Parish of Cove Podcast: Recent Episodes
Parish of Cove
A podcast of Sermon recordings from events and services held at the churches in the Parish of Cove, St John’s and Christ Church, Cove. Where the ministry team is lead by Gemma Foster and Steve Stewart.
The last of our 4 week series on Creation when Ali Butcher talks to us about how we have been created to work.
The first of our new series about creation. Each week during July 2021 we will be look at creation from the perspective what it teaches us about God and one another. This week we are look at Created to be the image of God
The fourth and final week of our series on Haggai is available now as a Podcast with just the sermon.
Week 2 of our new series on Haggai, Gemma Foster is talking this week on chapter 1 v 12 to 15
The first in our New Series on Haggai, Gemma Foster starts with the first chapter verses 1 to 11. Please join us on Tuesday on our community page for a talkback session on the passage.
Advent reflection on 24th December 2020 when Gemma Foster opened up the box, what's in the box today? Gemma then looked at Matthew 19:13-15 for a few minutes.
ComfortAndJoy
BeingFamily
OneFamilyTwoHomes
Advent reflection on 23rd December 2020 when J Foster opened up the box, what's in the box today? J then looked at Luke 1:57-66 for a few minutes.
ComfortAndJoy
BeingFamily
OneFamilyTwoHome
Advent reflection on 21st December 2020 when Gemma Foster opened up the box, what's in the box today? Gemma then looked at Luke 1:39-45 for a few minutes.
ComfortAndJoy
BeingFamily
OneFamilyTwoHomes
A recording of the live advent reflection from Social Media when Steve Stewart spoke for a few minutes on Matthew 1 v 18-24
Our daily reflection for 17th December 2020 when Ali Butcher opens the box and takes a look at Matthew 1 v 1=17
Advent reflection on 12th December 2020 when Gemma Foster opened up the box, what's in the box today? Gemma then looked at Matthew 17:10-13 for a few minutes.
ComfortAndJoy
BeingFamily
OneFamilyTwoHomes
Advent reflection on 11th December 2020 when Steve opened up the box. What's in the box today? Steve then looked at Matthew 11:16-19 for a few minutes.
Advent reflection on 10th December 2020 when Ali opened up the box, what's in the box today? Ali then looked at Matthew 11:11-15 for a few minutes.
ComfortAndJoy
BeingFamily
OneFamilyTwoHomes
Advent reflection on 9th December 2020 when Gemma opened up the box, what's in the box today? Gemma then looked at Matthew 11:28-30 for a few minutes.
ComfortAndJoy
BeingFamily
OneFamilyTwoHomes
A recording of the daily advent reflection for 8th December 2020 when J opened the box to reveal the surprise which is linked to our reading this morning which is Matthew 18 v 12 - 14
Gemma starts our 2nd week of Advent Reflections with Luke 5 v 17 to 26. Please watch and see what surpise is in the box for today.
A recording of the Advent Reflection on Saturday 5th December.
Are we feeling harassed?
Well, 2020 has been a year hasn't it? This morning, Jay reflects on the end of Matthew 9 - where Jesus sees the crowds as being harassed.
ComfortAndJoy
BeingFamily
OneFamilyTwoHomes
A recording of our Advent reflection on 4 December 2020 when Rev Steve Stewart will be opening up the Christmas box. What's in the box today? Steve will reflect on Matthew 9:27-31 for a few minutes.
ComfortandJoy
BeingFamily
OneFamilyTwoHomes
A recording of our 4th Advent reflection which went out live on Facebook and YouTube. This morning Ali refelected on Matthew 7 v 21-28 and opened up the Christmas box. So please listen to find out what was in the box today.
A recording of the third of our advent reflections from 2020, when J will be sharing what he has in the Christmas Box along with his thoughts about Matthew 15:29-37
Advent reflection on 2nd December 2020 when Steve Stewart opened up his box, what is in the box today? Steve then looked at Luke 10:21-24 for a few minutes.
ComfortAndJoy
BeingFamily
OneFamilyTwoHomes
Advent Reflection 1 in the lead up to Christmas 2020. Gemma talks opens the box and shares a thought about Matt 4:18-20
On Sunday 15th March Gemma Foster continued our series about Healthy Church with the penultimate part of the series where we were looking at Worshipping Church.
On Sunday 15th March Gemma Foster continued our series about Healthy Church with the penultimate part of the series where we were looking at Worshipping Church.
This is a recording from our 9:30am service at Christ Church on Sunday 8th March when we had Danny Wignall with us to talk about being involved in God's mission as part of our healthy church series. There is a PowerPoint alongside this talk. https://www.parishofcove.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/A-Healthy-Church-is-Involved-in-Gods-Mission_Cove-March-2020-SHORTER.pdf
Here is a recording of the 11:15am service from Christ Church when we had Danny Wignall with us to talk about getting involved with God's mission as part of our series about the healthy church. There is a PowerPoint which goes alongside this talk and it can be downloaded here https://www.parishofcove.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/A-Healthy-Church-is-Involved-in-Gods-Mission_Cove-March-2020-SHORTER.pdf
Recording of the 9.30 service from Christ Church when Steve Stewart spoke on A healthy church is... one where everyone plays their part
A service recording from out 11:15am service at Crossroads when Steve Stewart spoke on A healthy church is... one where everyone plays their part from Romans 12 v 1-13
Recording of the 11.15 service at Christ Church when Ann Linfoot continues our series on the Healthy church with the subject A Healthy Church.... Cares for it's Community
A recording from the 9.30am service at Christ Church when Tony Andrews continued our series on the Health Church with Cares for it's Community
At Christ Church's 9:30am service on 16th Feb, Steve Stewart continues the series on the healthy church with a talk about "A Healthy Church is.... a Generous Church"
At Christ Church's 11:!5am service on 16th Feb, Gordon Thomas continues the series on the healthy church with a talk about "A Healthy Church is.... a Generous Church"
Gemma shares the vision for the parish of Cove in 2020. There is a leaflet and powerpoint to support the vision https://www.parishofcove.org.uk/messages/vision-sunday-2020/
From 2nd Feb 2020, Janet Whitlock continues with A Healthy church is... a loving family from 1 John 3 v 11-24
From 2nd Feb 2020 when Gemma Foster continues with A Healthy church is... a loving family from 1 John 3 v 11-24
The 9:30 am service at Christ Church, Cove on Sunday 26th January 2020 when Tony Andrews continues our series on the Healthy Church with the Healthy Church is a welcoming church.
The passage for this Sunday was James 2 v 1-13.
The 11:15 am service at Christ Church, Cove on Sunday 26th January 2020 when Andrew Hyde continues our series on the Healthy Church with the Healthy Church is a welcoming church
The passage for this Sunday was James 2 v 1-13
The 9:30 am service at Christ Church, Cove on Sunday 19th January 2020 when Steve Stewart continues our series on the Healthy Church with the Healthy Church is built on prayer.
The passage for this Sunday was Colossians 2 v 4-6.
Each week during this series there are some questions set to prompt extra thoughts and help the home groups.
- Paul tells the Colossians 2 devote themselves to prayer, similarly in Phillipians 4:6 he tells them and us 'Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God'. How easy do we find it to 'devote ourselves to prayer?' When we do pray what can we learn from the first thing which Paul tells us to pray for in Colossians 2?
- Richard Foster in his brilliant book ‘Celebration of Discipline’ says this about prayer: “Prayer catapults us on to the frontier of the spiritual life. Of all the Spiritual Disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into the perpetual communion with the Father… the discipline of prayer that bring us into the deepest and highest work of the human spirit. Real prayer is life creating and life changing.. ..To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue that God uses to transform us” What has been our experience of prayer changing us or transforming us?
- Gemma (at 9 & 1030) gave a handy formula which we can use for prayer to guide us through TSP (think teaspoon!) Thankyou, Sorry , Please. Do you have any guidelines which you work to when praying i.e. ACTS, working through the Lord's prayer etc. Have you tried other things at different stages in your life? If you are in a home group are there things as a group we can share with each other to help us grow on this journey of prayer.
- If you have a concordance, or a Bible on your phone, etc, look at some of the other prayers in the Bible, and see what people are praying for.
- Having looked at the Bible, do you think that "prayer" and "talking to God" are exactly the same thing? Have a look at the Lord's prayer in Matthew 6:9-13, and summarise exactly what Jesus is asking us to pray for.
- Tip's for praying in a group: Often people find praying out loud in a group quite scary, but also the is the place we often learn to pray and are encouraged by answers to prayer. Here are some quick tips to help us when praying in a group. If you are doing these questions in a home group then maybe we could look over these before our prayer time to help us ... if you don't usually pray then this may encourage to be bold and step out.
- Have a plan for what you are praying for… so when people give out the things to pray for take a mental note of what you will pray for
- Think about the subject or situation… for example if you have been decided to pray for the foodbank think about what the foodbank might need, think about how the people who go to the foodbank might feel. By imagining the situation it can help to guide us with what to pray
- Keep it short and simple …. It does not need to be your spiritual manifesto. When we are praying in a group then we can take one thing and pray for this – we do not need to pray about everything we have ever known. So it your prayer is ‘God I thank you for all those who came along to Messy Church and had a great time. Amen’ Then this is great
- Use TSP… so taking the foodbank, Thank God for the work of the foodbank, maybe say sorry for the times we forget those who are in need as we go about our days and pray for those families who need help that they would be brave enough to come through the door and those who are there helping would be welcoming, kind and have the words to say to those who come along.
- Family Fun: Do you have any testimonies of answered prayer recently - whether large or small? Maybe share this with each other so we can encourage each other at God at work amongst us.
This is a recording from the 9:30 am service at Christ Church, Cove on Sunday 19th January 2020 when Steve Stewart continues our series on the Healthy Church with the Healthy Church is built on prayer.
The passage for this Sunday was Colossians 2 v 4-6.
Each week during this series there are some questions set to prompt extra thoughts and help the home groups.
- Paul tells the Colossians 2 devote themselves to prayer, similarly in Phillipians 4:6 he tells them and us 'Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God'. How easy do we find it to 'devote ourselves to prayer?' When we do pray what can we learn from the first thing which Paul tells us to pray for in Colossians 2?
- Richard Foster in his brilliant book ‘Celebration of Discipline’ says this about prayer: “Prayer catapults us on to the frontier of the spiritual life. Of all the Spiritual Disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into the perpetual communion with the Father… the discipline of prayer that bring us into the deepest and highest work of the human spirit. Real prayer is life creating and life changing.. ..To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue that God uses to transform us” What has been our experience of prayer changing us or transforming us?
- Gemma (at 9 & 1030) gave a handy formula which we can use for prayer to guide us through TSP (think teaspoon!) Thankyou, Sorry , Please. Do you have any guidelines which you work to when praying i.e. ACTS, working through the Lord's prayer etc. Have you tried other things at different stages in your life? If you are in a home group are there things as a group we can share with each other to help us grow on this journey of prayer.
- If you have a concordance, or a Bible on your phone, etc, look at some of the other prayers in the Bible, and see what people are praying for.
- Having looked at the Bible, do you think that "prayer" and "talking to God" are exactly the same thing? Have a look at the Lord's prayer in Matthew 6:9-13, and summarise exactly what Jesus is asking us to pray for.
- Tip's for praying in a group: Often people find praying out loud in a group quite scary, but also the is the place we often learn to pray and are encouraged by answers to prayer. Here are some quick tips to help us when praying in a group. If you are doing these questions in a home group then maybe we could look over these before our prayer time to help us ... if you don't usually pray then this may encourage to be bold and step out.
- Have a plan for what you are praying for… so when people give out the things to pray for take a mental note of what you will pray for
- Think about the subject or situation… for example if you have been decided to pray for the foodbank think about what the foodbank might need, think about how the people who go to the foodbank might feel. By imagining the situation it can help to guide us with what to pray
- Keep it short and simple …. It does not need to be your spiritual manifesto. When we are praying in a group then we can take one thing and pray for this – we do not need to pray about everything we have ever known. So it your prayer is ‘God I thank you for all those who came along to Messy Church and had a great time. Amen’ Then this is great
- Use TSP… so taking the foodbank, Thank God for the work of the foodbank, maybe say sorry for the times we forget those who are in need as we go about our days and pray for those families who need help that they would be brave enough to come through the door and those who are there helping would be welcoming, kind and have the words to say to those who come along.
- Family Fun: Do you have any testimonies of answered prayer recently - whether large or small? Maybe share this with each other so we can encourage each other at God at work amongst us.
This is a recording from the 11:15 am service at Christ Church, Cove on Sunday 19th January 2020 when Steve Stewart continues our series on the Healthy Church with the Healthy Church is built on prayer.
The passage for this Sunday was Colossians 2 v 4-6.
Each week during this series there are some questions set to prompt extra thoughts and help the home groups.
- Paul tells the Colossians 2 devote themselves to prayer, similarly in Phillipians 4:6 he tells them and us 'Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God'. How easy do we find it to 'devote ourselves to prayer?' When we do pray what can we learn from the first thing which Paul tells us to pray for in Colossians 2?
- Richard Foster in his brilliant book ‘Celebration of Discipline’ says this about prayer: “Prayer catapults us on to the frontier of the spiritual life. Of all the Spiritual Disciplines prayer is the most central because it ushers us into the perpetual communion with the Father… the discipline of prayer that bring us into the deepest and highest work of the human spirit. Real prayer is life creating and life changing.. ..To pray is to change. Prayer is the central avenue that God uses to transform us” What has been our experience of prayer changing us or transforming us?
- Gemma (at 9 & 1030) gave a handy formula which we can use for prayer to guide us through TSP (think teaspoon!) Thankyou, Sorry , Please. Do you have any guidelines which you work to when praying i.e. ACTS, working through the Lord's prayer etc. Have you tried other things at different stages in your life? If you are in a home group are there things as a group we can share with each other to help us grow on this journey of prayer.
- If you have a concordance, or a Bible on your phone, etc, look at some of the other prayers in the Bible, and see what people are praying for.
- Having looked at the Bible, do you think that "prayer" and "talking to God" are exactly the same thing? Have a look at the Lord's prayer in Matthew 6:9-13, and summarise exactly what Jesus is asking us to pray for.
- Tip's for praying in a group: Often people find praying out loud in a group quite scary, but also the is the place we often learn to pray and are encouraged by answers to prayer. Here are some quick tips to help us when praying in a group. If you are doing these questions in a home group then maybe we could look over these before our prayer time to help us ... if you don't usually pray then this may encourage to be bold and step out.
- Have a plan for what you are praying for… so when people give out the things to pray for take a mental note of what you will pray for
- Think about the subject or situation… for example if you have been decided to pray for the foodbank think about what the foodbank might need, think about how the people who go to the foodbank might feel. By imagining the situation it can help to guide us with what to pray
- Keep it short and simple …. It does not need to be your spiritual manifesto. When we are praying in a group then we can take one thing and pray for this – we do not need to pray about everything we have ever known. So it your prayer is ‘God I thank you for all those who came along to Messy Church and had a great time. Amen’ Then this is great
- Use TSP… so taking the foodbank, Thank God for the work of the foodbank, maybe say sorry for the times we forget those who are in need as we go about our days and pray for those families who need help that they would be brave enough to come through the door and those who are there helping would be welcoming, kind and have the words to say to those who come along.
- Family Fun: Do you have any testimonies of answered prayer recently - whether large or small? Maybe share this with each other so we can encourage each other at God at work amongst us.