded: Sunday 08/11/2020 (Online Service)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: What On Earth Is Going On? Title: Session 1 – How do we cope in a wold outside of our control? By: Tim Chilvers Recorded: Sunday 01/11/2020 (Online Service)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: Strange New World Title: Session 7 – Hope That Really Is By: Tim Chilvers Recorded: Sunday 18/10/2020
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: Strange New World Title: Session 6 – Be Who You Are By: Judy Moore Recorded: Sunday 11/10/2020 (Online Service)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: Strange New World Title: Session 5 – Live As Free People By: Tim Chilvers Recorded: Sunday 04/10/2020 (Online Service)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: Strange New World Title: Session 4 – Building For The Future By: Tim Chilvers Recorded: Sunday 27/9/2020 (Online Service)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: Strange New World Title: Session 3 – Being Strange By: Tim Chilvers Recorded: Sunday 20/9/2020 (Online Service)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: Strange New World Title: Session 2 – For A Little While By: Judy Moore Recorded: Sunday 13/9/2020 (Online Service)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: Strange New World Title: Session 1 – Strange New World By: Tim Chilvers Recorded: Sunday 6/9/2020 (Online Service)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Useful Links: READ ONLINE / STUDY GUIDES (Church Blog) - www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk WATCH ONLINE (YouTube) - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
Teaching Series: All Being Well? Title: Session 5 – Interview with Erin Turner By: Judy Moore Recorded: Sunday 30/8/2020 (Online Service)
For the study guide and resources please visit our blog: https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Teaching Series: All Being Well? Title: Session 4 – One Step At A Time By: Andy Mackie Recorded: Sunday 23/8/2020 (Online Service)
For the study guide and resources please visit our blog: https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/all-being-well-session-4/
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: riverside-church.org.uk
Teaching Series: All Being Well? Title: Session 3 – Eyes On The Prize By: Elena Kappers Recorded: Sunday 16/8/2020 (Online Service)
For the study guide and resources please visit our blog: https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/all-being-well-session-3/
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Teaching Series: All Being Well? Title: Session 2 - Running Free (Resisting the downward slide) By: Judy Moore Recorded: Sunday 9/8/2020 (Online Service)
For full details please refer to our blog post - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/all-being-well-session-2/
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Teaching Series: All Being Well? Title: Session 1 - Not Alone By: Tim Chilvers Recorded: Sunday 2/8/2020 (Online Service)
For full details please refer to our blog post - https://www.riverside-churchblog.org.uk/all-being-well-session-1/
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church and to find details of our social media accounts please visit our website: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Title: I Want To Make A Difference (Finding your place in changing the world) By: Andy Mackie Bible Reading: Book of Mathew (Chapter 6, verses 31-33) Ecclesiastes (Chapter 6, verses 1, 2 and 7) Recorded: Sunday 19/7/2020 (Online Service)
In a recent survey, around half of all 18-35 year olds were engaged in good causes that they were passionate about. With a bias towards local initiatives, many of us want to make a difference with our lives. We aren’t content with settling down, and just looking after ourselves. We want our lives to count, and not waste them! What do we do with this heartfelt cry and the longing to change the world? And, how do we work out what to devote our time to that really makes a difference?
For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline. You can watch all videos in this teaching series by visiting: https://bit.ly/BeyondLockdown-YouTube
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church and to find our social media account information please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change. Full readings: Ecclesiastes 6:1-12; Psalm 18:25-29; Ephesians 5:15-20; James 4:13-17
Title: I'm So Bored (Finding adventure in a hum-drum world) By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Book of Ecclesiastes (Chapter 2, verses 1-11) Recorded: Sunday 12/7/2020 (Online Service)
On Google, apparently more people have asked the question “Am I bored?” than ever before - it has increased by 325% since lockdown began! One of the big struggles that many of us have seems to be dealing with boredom. After all, you can only cope with so much Netflix! And for some of us, as well as the lockdown boredom, we worry that life will actually carry on exactly as it was before - without any real adventure. You might be surprised to hear that God has an invitation for you, to an adventure that is bigger than you ever dreamed!
For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline. You can watch all videos in this teaching series by visiting: https://bit.ly/BeyondLockdown-YouTube
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church and to find our social media account information please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change. Full readings: Ecclesiastes 2:1-11; Psalm 112:6-9; Ephesians 2:10; 1 Timothy 4:4-10
Title: I'm Worried Things Won't Change (Finding power to change your world) By: Judy Moore Bible Reading: Book of Ecclesiastes (Chapter 1, verses 4-11) Recorded: Sunday 05/7/2020 (Online Service)
Botox searches on Google have dropped by 65% since lockdown... it seems our priorities have changed recently. But, as we think about the future beyond lockdown, what about those thing that we really long to change? For many of us, we live with broken promises and failed attempts to live differently. And although we hope for the possibility of a new start, we worry that things will never really change. Is there anywhere we can go to get power to actually make lasting changes?
For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline. You can watch all videos in this teaching series by visiting: https://bit.ly/BeyondLockdown-YouTube
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church and to find our social media account information please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change. Full readings: Ecclesiastes 1:4-11; Psalm 102:25-27; Romans 7:21-25; 2 Timothy 2:11-13
Title: I'm Living With Flux (Life in a time of flux) By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Book of Numbers (Chapter 14, verses 1 to 8) Recorded: Sunday 28/06/2020 (Online Service)
For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline. You can watch all videos in this teaching series by visiting: https://bit.ly/BeyondLockdown-YouTube
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church and to find our social media account information please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: I Feel Like A Failure (Finding freedom in a success-driven world) By: Nathanael Ballew Bible Reading: Book of Ecclesiastes (Chapter 2, verses 22-26) Recorded: Sunday 21/06/2020 (Online Service)
In a survey at the end of 2019, over 40% of British 18-30 year olds were afraid of failing in life. Whether it’s doing badly in exams, ruining a good career, or getting a relationship wrong, many of us are simply terrified of the very idea of failing. What do we do with these feelings? Where can we go if we actually have failed? Is there any hope of freedom in our success-driven world?
For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline. You can watch all videos in this teaching series by visiting: https://bit.ly/BeyondLockdown-YouTube
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church and to find our social media account information please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change. Full readings: Ecclesiastes 2:22-26; Psalms 37:23-24; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10; Hebrews 4:16
Title: I Am So Anxious About The Future By: Judy Moore Bible Reading: Book of Ecclesiastes (Chapter 8, verses 7-17 and Chapter 11, verses 9-10) Recorded: Sunday 14/06/2020 (Online Service)
Beyond Lockdown: Opening Up To Life - I Am So Anxious About The Future (Finding courage in a fearful world) In a recent UK survey, nearly 70% of people said that lockdown has increased their anxiety. And, it wasn’t just fear about getting Coronavirus. No, a significant amount of this anxiety was due to worrying about leaving lockdown and getting back to normal life. To add to these concerns, a different survey last year revealed that British 18-30 year olds were already more fearful than rest of the world. It seems that many of us live with real anxiety. So, in a world of such fear, is there anywhere we can go to find courage?
For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline. You can watch all videos in this teaching series by visiting: https://bit.ly/BeyondLockdown-YouTube
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church and to find our social media account information please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change. Full readings: Ecclesiastes 8:7-17; Ecclesiastes 11:9-10; Psalms 23:4; Luke 12:22-26; 1 Peter 5:6-7
Title: I Feel So Alone By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Book of Ecclesiastes (Chapter 4, verses 7-12) Recorded: Sunday 07/06/2020 (Online Service)
Beyond Lockdown: Opening Up To Life - I Feel So Alone In a recent book, the former Surgeon-General of USA highlights the reality that loneliness is the ‘dark thread’ running through so many of the health challenges of our time. And, these last few months in lockdown have only added to our feelings of dis-connection. Of course, we all know that loneliness isn’t the same as alone-ness, but we can all identify with the ache of being lonely. Is there anywhere we can go to find connection in our physically distanced world?
For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church and to find our social media account information please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Why Are You Crying? By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Book of John (Chapter 20, verses 1-18) Recorded: Sunday 31/05/2020 (Online Service)
Longing For Hope: Why Are You Crying? There have been a lot of tears over these last few months. Tears of sadness and grief; tears of frustration and boredom; and tears of fear and loneliness. But for some there have also been tears of joy. What would it take for our tears of sadness to turn to tears of joy?
In this dramatic encounter with Jesus we are given a reason. Mary’s confused devastation turns to astonished joy (v13-16). The one who was dead is now alive. Can it be so? Put yourself in Mary’s place for a moment. All of her longings and dreams had been shattered when Jesus was crucified. And now, in this great reversal, it was almost too good to be true!
There is a huge difference between hope and optimism. Optimistic people want something to be true regardless of the evidence. According to the Bible, lasting hope is true regardless of whether we want it to be true. And so, as Mary cries out with joy, we discover that tears really can be wiped away. This is not optimistic fantasy. This hope is real. And that is exactly what we need right now.
For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church and to find our social media account information please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Costly Love By: Judy Moore Bible Reading: Book of John (Chapter 12, verses 1-11) Recorded: Sunday 24/05/2020 (Online Service)
Longing For Hope: Costly Love It’s noticeable who the heroes have been during this crisis. From the nurses to the delivery drivers, from the shelf stackers to the carers, many of the heroes have been people that are not often publicly praised. And yet, these painful times have given us a glimpse of how crucial some roles really are. And so we have rightly honoured them.
We celebrate what we value. And in this passage we have two very different examples of giving honour where honour is due. Firstly, we read that Jesus is being thrown a banquet (v1-2). And it’s important where this meal takes place - the home town of Lazarus. If ever there was a reason to publicly honour someone, it is when they have demonstrated the power to overcome death! And into this party comes a second display of love and honour as Mary recklessly, extravagantly, pours expensive perfume over Jesus. A very public, yet very intimate, expression of honour.
For us today, it seems that this pandemic has the potential to change the world forever. And as we try to get our bearings, it is worth highlighting the cost of Mary’s expression of love. It was so costly that it caused embarrassment and controversy (v4-6). But, it’s worth noticing the surrounding drama. Jesus saved her brother from death, and now Jesus connects her costly love with his own death (v7). It can be easy to only focus on us and our immediate needs and yet here we catch a glimpse that Jesus is bigger even than death itself. And in such a time as this, that really is worth celebrating and honouring.
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What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church and to find our social media account information please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: If You Had Been Here By: Nathanael Ballew Bible Reading: Book of John (Chapter 11, verses 17-36) Recorded: Sunday 17/05/2020 (Online Service)
Longing For Hope: If You Had Been Here In amongst many stories of hope during this crisis, some of the most powerful reports have been about sacrifice on behalf of others. From the NHS staff risking their lives for strangers, to selfless victims giving up ventilators for others there have been beautiful moments of redemption. They have reminded us about the collective power of giving to others.
And that’s why this encounter initially seems so jarring. Verse 6 confuses us. We’re told that Jesus cares about Lazarus (v5) and then he seems not to do anything about it as he simply stays where he is for a couple of days. And yet, as the story progresses we are given a more moving and life-changing portrait of Jesus than we had ever imagined.
As Jesus does an incredible miracle by bringing Lazarus back to life, we are given two snapshots of Jesus. Each snapshot gives us real hope as we try and get through this modern day crisis. Both Martha (v21) and Mary (v32) say the same thing to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died’”. And yet Jesus’ reaction is quite different to them both. To Martha he basically says “I’m in control of death and life and so it’s never too late.” He reminds Martha that there is always hope. And with Mary, though, he simply weeps. Two powerful reminders in these difficulty days - Jesus knows our grief and sadness and, with him, there is always hope.
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What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community. To find out more about Riverside Church and to find our social media account information please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: No-one To Help By: Sarah Auger Bible Reading: Book of John (Chapter 5, verses 1-15) Recorded: Sunday 10/05/2020 (Online Service)
Longing For Hope: No-one To Help One of the most devastating experiences during this painful time has been the isolation. From the monotony of social distancing to the tragedy of being alone in sickness and death, this disease has separated us. It has highlighted our long-forgotten need for each other. As the old poet said ‘No man is an island.’ What is true now has been true throughout history, and during this encounter we see Jesus rescuing a man who is very alone.
The words in v7 that there was ‘no-one to help me’ are full of sadness, aren’t they? You can’t help but wonder how long he’d experienced such isolation, given how long he’d been in this condition (v5). And yet Jesus treats him with such honour and respect by not presuming what he wants (v6) - a key foundation of our modern healthcare provision.
It could be easy to only emphasise the compassion and care that Jesus shows by healing this man, and make this a story about needing to care for all. However, the rest of the passage reveals a deeper poignancy to this encounter. Yes, Jesus cares for a lonely man cast aside by the oppressive systems of the day. But, this episode is really about who Jesus is. He is not just an ancient Florence Nightingale. He rewrites the very basis for hope. Rather than depending on a system that emphasises what we do to bring hope (Sabbath and religious obedience), Jesus reveals hope that is nothing to do with what we can achieve at all. In fact, the very things we try to focus on are not as important as we think anyway (v14). And as we discover this hope, it becomes more life-changing than we ever realised.
For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community.
To find out more about Riverside Church and to find our social media account information please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Meeting Our Needs By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Book of John (Chapter 4, verses 1-26) Recorded: Sunday 03/05/2020 (Online Service)
Longing For Hope: Meeting Our Needs This is one of the most memorable encounters with Jesus in the gospels. It is a raw description of a mixed-up individual and the beautiful hope that Jesus offers. In a society of shame, fear and judgement we discover lasting hope and grace, regardless of who we are.
The heart of this encounter is Jesus unveiling what the needs of the unnamed Samaritan woman really are. It is easy to focus on our physical needs. But Jesus provides for a much deeper need. A desire to get our physical needs met is natural, but only ever a temporary thing. Jesus offers hope that truly lasts and truly meets our deeper needs. And, he does this without prejudice (over social hierarchies or acceptabilities - she is a woman, with ‘unacceptable’ living arrangements), or favouritism (she is a Samaritan woman, after all).
Perhaps this encounter points to two remarkable truths for us during these challenging days. Firstly, we all have deeper needs than just our physical well-being. Jesus doesn’t undermine these natural desires - he’s a man asking for a drink, after all! But, he knows that physical wellbeing is only ever temporary. So too for us today. Understandably, we long for an end to this horrible disease and the misery it is causing. But, it would be wise to remember that our deepest needs are not just physical. Maybe during this time we can turn to the one who offers ‘living water’ that truly lasts. And, secondly, Jesus reminds us that he knows everything about us and our real needs - and embraces us just the same. Again, at times like this it can be easy to presume that we ‘have to get our house in order’ to be at the front of the queue for rescue. As people ’compete’ for limited healthcare facilities, isn’t it wonderful to know that Jesus isn’t selective in who he gives this ‘living water’ too. The offer is available to all - just come and drink.
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What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community.
To find out more about Riverside Church and to find our social media account information please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Needing A Miracle By: Andy Mackie Bible Reading: Book of John (Chapter 2, verses 1-11) Recorded: Sunday 26/04/2020 (Online Service)
Longing For Hope: Needing A Miracle If ever we needed a miracle, it is now. And so, it’s valuable to spend some time exploring the first miracle, the first ‘sign’, in John’s gospel. Verse 11 spells out that Jesus’ miracles are never just blunt displays of power. No, they point to something - to who Jesus really is. Therefore, this beautiful miracle has some really important pointers for us today, in a time when we are desperate for a miracle.
The first, and obvious, point is that Jesus is the real master of the banquet. His mother knows it (v5 – mums always know best!), and everyone else is about to discover it. Even though everyone has their role to play, Jesus is actually the only one who really is in control. Secondly, Jesus is the real master of the banquet. It is no coincidence that Jesus’ first recorded miracle was about a party. He is interested in our joy and community (wedding feasts were much more significant community events in those days). In the middle of this pandemic, don’t we need to know that Jesus is in control and really cares about our wellbeing?
OK, that’s all well and good. But what hope does that actually give us today? Well, this is where the context of this miracle is so refreshing, because we are given a number of amazing signposts. There is a mixture of: our need for cleansing from sin and the emptiness & powerlessness of religious duty to do so (ceremonial jars in v6); the very real eternal hope that Jesus offers (his ‘hour’ had not yet come, but through his death & resurrection the promises of Isaiah 25:6-8 are delivered); and Jesus is the great bridegroom who commits himself to us, which is better than any temporary and fleeting comfort (v9-10). That brings hope!
For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community.
To find out more about Riverside Church and to find our social media account infomration please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: You'll See By: Judy Moore Bible Reading: Book of John (Chapter 1, verses 43-51) Recorded: Sunday 19/04/2020 (Online Service)
Longing For Hope: You'll See: This encounter between Jesus and Nathanael is often overlooked. It comes very near the beginning of John’s gospel and reveals something very important. In a time of such global disruption, where should we look for answers? And where shouldn’t we look? From the opening words of John’s gospel, we discover that life has a meaning, a purpose, all centred on the person of Jesus. Nathanael doubts this is true. He’s already got his mind made up about Jesus, and proudly dismisses him because of preconceived ideas. (v46 - Nazareth?!? Can anything good come from there?!) But, an actual encounter with the real Jesus changes everything for him. His friend Philip has tried to get him to see the hope of Jesus - perhaps he has found the other so-called answers on offer to be empty and unconvincing?, but it’s only when he begins to explore real Jesus for himself that everything changes. He discovers that Jesus knows everything about him, but treats him with gentleness and grace (v47-48). Not only that, he begins to discover that Jesus is even more impressive - much greater - than he could ever imagine (v50-51)! In a time of such chaos, Nathanael’s encounter with Jesus helps us see that we can’t rely on our prejudices about Jesus. We’re all looking for answers, but we discover that He knows us inside and out, and is bigger than all of this. In this time of global and personal reconfiguration we need to know that God really is with us, and for us. Jesus’ words in v51 link back to Jacob’s dream in the book of Genesis, chapter 28. They are a signpost that Jesus is God’s presence with us. There really is hope. God has come.
For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community.
To find out more about Riverside Church and to find our social media account infomration please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Easter Sunday By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Book of Luke (Chapter 12) Recorded: Sunday 12/04/2020 (Online Service)
Easter Sunday: For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline Note: Subtitles/closed captions are available in this video. (Main talk begins at 58:00 and ends at 01:04:34)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community.
To find out more about Riverside Church and to find our social media account infomration please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Rest By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Book of Mathew (Chapter 11, verses 28-30) Recorded: Sunday 05/04/2020 (Online Service)
Rest: For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline (Main talk begins at 27.18 and ends at 41.27)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: The Hope Is Real By: Judy Moore Bible Reading: Book of Romans (Chapter 8) Recorded: Sunday 29/03/2020 (Online Service)
The Hope Is Real: For full videos of our livestream services please visit our YouTube Channel - http://bit.ly/RiversideChurchOnline Note: Subtitles/closed captions are available in this video. (Main talk begins at 29.03 and ends at 40.37)
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Love In A Time Of Coronavirus By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Book of 1 Thessalonians (Chapter 3, verse 9-13) Recorded: Sunday 22/03/2020 (Online Service)
Love In A Time Of Coronavirus: Full video of our 'livestream' service - https://youtu.be/HR0tdW6syaY~ Note: Subtitles/closed captions are available in this video. (Main talk begins at 32.13 and ends at happens at 47.27)
A video of the main talk with subtitles can also be viewed from: https://vimeo.com/399384994/24dc45cc9d
What's true of Riverside Church when we meet together physically on a Sunday morning is still true of us online. We exist to help people get to know Jesus and grow as his followers. Whoever you are, whatever you believe, you're so welcome in this community.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: CommUNITY By: John Auger Bible Reading: Book of Ephesians (Chapter 4, verse 1-6) Recorded: Sunday 15/03/2020 at our Bournville Gathering.
CommUNITY: Video - https://vimeo.com/396984442
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: CommUNITY By: Alice Ballew Bible Reading: Book of Ephesians (Chapter 4, verse 1-6) Recorded: Sunday 15/03/2020 at our Moseley/Kings Heath Gathering.
CommUNITY: Video - https://vimeo.com/396984442
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Here's To The Crazy Ones By: Andy Mackie Bible Reading: Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verse 12-42) Recorded: Sunday 08/03/2020 at our Bournville Gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
Here's To The Crazy Ones: Video - https://vimeo.com/394947044 In every generation, there are one or two people who change the rules. They are game-changers, with such vision, that everything that comes after them is completely different. William Wilberforce, Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King. It’s easy to see how important these people are. But, what we so easily forget is the pain and opposition that they had to endure as they went about changing the world. And that’s the thing with challenging and changing the status quo. People don’t like it. Lots of people don’t like it! And the same is true for followers of Jesus. It always has been, and always will be. Jesus so changed the world and its norms and patterns, that ever since followers of Christ have been called to challenge the status quo. And that often means painful opposition. Maybe we need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: The World We All Want By: Andy Worthington Bible Reading: Book of Acts (Chapter 4, verse 42-47) Recorded: Sunday 08/03/2020 at our Moseley Kings Heath Gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
The World We All Want: Video - https://vimeo.com/384231047/7b2746b4b3 Everywhere we look, people want to change the world. From climate change to poverty, from political reform to issues of security, everyone wants a better world. What about you? What kind of world do you long for? When you dream about the kind of world that could be, what is it like? How do people relate? What happens? What doesn’t happen? In the ancient world, life was very hard. With no welfare state or NHS it was up to you, and those around you, to survive and get by. We can easily forget just how precarious life was. One bad illness or poor harvest was not just inconvenient, it could mean total disaster. And so, when this strange group of people started living in a radically different way – sharing their possessions, caring for outcasts, healing the sick - people began to really take notice. It was almost as if they were creating a different world.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Here's To The Crazy Ones By: Andy Mackie Bible Reading: Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verse 12-42) Recorded: Sunday 01/03/2020 at our Moseley Kings Heath Gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
Here's To The Crazy Ones: Video - https://vimeo.com/394947044 In every generation, there are one or two people who change the rules. They are game-changers, with such vision, that everything that comes after them is completely different. William Wilberforce, Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King. It’s easy to see how important these people are. But, what we so easily forget is the pain and opposition that they had to endure as they went about changing the world. And that’s the thing with challenging and changing the status quo. People don’t like it. Lots of people don’t like it! And the same is true for followers of Jesus. It always has been, and always will be. Jesus so changed the world and its norms and patterns, that ever since followers of Christ have been called to challenge the status quo. And that often means painful opposition. Maybe we need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
Title: The Masks We Can Take Off By: John Goodliff Bible Reading: Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verses 1-11). Recorded: Sunday 23/02/2020 at our Bournville Gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
The Masks We Can All Take Off Video - https://vimeo.com/392963977 Bible Reading - Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verses 1-11). There’s no doubt that we live in an age of the individual. An era when everyone is valued and empowered to dream big dreams and achieve big things. At least that’s what we want to believe is true! When you look at the evidence, though, our age of greater independence and apparent empowerment has actually led to greater and greater emotional and relational strain. It’s almost as if the more pressure we put on ourselves to be somebody, the greater the burden becomes. And so we wear masks - in real life and on social media - pretending to be something we are not. The same was true for the first followers of Jesus. This story shows two people who pretended to be something they were not. And the effects of this pretence was dramatic! Perhaps it’s a necessary reminder to be the kind of community where we all have the freedom to take our masks off, and discover the joy of not needing to pretend any more.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Title: The Masks We Can Take Off By: Judy Moore Bible Reading: Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verses 1-11). Recorded: Sunday 23/02/2020 at our Bournville Gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
The Masks We Can All Take Off Video - https://vimeo.com/392963977 Bible Reading - Book of Acts (Chapter 5, verses 1-11). There’s no doubt that we live in an age of the individual. An era when everyone is valued and empowered to dream big dreams and achieve big things. At least that’s what we want to believe is true! When you look at the evidence, though, our age of greater independence and apparent empowerment has actually led to greater and greater emotional and relational strain. It’s almost as if the more pressure we put on ourselves to be somebody, the greater the burden becomes. And so we wear masks - in real life and on social media - pretending to be something we are not. The same was true for the first followers of Jesus. This story shows two people who pretended to be something they were not. And the effects of this pretence was dramatic! Perhaps it’s a necessary reminder to be the kind of community where we all have the freedom to take our masks off, and discover the joy of not needing to pretend any more.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Title: How Much Is Too Much? By: Sarah Auger Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 4, verses 32-37 Recorded: Sunday 16/02/2020 at our Bournville Gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
How Much Is Too Much? Video - https://vimeo.com/391244485 Imagine that one day you receive a large inheritance from a long-lost uncle. What would you do with it? Your immediate answer can be quite telling! Yes, sure, we know we’re supposed to want to give it away...but so often we immediately think of things we would buy. It’s almost as if money and possessions have a greater hold on us than we dare to admit. In the 16th Century, the German priest Martin Luther described how people go through 3 different conversion experiences in their journey of faith in Jesus - their heads, their hearts...and their wallets! What he meant was that, so often, the way we use our money can be the most challenging aspect of our lives (and not just because we wish we had more of it!). For the first followers of Jesus, they had experienced such radical generosity from God that it totally changed how generous they were with each other. So much so, that there was ‘no needy person among them’. Now, that is radical generosity!
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Title: How Much Is Too Much? By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 4, verses 32-37 Recorded: Sunday 16/02/2020 at our Bournville Gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
How Much Is Too Much? Video - https://vimeo.com/391244485 Imagine that one day you receive a large inheritance from a long-lost uncle. What would you do with it? Your immediate answer can be quite telling! Yes, sure, we know we’re supposed to want to give it away...but so often we immediately think of things we would buy. It’s almost as if money and possessions have a greater hold on us than we dare to admit. In the 16th Century, the German priest Martin Luther described how people go through 3 different conversion experiences in their journey of faith in Jesus - their heads, their hearts...and their wallets! What he meant was that, so often, the way we use our money can be the most challenging aspect of our lives (and not just because we wish we had more of it!). For the first followers of Jesus, they had experienced such radical generosity from God that it totally changed how generous they were with each other. So much so, that there was ‘no needy person among them’. Now, that is radical generosity!
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Title: Does Prayer Make Any Difference? By: Harry Hewitt Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 4, verses 23-31 Recorded: Sunday 09/02/2020 at our Bournville Gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
Does Prayer Make Any Difference? Video - https://vimeo.com/388228991/2d964a852c In survey after survey, most people admit to praying at some point in their lives. Whether or not people do it as some sort of superstition, or genuinely believe that prayer works, most of us pray. Why? Perhaps it is because we all need hope beyond ourselves. As a society, we want to believe we are in control of our destiny. But at some point we all realise that we aren’t. Things happen, life doesn’t work out how we planned. And it is then that we realise we need help and hope. For the earliest Christians, prayer was as natural as breathing. God was doing something undeniable among them - the world had changed – and prayer was the only appropriate response when they needed hope, help and direction. And perhaps as they prayed, it helped them remember that God really was in control too. Maybe the same is true for us?
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Title: Does God Heal Today? By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 4, verses 13-22 Recorded: Sunday 02/02/2020 at our Bournville Gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
Does God Heal Today? Video - https://vimeo.com/386940128/cd99d3c637 Have you ever felt utterly helpless? A situation when circumstances are completely out of your control, and you just have to hope that something, anything, happens to change those things and you can’t do anything about it. When we look at the ancient world, we easily forget that they lived lives that were largely out of their control. When illness came, or difficult times, there was often nothing they could do about it. They knew both what hope looked like, and what false hope felt like. They were desperate for rescue, and when con-artists offered healing (as they regularly did) they were hopeful, but sceptical. And so, when the early Christians started seeing genuine healing happen, everyone took notice. Questions were asked, and the evidence was undeniable. People began to see that there really was genuine hope, and that God really was at work.
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'Title: Does Prayer Make Any Difference? By: Val Egan Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 4, verses 23-31 Recorded: Sunday 02/02/2020 at our Moseley Kings Heath Gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
Does Prayer Make Any Difference? Video - https://vimeo.com/388228991/2d964a852c In survey after survey, most people admit to praying at some point in their lives. Whether or not people do it as some sort of superstition, or genuinely believe that prayer works, most of us pray. Why? Perhaps it is because we all need hope beyond ourselves. As a society, we want to believe we are in control of our destiny. But at some point we all realise that we aren’t. Things happen, life doesn’t work out how we planned. And it is then that we realise we need help and hope. For the earliest Christians, prayer was as natural as breathing. God was doing something undeniable among them - the world had changed – and prayer was the only appropriate response when they needed hope, help and direction. And perhaps as they prayed, it helped them remember that God really was in control too. Maybe the same is true for us?
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
'Title: Does God Heal Today? By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 4, verses 13-22 Recorded: Sunday 26/01/2020 at our Moseley / Kings Heath Gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
Does God Heal Today? Video - https://vimeo.com/386940128/cd99d3c637 Have you ever felt utterly helpless? A situation when circumstances are completely out of your control, and you just have to hope that something, anything, happens to change those things and you can’t do anything about it. When we look at the ancient world, we easily forget that they lived lives that were largely out of their control. When illness came, or difficult times, there was often nothing they could do about it. They knew both what hope looked like, and what false hope felt like. They were desperate for rescue, and when con-artists offered healing (as they regularly did) they were hopeful, but sceptical. And so, when the early Christians started seeing genuine healing happen, everyone took notice. Questions were asked, and the evidence was undeniable. People began to see that there really was genuine hope, and that God really was at work.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Whats Your Story? By: Nathanael Ballew Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 3: verse 11 & Chapter 4: verse 12 Recorded: Sunday 26/01/2020 at our Bournville Gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
What's Your Story? Video - https://vimeo.com/386514421/ee8114f027 In a recent interview, a Silicon Valley executive confessed that "I don’t want the world to be fixed, if I’m not the one fixing it". It was an honest admission that many of us can identify with. We want to be in on the action, playing our part in history. We want our lives to really count. We want the story of our lives to be one that is worth telling! But what if the story of our lives is actually not about us at all? What if we are really part of a much, much bigger story? As we read about the earliest followers of Jesus in the book of Acts, we discover that they had a very distinctive view of their lives. They knew that what was happening was a tiny part of a massive picture. In fact, they knew that their lives only counted because of that much, much bigger picture. It was only as they discovered how small they were, they saw how big God really is.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Whats Your Story? By: Nathanael Ballew Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 3: verse 11 & Chapter 4: verse 12 Recorded: Sunday 19/01/2020 at our Moseley Gathering.
Video: https://vimeo.com/386514421/ee8114f027
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
What's Your Story? In a recent interview, a Silicon Valley executive confessed that "I don’t want the world to be fixed, if I’m not the one fixing it". It was an honest admission that many of us can identify with. We want to be in on the action, playing our part in history. We want our lives to really count. We want the story of our lives to be one that is worth telling! But what if the story of our lives is actually not about us at all? What if we are really part of a much, much bigger story? As we read about the earliest followers of Jesus in the book of Acts, we discover that they had a very distinctive view of their lives. They knew that what was happening was a tiny part of a massive picture. In fact, they knew that their lives only counted because of that much, much bigger picture. It was only as they discovered how small they were, they saw how big God really is.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: I Believe in Miracles By: Judy Moore Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 3, verses 1 - 10. Recorded: Sunday 19/01/2020 at our Bournville Gathering.
Video: https://vimeo.com/384179577/e31ef22eb6
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
I Believe In Miracles: When you hear stories of miracles, what kind of person are you? Do you get excited by it and instantly believe? Or, are you like most of us...a natural skeptic? In 1975, the band Hot Chocolate sang the famous lyrics “I believe in miracles, that’s what you are...’ (We all know the next lyric!! Ahem.) Of course, it’s a song about relationships and desire, but what if we all actually do believe in miracles? I mean, whether or not you’re a believer in God, where did everything come from? It either came from nothing or from some divine hand...either way its pretty miraculous! And what about in the day to day - are miracles possible today? What is clear is that in the book of Acts, dramatic things did happen causing a real stir. And, can those same things happen again today?
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: The World We All Want By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 4, verse 42-47 Recorded: Sunday 12/01/2020 at our Bournville gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
The World We All Want: Everywhere we look, people want to change the world. From climate change to poverty, from political reform to issues of security, everyone wants a better world. What about you? What kind of world do you long for? When you dream about the kind of world that could be, what is it like? How do people relate? What happens? What doesn’t happen? In the ancient world, life was very hard. With no welfare state or NHS it was up to you, and those around you, to survive and get by. We can easily forget just how precarious life was. One bad illness or poor harvest was not just inconvenient, it could mean total disaster. And so, when this strange group of people started living in a radically different way – sharing their possessions, caring for outcasts, healing the sick - people began to really take notice. It was almost as if they were creating a different world.
Video - https://vimeo.com/384231047/7b2746b4b3
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: I Believe in Miracles By: Judy Moore Bible Reading: Acts Chapter 3, verses 1 - 10. Recorded: Sunday 12/01/2020 at our Moseley / Kings Heath Gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
I Believe in Miracles: When you hear stories of miracles, what kind of person are you? Do you get excited by it and instantly believe? Or, are you like most of us...a natural skeptic? In 1975, the band Hot Chocolate sang the famous lyrics “I believe in miracles, that’s what you are...’ (We all know the next lyric!! Ahem.) Of course, it’s a song about relationships and desire, but what if we all actually do believe in miracles? I mean, whether or not you’re a believer in God, where did everything come from? It either came from nothing or from some divine hand...either way its pretty miraculous! And what about in the day to day - are miracles possible today? What is clear is that in the book of Acts, dramatic things did happen causing a real stir. And, can those same things happen again today?
Video - https://vimeo.com/384179577/e31ef22eb6
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: I Can't Help It By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: (Acts Chapter 4, verse 20) Recorded: Sunday 05/01/2020 at our Moseley gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
Title: I Can't Help It (Acts 4:20) When we think of the word ‘Christian’, we tend to think of an established religion with churches, prayer and doing good things. But when we look back to the very first Christians, we get to see something much more raw and unstructured. The book of Acts is simply an account by eyewitnesses of the very first Christians. What becomes very clear, very quickly, is that something dramatic had happened…this wasn’t an attempt at establishing a religion, or starting an institution. They were simply a random group of people who’d seen something incredible. And they simply start changing the world as a result! They didn’t have to ‘work themselves up’ to be revolutionaries, they had simply seen something and heard something so breathtaking that had changed everything, for ever. And the question for us is - could this happen again?
Video - https://vimeo.com/383095208/7d93ba48e4
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
We invite you to watch this introduction video: https://vimeo.com/382425773/e03d680582
Also, the introduction for Session 1: I Can’t Help It https://vimeo.com/383095208/7d93ba48e4
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change
'Title: I Can't Help It By: Judy Moore Bible Reading: (Acts Chapter 4, verse 20) Recorded: Sunday 05/01/2020 at our Bournville gathering.
Description: Part of our teaching series called '#AGAIN' looking at the early chapters in the book of Acts in the Bible. Our hope and prayer as we explore these studies together is that God would begin to awaken us to what he is doing and will do again. Maybe, just maybe, we might dare to see extraordinary things happen among us!
Title: I Can't Help It When we think of the word ‘Christian’, we tend to think of an established religion with churches, prayer and doing good things. But when we look back to the very first Christians, we get to see something much more raw and unstructured. The book of Acts is simply an account by eyewitnesses of the very first Christians. What becomes very clear, very quickly, is that something dramatic had happened…this wasn’t an attempt at establishing a religion, or starting an institution. They were simply a random group of people who’d seen something incredible. And they simply start changing the world as a result! They didn’t have to ‘work themselves up’ to be revolutionaries, they had simply seen something and heard something so breathtaking that had changed everything, for ever. And the question for us is - could this happen again?
Video - https://vimeo.com/383095208/7d93ba48e4
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Christmas Christmas By: Tim Chilvers Recorded: Sunday 15/12/2019 at our at our Bournville Gathering.
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Title: Getting Ready For Christmas By: Tim Chilvers Recorded: Sunday 09/12/2019 at our at our Bournville Gathering.
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Title: I Am Andrew By: Andy Mackie Recorded: Sunday 01/12/2019 at our at our Moseley / Kings Heath Gathering.
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Title: I Am Andrew By: Judy Moore Recorded: Sunday 01/12/2019 at our Bournville Gathering.
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Title: Everyday Stories By: Andy Mackie / Panel Discussion
Description: An interview/discussion with 3 panelists about living for Christ in their Everyday world. This week gives an opportunity to hear from a few people about how they view their everyday world through a panel interview. Recorded: Sunday 24/11/2019 at our Moseley / Kings Heath gathering.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Everyday Stories By: Andy Mackie / Panel Discussion
Description: An interview/discussion with 3 panelists about living for Christ in their Everyday world. This week gives an opportunity to hear from a few people about how they view their everyday world through a panel interview. Recorded: Sunday 17/11/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: You Are More Than This By: Nathanael Ballew Bible Reading: Matthew Chapter 6, Verses 5-14
Description: Part of our teaching series called 'Everyday You'; looking at the impact we can have in our everyday worlds. Wherever we find ourselves, whatever we find ourselves doing, we have the possibility of seeing the good news of Jesus at work. Recorded: Sunday 10/11/2019 at our Moseley / Kings Heath gathering.
You Are More Than This: ‘And, what do you do for a living?’ It’s a common question, and shows how often our work and daily lives define us. We easily find our identity in our work rather than anything else. But the good news of Jesus completely redefines our identity. We no longer get our sense of worth from what we do, but from who we are in Jesus. For guests, this is an opportunity to realise that they are more than what they do. Jesus rewrites everything.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: You Are Not Alone By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Hebrews Chapter 10, Verses 19-25 (Focus – Verse 24)
Description: Part of our teaching series called 'Everyday You'; looking at the impact we can have in our everyday worlds. Wherever we find ourselves, whatever we find ourselves doing, we have the possibility of seeing the good news of Jesus at work. Recorded: Sunday 10/11/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
You Are Not Alone: Part of the value of church is that we realise that we are not alone in our everyday lives. Whenever we gather together, we get to support each other, pray for each other and spur each other. For guests who arent Christians we can discover the power of Christian community for our every day lives and realise how the good news of Jesus changes the way we live our lives.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: You Are Not Alone By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Hebrews Chapter 10, Verses 19-25 (Focus – Verse 24)
Description: Part of our teaching series called 'Everyday You'; looking at the impact we can have in our everyday worlds. Wherever we find ourselves, whatever we find ourselves doing, we have the possibility of seeing the good news of Jesus at work. Recorded: Sunday 03/11/2019 at our Moseley / Kings Heath gathering.
You Are Not Alone: Part of the value of church is that we realise that we are not alone in our everyday lives. Whenever we gather together, we get to support each other, pray for each other and spur each other. For guests who aren't Christians we can discover the power of Christian community for our every day lives and realise how the good news of Jesus changes the way we live our lives.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Whatever You Put Your Hands To By: Judy Moore & Ruby Worthington Bible Reading: Colossians Chapter 3, Verses 15-24 (Focus – Verse 23)
Description: Part of our teaching series called 'Everyday You'; looking at the impact we can have in our everyday worlds. Wherever we find ourselves, whatever we find ourselves doing, we have the possibility of seeing the good news of Jesus at work. Recorded: Sunday 03/11/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
Whatever You Put Your Hands To: Sometimes our lives seem insignificant. Sometimes, we wonder if the places that we spend the majority of our time, the jobs we do, the responsibilities we have, actually achieve anything of value. In this passage, we begin to see the worth of everything. That everything has potential to be of worth - as an act of worship. For guests who aren’t yet Christians, this theme enables them to see the potential of even the tiniest acts. Small things really are big things, because we have a heavenly father who is interested in every aspect of our lives.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Whatever You Put Your Hands To By: Judy Moore & Ruby Worthington Bible Reading: Colossians Chapter 3, Verses 15-24 (Focus – verse 23)
Description: Part of our teaching series called 'Everyday You'; looking at the impact we can have in our everyday worlds. Wherever we find ourselves, whatever we find ourselves doing, we have the possibility of seeing the good news of Jesus at work. Recorded: Sunday 27/10/2019 at our Moseley / Kings Heath gathering.
Whatever You Put Your Hands To: Sometimes our lives seem insignificant. Sometimes, we wonder if the places that we spend the majority of our time, the jobs we do, the responsibilities we have, actually achieve anything of value. In this passage, we begin to see the worth of everything. That everything has potential to be of worth - as an act of worship. For guests who aren’t yet Christians, this theme enables them to see the potential of even the tiniest acts. Small things really are big things, because we have a heavenly father who is interested in every aspect of our lives.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: You Are More Than This By: Sarah Auger Bible Reading: Matthew, Chapter 6: Verses 5-14
Description: Part of our teaching series called 'Everyday You'; looking at the impact we can have in our everyday worlds. Wherever we find ourselves, whatever we find ourselves doing, we have the possibility of seeing the good news of Jesus at work. Recorded: Sunday 27/10/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
You Are More Than This: ‘And, what do you do for a living?’ It’s a common question, and shows how often our work and daily lives define us. We easily find our identity in our work rather than anything else. But the good news of Jesus completely redefines our identity. We no longer get our sense of worth from what we do, but from who we are in Jesus. For guests, this is an opportunity to realise that they are more than what they do. Jesus rewrites everything.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Build My Church By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Mathew, Chapter 16: Verses 15-19
Recorded: Sunday 20/10/2019 at our 'Joint Gathering' in Bournville.
Title: You Can Make A Difference By: Andy Mackie Bible Reading: 1 Peter, Chapter 1: Verses 1-2.
Description: Part of our teaching series called 'Everyday You'; looking at the impact we can have in our everyday worlds. Wherever we find ourselves, whatever we find ourselves doing, we have the possibility of seeing the good news of Jesus at work. Recorded: Sunday 13/10/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
You Can Make A Difference: 'We are part of a bigger story. Our work and daily lives may feel challenging or mundane, but we have a massive opportunity. We realise that we are part of God’s story, who has called us and wants to use us right where we are. For those who dont know Jesus, we can begin to discover a dignity and worth in our every day lives that begins to point to a bigger reality that maybe life isnt just about us, and that we are part of a big story.'
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Your World Matters By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Genesis, Chapter 28: Verses 10-22 (Focus – verse 16)
Description: Part of our teaching series called 'Everyday You' looking at the impact we can have in our everyday worlds. Wherever we find ourselves, whatever we find ourselves doing, we have the possibility of seeing the good news of Jesus at work. Recorded: Sunday 13/10/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
Your World Matters: 'We live in a world in which we presume that changing the world is done on a grand scale. We praise celebrities and those who seem to have global impact. But, we don’t need to go looking for somewhere dramatic. We can see the value of everyday - maybe the world is changed one life at a time. Because we are part of God’s great story, we just need to see our everyday through new eyes. Maybe we are already right where we need to be, and simply play our part in the way God is changing our world. For outsiders, this gives a dignity and perspective on our everyday that begins to point them to a Father who sees them and calls them.'
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: You Can Make A Difference By: Andy Mackie Bible Reading: 1 Peter, Chapter 1: Verses 1-2.
Description: Part of our teaching series called 'Everyday You'; looking at the impact we can have in our everyday worlds. Wherever we find ourselves, whatever we find ourselves doing, we have the possibility of seeing the good news of Jesus at work. Recorded: Sunday 06/10/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
You Can Make A Difference: 'We are part of a bigger story. Our work and daily lives may feel challenging or mundane, but we have a massive opportunity. We realise that we are part of God’s story, who has called us and wants to use us right where we are. For those who don't know Jesus, we can begin to discover a dignity and worth in our every day lives that begins to point to a bigger reality that maybe life isn't just about us, and that we are part of a big story.'
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Title: Your World Matters By: Tim Chilvers Bible Reading: Genesis, Chapter 28: Verses 10-22 (With a focus on verse 16)
Description: Part of our teaching series called 'Everyday You' looking at the impact we can have in our everyday worlds. Wherever we find ourselves, whatever we find ourselves doing, we have the possibility of seeing the good news of Jesus at work. Recorded: Sunday 06/10/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
Your World Matters: 'We live in a world in which we presume that changing the world is done on a grand scale. We praise celebrities and those who seem to have global impact. But, we don’t need to go looking for somewhere dramatic. We can see the value of everyday - maybe the world is changed one life at a time. Because we are part of God’s great story, we just need to see our everyday through new eyes. Maybe we are already right where we need to be, and simply play our part in the way God is changing our world. For outsiders, this gives a dignity and perspective on our everyday that begins to point them to a Father who sees them and calls them.'
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Note: While this talk is based on the above listed sections of the Bible, the actual bible readings used during our services may sometimes change.
Do We Know The One Our City Needs To Know?
Part of our teaching series called 'Could It Be Hope’; about building the kind of community that can bring hope to our city.
Recorded on 29/09/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Could We Live The Kind Of Lives Our City Longs For?
Part of our teaching series called 'Could It Be Hope’; about building the kind of community that can bring hope to our city.
Recorded on 29/09/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Do We Know The One Our City Needs To Know?
Part of our teaching series called 'Could It Be Hope’; about building the kind of community that can bring hope to our city.
Recorded on 22/09/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Could We Live The Kind Of Lives Our City Longs For?
Part of our teaching series called 'Could It Be Hope’; about building the kind of community that can bring hope to our city.
Recorded on 22/09/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Could We Be the Home Our City Needs?
Part of our teaching series called 'Could It Be Hope’; about building the kind of community that can bring hope to our city.
Recorded on 15/09/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
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Could We Be The Home Our City Needs?
Part of our teaching series called 'Could It Be Hope’; about building the kind of community that can bring hope to our city.
Recorded on 15/09/2019 at our Bournville gathering; interpreted talk by our Word of Hands (British Sign Language) Pastor Jay Thomas-Morton.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Could Our Unity and Diversity Be Just What Our City Needs?
Part of our teaching series called 'Could It Be Hope’; about building the kind of community that can bring hope to our city.
Recorded on 08/09/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Could Our Unity and Diversity Be Just What Our City Needs?
Part of our teaching series called 'Could It Be Hope’; about building the kind of community that can bring hope to our city.
Due to technical difficulties this recording has been taken from the same talk on 01/09/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
To find out more about Riverside Church please visit: https://riverside-church.org.uk/
Could We Bring The Change Our City Needs?
Part of our teaching series called 'Could It Be Hope’; about building the kind of community that can bring hope to our city.
Recorded on 01/09/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
Could Our Unity and Diversity Be Just What Our City Needs?
Part of our teaching series called 'Could It Be Hope’; about building the kind of community that can bring hope to our city.
Recorded on 01/09/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
‘We Need To Do Something Now’
Part of our teaching series called 'This is You'; real life stories of people's faith journeys through extended interviews.
Recorded on 25/08/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘Why Am I Still Alive?’
Part of our teaching series called 'This is You'; real life stories of people's faith journeys through extended interviews.
Note: Do to technical issue the recording at our Moseley gathering on 25/08/2019 cannot be uploaded. This recording has been taken from the same talk at our Bournville gathering on 18/08/2019.
‘Why Am I Still Alive?'
Part of our teaching series called 'This is You'; real life stories of people's faith journeys through extended interviews.
Recorded on 18/08/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘When Need To Do Something Now’
Part of our teaching series called 'This is You'; real life stories of people's faith journeys through extended interviews.
Recorded on 18/08/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
‘When God Is All You Have Left’
Part of our teaching series called 'This is You'; real life stories of people's faith journeys through extended interviews.
Recorded on 11/08/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘When God is all you have left’
Part of our teaching series called 'This is You'; real life stories of people's faith journeys through extended interviews.
Recorded on 04/08/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
‘I Felt Like I Would Never Escape’ by Matt Morgan
Part of our teaching series called 'This is You'; real life stories of people's faith journeys through extended interviews.
‘I Heard God Call Me, I Said Yes’
Part of our teaching series called 'This is You'; real life stories of people's faith journeys through extended interviews.
Recorded on 28/07/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
‘I Felt Like I Would Never Escape’ by Matt Morgan
Part of our teaching series called 'This is You'; real life stories of people's faith journeys through extended interviews.
Recorded on 28/07/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘I Heard God Call Me, I Said Yes’
Part of our teaching series called 'This is You'; real life stories of people's faith journeys through extended interviews.
Recorded on 21/07/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
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‘To The Other’ by Judy Moore
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 14/07/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘Taking Stock: So The Journey Begins’ by Tim Chilvers
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 14/07/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
Parable of the Talents & Taking Risks Part of Living Life Well : Submission Tim Chilvers Recorded at our Joint Gathering 07/07/2019
‘Daring To Be Second’ by Andy Mackie
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 30/06/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘To The Other’ by Tim Chilvers
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 30/06/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
‘Living Free’ by Tim Chilvers
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 23/06/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘Daring To Be Second’ by Andy Mackie
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 23/06/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
‘Living Free’ by Nathanael Ballew
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 16/06/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
‘Practising Being Human’ by Judy Moore
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 09/06/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘Practising Being Human’ by Judy Moore
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 02/06/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
‘Open Up’ by Nick Cuthbert
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 26/05/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
‘Open Up’ by Nick Cuthbert
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 02/06/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘Strong Enough To Be Weak’ by Judy Moore
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 26/05/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘Living United’ by Andy Mackie
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 19/05/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘Strong Enough To Be Weak’ by Judy Moore
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 19/05/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
‘For The Cause’ by Tim Chilvers
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 12/05/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘Living United’ by Andy Mackie
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 12/05/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
‘For The Cause’ by Tim Chilvers
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 05/05/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
‘Together We Stand’ by Andy Mackie
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 05/05/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘So The Journey Begins’ by Tim Chilvers
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 28/04/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘Together We Stand’ by Judy Moore
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 28/04/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
‘Lift Your Eyes’ by Andy Mackie
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 14/04/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘The Real God’ by Nick Cuthbert
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 14/04/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
‘Stop for our good’ by Andy Mackie
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 03/03/2019 at our Moseley gathering. (Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties we were unable to record the service on this talk on 10/03/2019 at our Bournville gathering).
‘Priorities Set’ by Sarah Auger
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 17/03/2019 at our Bournville gathering. (Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties we were unable to record this talk at our Moseley gathering).
‘Lift your Eyes’ by Andy Mackie
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 07/04/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
‘The real God’ by Charlie Clayton
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 31/03/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘What Are You Living For?’ by Tim Chilvers
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 24/03/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘Priorities Set’ by Sarah Auger
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 17/03/2019 at our Bournville gathering.
‘What Are You Living For?’ by Andy Worthington
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 24/03/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
Taking Stock’ by Tim Chilvers
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 10/03/2019 at our Moseley gathering.
Stop for our Good by Andy Mackie
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 03/03/2019 at our Moseley gathering
‘Saying No For The Sake Of Yes’ by Theo Scott-Cook
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 03/03/2019 at our Bournville gathering
'Dance Like Crazy' by Tim Chilvers
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 24/02/2019 at our Bournville gathering
‘Saying No For The Sake of Yes’ by Theo Scott-Cook
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 24/02/2019 at our Moseley gathering
'Dance Like Crazy' by Tim Chilvers
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 17/02/2019 at our Moseley gathering
'Finding Joy' by Judy Moore
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 17/02/2019 at our Bournville gathering
'Finding Joy' by Judy Moore
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 10/02/2019 at our Moseley Gathering
'Celebration in Life' by Andy Mackie
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 03/02/2019 at our Moseley Gathering
'Celebration in Life' by Abby Clayton
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 03/02/2019 at our Bournville Gathering
'Words for Wisdom' by Judy Moore
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 27/01/2019 at our Bournville Gathering
'Search for Truth' by Tim Chilvers
Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible.
Recorded on 20/01/2019 at our Bournville Gathering
'The Good Book That Is More Than Good' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible Recorded on 13/01/2019 at our Bournville Gathering
'Search for Truth' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' on the practice of studying the bible Recorded on 13/01/2019 at our Moseley Gathering
'Taking Stock' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called ' Living Life Well'. Recorded on 06/01/2019 at our Bournville Gathering
'The Good Book Is More Than Good' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called ' Living Life Well'. Recorded on 06/01/2019 at our Moseley Gathering
Simplicity: The First Christians by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 09/12/2018 at our Bournville Gathering
Simplicity: The Life Of A King by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 09/12/2018 at our Moseley Gathering
Simplicity: Stripping Things Back by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 02/12/2018 at our Bournville Gathering
Simplicity: The First Christians by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 02/12/2018 at our Moseley Gathering
Serving: In The Life Of A King by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 25/11/2018 at our Bournville Gathering
Simplicity: Stripping Things Back by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 25/11/2018 at our Moseley Gathering
Serving Special by Tim Chilvers Part of our 'Living Life Well' Series Recorded on 18/11/2018 at our Joint Gathering Service.
Serving: The First Christians by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 11/11/2018 at our Bournville Gathering
Serving: In The Life of a King by Judy Moore Part of our 'Living Life Well' Series Recorded on 11/11/2018 at our Moseley Gathering
'Serving: When Me Becomes You by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 04/11/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Serving: The First Christians' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 28/10/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Serving: When Me Becomes You' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 28/10/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Prayer: In the Life of a King' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 28/10/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Prayer: In The Life Of A King' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 21/10/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Prayer: Breathing Deeply' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 14/10/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Prayer: The First Christians' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 14/10/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Prayer: Breathing Deeply' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 07/10/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Silence & Solitude: In The Life Of A King' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 07/10/2018 at our Bournville gathering
Recorded at an important all-church gathering as we discuss the future direction for Riverside, and explore how God might continue to lead us over the next few years.
'Silence & Solitude: In The Life Of A King' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 30/09/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Silence & Solitude: The First Christians' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 30/09/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Silence & Solitude: The First Christians' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 23/09/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Silence & Solitude: Calm In The Chaos' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 23/09/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Silence & Solitude: Calm In The Chaos' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 16/09/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'It's Changed Lives That Change Lives' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 09/09/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'It's Changed Lives That Change Lives' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 09/09/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Times They Are A Changin'' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 02/09/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Times They Are A Changin'' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Living Life Well' Recorded on 02/09/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Honour One Another' by Naomi Woodruff Part of our teaching series called 'There Is No Them Only Us' Recorded on 26/08/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Honour One Another' by Martin Woodruff Part of our teaching series called 'There Is No Them Only Us' Recorded on 26/08/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Serve One Another' by Nick Cuthbert Part of our teaching series called 'There Is No Them Only Us' Recorded on 19/08/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Serve One Another' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'There Is No Them Only Us' Recorded on 19/08/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Serve One Another' by Sarah Auger Part of our teaching series called 'There Is No Them Only Us' Recorded on 12/08/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Encourage One Another' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'There Is No Them Only Us' Recorded on 12/08/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Teach One Another' by Harry Hewat Part of our teaching series called 'There Is No Them Only Us' Recorded on 05/08/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Teach One Another' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'There Is No Them Only Us' Recorded on 05/08/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Love One Another' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'There Is No Them Only Us' Recorded on 29/07/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Greet One Another' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'There Is No Them Only Us' Recorded on 29/07/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Greet One Another' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'There Is No Them Only Us' Recorded on 22/07/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Love One Another' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'There Is No Them Only Us' Recorded on 15/07/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Handling the tensions of life' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Embracing the Tensions of Life' Recorded on 08/07/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Dead & Alive : What is our spiritual reality?' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Embracing the Tensions of Life' Recorded on 08/07/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Sinner & Saint : Can you be both?' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Embracing the Tensions of Life' Recorded on 01/07/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Dead & Alive : What is our spiritual reality?' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Embracing the Tensions of Life' Recorded on 01/07/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Now & Not Yet : What if this world is not the whole story?' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Embracing the Tensions of Life' Recorded on 24/06/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Sheep & Goats : Which are you?' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Embracing the Tensions of Life' Recorded on 24/06/2018 at our Bournville gathering
How do you play the game of life? The following audio segments explore the way that various people approach life, and some of their discoveries on the journey. Part 1 – The Game of Life – Live It! Love It! Learn It! Earn It! Part 2 – When the Game of Life goes wrong Part 3 – Everything Must Change Part 4 – Charlie’s Story Part 5 – A Different Game Part 6 – Song: Still Small Voice & Next Steps on your journey
How do you play the game of life? The following audio segments explore the way that various people approach life, and some of their discoveries on the journey. Part 1 – The Game of Life – Live It! Love It! Learn It! Earn It! Part 2 – When the Game of Life goes wrong Part 3 – Everything Must Change Part 4 – Charlie’s Story Part 5 – A Different Game Part 6 – Song: Still Small Voice & Next Steps on your journey
How do you play the game of life? The following audio segments explore the way that various people approach life, and some of their discoveries on the journey. Part 1 – The Game of Life – Live It! Love It! Learn It! Earn It! Part 2 – When the Game of Life goes wrong Part 3 – Everything Must Change Part 4 – Charlie’s Story Part 5 – A Different Game Part 6 – Song: Still Small Voice & Next Steps on your journey
How do you play the game of life? The following audio segments explore the way that various people approach life, and some of their discoveries on the journey. Part 1 – The Game of Life – Live It! Love It! Learn It! Earn It! Part 2 – When the Game of Life goes wrong Part 3 – Everything Must Change Part 4 – Charlie’s Story Part 5 – A Different Game Part 6 – Song: Still Small Voice & Next Steps on your journey
How do you play the game of life? The following audio segments explore the way that various people approach life, and some of their discoveries on the journey. Part 1 – The Game of Life – Live It! Love It! Learn It! Earn It! Part 2 – When the Game of Life goes wrong Part 3 – Everything Must Change Part 4 – Charlie’s Story Part 5 – A Different Game Part 6 – Song: Still Small Voice & Next Steps on your journey
How do you play the game of life? The following audio segments explore the way that various people approach life, and some of their discoveries on the journey. Part 1 – The Game of Life – Live It! Love It! Learn It! Earn It! Part 2 – When the Game of Life goes wrong Part 3 – Everything Must Change Part 4 – Charlie’s Story Part 5 – A Different Game Part 6 – Song: Still Small Voice & Next Steps on your journey
'Free & Slave : What does it mean to be free?' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Embracing the Tensions of Life' Recorded on 17/06/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Saint & Sinner : Can we have both?' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Embracing the Tensions of Life' Recorded on 10/06/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Weak & Strong : Can you be Strong in your Weakness?' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Embracing the Tensions of Life' Recorded on 10/06/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Poor & Rich : Can you have it all when you have nothing?' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Embracing the Tensions of Life' Recorded on 03/06/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Sheep & Goats : Which are you?' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Embracing the Tensions of Life' Recorded on 03/06/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Narrow & Wide : How easy is it to Find God?' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Embracing the Tensions of Life' Recorded on 27/05/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Weak & Strong : Can you be Strong in your weakness?' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Embracing the Tensions of Life' Recorded on 27/05/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Poor & Rich : Can You Have it All When You've Got Nothing? ' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Embracing the Tensions of Life' Recorded on 20/05/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Narrow & Wide : How easy is it to Find God?' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Embracing the Tensions of Life' Recorded on 13/05/2018 at our Moseley gathering
If God is so good why is there so much bad?' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 13/05/2018 at our Bournville gathering
Guest Speaker - Joe Bonga from ICY Africa
Recorded on 06/05/2018 at our Bournville gathering
Guest Speaker - Joe Bonga from ICY Africa
Recorded on 06/05/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Why Does The Church Cause So Much Pain?' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 29/04/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'It's Good News' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 29/04/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'I Get It But I Don't Believe It' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 22/04/2018 at our Moseley gathering
I Get It But I Don't Believe It' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 22/04/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'If Life is so Sweet, Why do we Need God?' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 15/04/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'If life is sweet, why do we need God?' by Sarah Auger Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 08/04/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Why does the Church cause so much pain?' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 08/04/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Can We trust The Bible In A Time Of Fake News?' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 25/03/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'What If Life After Death Was Certain?' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 25/03/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Why is Christianity so Restrictive?' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 11/03/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'What If Life After Death Was Certain?' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 11/03/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'How Can Christians Insist They Are Right?' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 04/03/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'How Can Christians Insist They Are Right?' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 25/02/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Why is Christianity so Restrictive?' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 25/02/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'If God is so good why is there so much bad?' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Good News' Recorded on 18/02/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'It Takes a Smashing' by Sarah Auger Part of our teaching series called 'Dangerous Faith' Recorded on 11/02/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Lowered in a Basket' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Dangerous Faith' Recorded on 11/02/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'It takes a Smashing' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Dangerous Faith' Recorded on 04/02/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Lowered in a Basket' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Dangerous Faith' Recorded on 04/02/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'They were called Christians' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Dangerous Faith' Recorded on 28/01/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Not with Human Hands' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Dangerous Faith' Recorded on 28/01/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'Not with Human Hands' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Dangerous Faith' Recorded on 21/01/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'And a cloud hid him from their sight' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Dangerous Faith' Recorded on 14/01/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'And his door was always open' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Dangerous Faith' Recorded on 14/01/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'And his door was always open' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Dangerous Faith' Recorded on 07/01/2018 at our Bournville gathering
'And a cloud hid him from their sight' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Dangerous Faith' Recorded on 07/01/2018 at our Moseley gathering
'Persecuted' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Be' Recorded on 03/12/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Peacemakers' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Be' Recorded on 26/11/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Pure in Heart' by Sarah Auger Part of our teaching series called 'Be' Recorded on 26/11/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Pure in Heart' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Be' Recorded on 19/11/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Mercy' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Be' Recorded on 19/11/2017 at our Bournville gathering
Talk by Carl Beech Part of our teaching series called 'Be' Recorded on 12/11/2017 at our Joint gathering at The Saffron Centre
'Hunger & Thirst' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Be' Recorded on 05/11/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Mercy' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Be' Recorded on 05/11/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Hunger & Thirst' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Be' Recorded on 29/10/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Mourning' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Be' Recorded on 22/10/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Humble' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Be' Recorded on 22/10/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Poor in Spirit' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Be' Recorded on 15/10/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Mourning' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Be' Recorded on 15/10/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Poor in Spirit' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Be' Recorded on 08/10/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Blessed' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Be' Recorded on 08/10/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'From Me to We' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'The Thriving Life' Recorded on 01/10/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'From Now to Not Yet' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'The Thriving Life' Recorded on 01/10/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'From Now to Not Yet' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'The Thriving Life' Recorded on 24/09/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'From Me to We' by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'The Thriving Life' Recorded on 24/09/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'From Conforming to Transforming' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'The Thriving Life' Recorded on 24/09/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'From Striving To Thriving' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'The Thriving Life' Recorded on 17/09/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'From Conforming to Transforming' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'The Thriving Life' Recorded on 10/09/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'From Striving to Thriving' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'The Thriving Life' Recorded on 10/09/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'The Thriving Life' by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'The Thriving Life' Recorded on 03/09/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'The Thriving Life' by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'The Thriving Life' Recorded on 03/09/2017 at our Bournville gathering
Talk by Andy Simson Part of our teaching series called 'These Are The Days of Our Lives' Recorded on 27/08/2017 at our Bournville gathering
Talk by Andrea H and Anthony A Part of our teaching series called 'These Are The Days of Our Lives' Recorded on 27/08/2017 at our Moseley gathering
Talk by Harry Hewat Part of our teaching series called 'These Are The Days of Our Lives' Recorded on 20/08/2017 at our Bournville gathering
Talk by Andy Simson Part of our teaching series called 'These Are The Days of Our Lives' Recorded on 20/08/2017 at our Moseley gathering
Talk by James & Sarah Tomlinson Part of our teaching series called 'These Are The Days of Our Lives' Recorded on 13/08/2017 at our Bournville gathering
Talk by James & Sarah Rampton Part of our teaching series called 'These Are The Days of Our Lives' Recorded on 13/08/2017 at our Moseley gathering
Talk by James & Sarah Rampton Part of our teaching series called 'These Are The Days of Our Lives' Recorded on 06/08/2017 at our Bournville gathering
Talk by James & Sarah Tomlinson Part of our teaching series called 'These Are The Days of Our Lives' Recorded on 06/08/2017 at our Moseley gathering
Talk by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'These Are The Days of Our Lives' Recorded on 30/07/2017 at our Moseley gathering
Talk by Andrea H and Anthony A Part of our teaching series called 'These Are The Days of Our Lives' Recorded on 30/07/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Increased', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 23/07/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Arrested', by Martin Woodruff Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 23/07/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Disturbed', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 16/07/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Arrested', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 16/07/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Disturbed', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 09/07/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Astonished', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 09/07/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Devoted', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 02/07/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Astonished', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 02/07/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Devoted', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 25/06/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Empowered', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 25/06/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Empowered', by Markus Kappers Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 18/06/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Commissioned', by Valerie Egan Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 18/06/2017 at our Bournville gathering
Together For A Change Recorded on 11/06/2017 at our joint gathering at The Saffron Centre
'Commissioned', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 28/05/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Awakened', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 04/06/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Conquered', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 28/05/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Awakened', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 28/05/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Conquered', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 21/05/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Crucified', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 21/05/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Accused', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 14/05/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Crucified', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 14/05/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Alone', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 07/05/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Accused', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 07/05/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Alone', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 30/04/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Betrayed', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginning' Recorded on 30/04/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Betrayed', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'When The End Is The Beginninng' Recorded on 23/04/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Generous with Words', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'G Force' Recorded on 09/04/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Generous with Time', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'G Force' Recorded on 09/04/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Generous with Words', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'G Force' Recorded on 02/04/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Generous with Time', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'G Force' Recorded on 02/04/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'A Generous Heart', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'G Force' Recorded on 26/03/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Generous with Money', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'G Force' Recorded on 26/03/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Generous with Money', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'G Force' Recorded on 19/03/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'A Generous Heart', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'G Force' Recorded on 19/03/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Generous with Our Story', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'G Force' Recorded on 12/03/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Generous with Our Story', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'G Force' Recorded on 12/03/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'The Generous God', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'G Force' Recorded on 05/03/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'The Generous God', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'G Force' Recorded on 05/03/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Homeless Not Fearless', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Homeless' Recorded on 26/02/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Homeless Not Fearless', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Homeless' Recorded on 26/02/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Homeless Not Hopeless', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Homeless' Recorded on 19/02/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Homeless Not Hopeless', by Sarah Auger Part of our teaching series called 'Homeless' Recorded on 19/02/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Homeless Not Spineless', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Homeless' Recorded on 12/02/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Homeless Not Spineless', by Harry Hewitt Part of our teaching series called 'Homeless' Recorded on 12/02/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Homeless Not Rootless', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Homeless' Recorded on 05/02/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Homeless Not Rootless', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Homeless' Recorded on 05/02/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Faith, by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Hold Back the River' Recorded on 29/01/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Faith', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Hold Back the River' Recorded on 29/01/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Function of Life', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Hold Back the River' Recorded on 22/01/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Function of Life', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Hold Back the River' Recorded on 22/01/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Focus For Life', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Hold Back the River' Recorded on 15/01/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Force For Life', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Hold Back the River' Recorded on 15/01/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Force For Life', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Hold Back the River' Recorded on 08/01/2017 at our Moseley gathering
'Focus For Life', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Hold back The River' Recorded on 08/01/2017 at our Bournville gathering
'Waiting here for you', by Markcus Kappers Recorded on 04/12/2016 at our Moseley gathering
'Wealth', by John Auger Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 20/11/2016 at our Bournville gathering
'Wealth', by John Auger Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 20/11/2016 at our Bournville gathering
'Care', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 27/11/2016 at our Moseley gathering
'Reason and Science', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 27/11/2016 at our Bournville gathering
'Wealth', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 20/11/2016 at our Moseley gathering
'Care', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 16/10/2016 at our Bournville gathering
'Women & Children', by Sarah Auger Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 06/11/2016 at our Bournville gathering
'Democracy', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 06/11/2016 at our Moseley gathering
'Health & Education', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 13/11/2016 at our Bournville gathering
'Reason & Science', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 13/11/2016 at our Moseley gathering
'Democracy', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 30/10/2016 at our Bournville gathering
'Leadership', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 30/10/2016 at our Moseley gathering
'Health & Education', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 23/10/2016 at our Moseley gathering
'Leadership', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 23/10/2016 at our Bournville gathering
'Women & Children', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 16/10/2016 at our Moseley gathering
'Forgiveness', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 09/10/2016 at our Moseley gathering
'Equality', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 09/10/2016 at our Bournville gathering
'Equality', by Steve Bell Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 02/10/2016 at our Moseley gathering
'Intro: Jesus', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 25/09/2016 at our Bournville gathering
'Intro: Jesus', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called 'Jesus The Game Changer' Recorded on 25/09/2016 at our Moseley gathering
'God The Son', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'God Pure & Simple' Recorded on 11/09/2016 at our Bournville gathering
'God The Father', by Riverside Youth Part of our teaching series called 'God Pure & Simple' Recorded on 11/09/2016 at our Moseley gathering
'God The Father', by Riverside Youth Part of our teaching series called 'God Pure & Simple' Recorded on 18/09/2016 at our Bournville gathering
'God The Son', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called 'God Pure & Simple' Recorded on 18/09/2016 at our Moseley gathering
'God The Holy Spirit', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'God Pure & Simple' Recorded on 04/09/2016 at our Bournville gathering
'God The Holy Spirit', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called 'God Pure & Simple' Recorded on 04/09/2016 at our Moseley gathering
Myth: 'I'm Not Good Enough', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called Mythbusters Recorded on 28/08/2016 at our Moseley gathering
Myth: 'I Must Be Strong', by John Auger Part of our teaching series called Mythbusters Recorded on 28/08/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Myth: , Myth: 'I Don't Fit In', by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called Mythbusters Recorded on 21/08/2016 at our Moseley gathering
Myth: 'I'm Not Good Enough', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called Mythbusters Recorded on 21/08/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Myth: 'I Don't Fit In', by Harry Hewat Part of our teaching series called Mythbusters Recorded on 14/08/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Myth: 'If Only I Had', by Sarah Auger Part of our teaching series called Mythbusters Recorded on 14/08/2016 at our Moseley gathering
Myth: 'If Only I Had', by Sarah Auger Part of our teaching series called Mythbusters Recorded on 07/08/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Myth: 'I Must Be Strong', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called Mythbusters Recorded on 07/08/2016 at our Moseley gathering
Myth: 'I Can Be Somebody', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called Mythbusters Recorded on 31/07/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Myth: 'I'll Never Amount To Anything', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called Mythbusters Recorded on 31/07/2016 at our Moseley gathering
Myth: 'I Can Be Somebody', by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called Mythbusters Recorded on 24/07/2016 at our Moseley gathering
Myth: 'I'll Never Amount To Anything', by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called Mythbusters Recorded on 24/07/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Commitment, by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called Relationships Revolution Recorded on 10/07/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Communication, by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called Relationships Revolution Recorded on 10/07/2016 at our Moseley gathering
Communication, by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called Relationships Revolution Recorded on 03/07/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Commitment, by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called Relationships Revolution Recorded on 17/07/2016 at our Moseley gathering
Character, by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called Relationships Revolution Recorded on 03/07/2016 at our Moseley gathering
Character, by Harry Hewat Part of our teaching series called Relationships Revolution Recorded on 03/07/2016 at our Bournville gathering
The 20th Anniversary of Riverside Performing Arts Talk by Caroline Wilkes, co-founder of Riverside Performing Arts Recorded on 26/06/2016 at our joint gathering in Moseley
Birmingham Beautiful, by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called It's Beautiful Life Recorded on 12/06/2016 at our Moseley gatherings
Birmingham Beautiful, by Tim Chilvers Part of our teaching series called It's Beautiful Life Recorded on 12/06/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Being Beautiful, by Paul Brown Part of our teaching series called It's Beautiful Life Recorded on 05/06/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Bloody Beautiful, by Andy Mackie Part of our teaching series called It's Beautiful Life Recorded on 05/06/2016 at our Moseley gatherings
Being Beautiful, by Paul Brown Part of our teaching series called It's Beautiful Life Recorded on 22/05/2016 at our Moseley gatherings
Body Beautiful, by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called It's Beautiful Life Recorded on 22/05/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Searching for Fruitfulness, by Andy Mackie Part of The Search teaching series Recorded on 15/05/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Body Beautiful, by Judy Moore Part of our teaching series called It's Beautiful Life Recorded on 15/05/2016 at our Moseley gatherings
Searching for Hope, by Tim Chilvers Part of The Search teaching series Recorded on 08/05/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Searching for Fruitfulness, by Andy Mackie Part of The Search teaching series Recorded on 08/05/2016 at our Moseley gatherings
Searching for Hope, by Tim Chilvers Part of The Search teaching series Recorded on 01/05/2016 at our Moseley gatherings
Searching for Adventure, by Judy Moore Part of The Search teaching series Recorded on 01/05/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Searching for Adventure, by Judy Moore Part of The Search teaching series Recorded on 24/04/2016 at our Moseley gatherings
Searching for Home, by Andy Mackie Part of The Search teaching series Recorded on 24/04/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Searching for Home, by Andy Mackie Part of The Search teaching series Recorded on 17/04/2016 at our Moseley gatherings
The Search, by Tim Chilvers Part of The Search teaching series Recorded on 17/04/2016 at our Bournville gathering
The Search, by Tim Chilvers Part of The Search teaching series Recorded on 10/04/2016 at our Moseley gatherings
Faith, by Tim Chilvers Part of our Try Praying series Recorded on 03/04/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Awe, by Judy Moore Part of our Try Praying series Recorded on 03/04/2016 at our Moseley gathering
Faith, by Andy Mackie Part of our Try Praying series Recorded on 20/03/2016 at our Moseley gathering
Awe by Judy Moore Part of our Try Praying series Recorded on 20/03/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Impossible, by Andy Mackie Part of our series on TryPraying Recorded on 13th March 2016 at our Bournville gathering
Nerve, by Tim Chilvers Part of our series on TryPraying Recorded on 13th March 2016 at our Moseley gathering
Impossible, by Andy Mackie Part of our series on Try Praying Recorded on 6th March 2016 at our Moseley gathering
Nerve, by Tim Chilvers Part of our series on TryPraying Recorded on 6th March 2016 at our Bournville gathering
Throwing it all away, by Tim Chilvers and Julian Mander Part of our series on the Beauty of Money Recorded on 28th February 2016 at our Moseley gathering
Throwing It All Away, by Tim Chilvers and Julian Mander Part of our series on the Beauty of Money Recorded on 28th February 2016 at our Moseley gathering
Poor Yet Rich, by Andy Mackie Part of our series on the Beauty of Money Recorded on 21st February 2016 at our Moseley gathering
Poor Yet Rich, by Andy Mackie Part of our series on the Beauty of Money Recorded on 21st February 2016 at our Bournville gathering
How to Get Really Rich, by Tim Chilvers Part of our series on the Beauty of Money Recorded on 7th February at our Moseley gathering
Goldigga - When Money is God, by Judy Moore Part of our series on the Beauty of Money Recorded on 14th February 2016 at our Moseley gathering
How to Get Really Rich, by Tim Chilvers Part of our series on the Beauty of Money Recorded on 14th February 2016 at our Bournville gathering.
Goldigga - When Money is God, by Judy Moore Part of our series on the Beauty of Money Recorded on 7th February 2016 at our Bournville gathering
An Invitation that Satisfies Part of our series on Invitation Recorded on 17th January 2016 at our Bournville gathering.
The Invitation goes out, by Andy Mackie Part of our series on Invitation Recorded on 10th January 2016 at our Bournville gathering
An invitation that satisfies, by Judy Moore Part of our series on Invitation. Recorded on 10th January 2016 at our Moseley gathering.
The invitation goes out, by Andy Mackie Part of our series on Invitation. Recorded on 17th January at our Moseley gathering.
An Invitation | Tim Chilvers Part of our Invitation teaching series Recorded on 03/01/2016 at our Bournville gathering
Redeemed | John Auger Part of our Redeemed teaching series Recorded on 13/12/2015 at our Bournville gathering
Redeemed | Judy Moore Part of our Redeemed teaching series Recorded on 13/12/2015 at our Moseley gatherings
A Risky Faith | Judy Moore Part of our Redeemed teaching series Recorded on 06/12/2015 at our Moseley gatherings
A Risky Faith | Sarah Auger Part of our Redeemed teaching series Recorded on 06/12/15 at Bournville gathering
Things Are Looking Up | Tim Chilvers Part of our Redeemed teaching series Recorded on 22/11/2015 at our Moseley gatherings
Things Are Looking Up | Tim Chilvers Part of our Redeemed teaching series Recorded on 22/11/15 at Bournville gathering
An Uncertain Future | Judy Moore | Recorded on 15/11/15 at our Moseley gatherings | Part of our Redeemed teaching series on the book of Ruth |
An Uncertain Future | Tim Chilvers | Recorded on 15/11/15 at our Bournville gathering | Part of our Redeemed teaching series on the book of Ruth |
Living As Light | Andy Mackie | Recorded on 08/11/15 at our Moseley gatherings | Part of our Monday Means teaching series |
A Healthy Ambition | Nick Cuthbert | Recorded on 08/11/15 at our Bournville gathering | Part of our Monday Means teaching series |
A Healthy Ambition | Nick Cuthbert | Recorded on 01/11/15 at our Moseley gatherings | Part of our Monday Means teaching series |
25/10/2015 | Serve Like The Samaritan | Monday Means | Alice Botham | Recorded at Moseley gatherings
25/10/2015 | Redefining Success | Monday Means | Markus Kappers | recorded at Bournville gathering
18/10/2015 | Serve Like The Samaritan | Monday Means | Sarah Auger | Recorded at Bournville gathering
11/10/2015 | Redefining Success | Monday Means | Tim Chilvers | Recorded at Moseley gatherings
11/10/2015 | Dealing With Difficulty | Monday Means | Judy Moore | Recorded at Bournville gathering
04/10/2015 | Seasoned With Salt | Tim Chilvers | Monday Means | Recorded at Moseley gatherings
04/10/2015 | Taste Of Temptation | Judy Moore | Monday Means | Recorded at Bournville gathering
27/09/2015 | Work As Worship | Tim Chilvers | Monday Means | recorded at Bournville gathering
27/09/2015 | Taste Of Temptation | Andy Mackie | Monday Means Recorded at Moseley gatherings.
13/09/2015 | Our Frontline | Riverside Youth - Rachel Mander, Bethany Lucas & Toby Lowther | Recorded at Bournville gathering.
13/09/2015 | Our Frontline | Riverside Youth - Rachel Mander, Bethany Lucas & Toby Lowther | Moseley