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Upwards And Outwards

Colossians 4:2-6

As a South Site, we want to grow in how we relate upwards (to God in prayer) and outwards (in witness to those who don't know Jesus). Listen to find out more.

September

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

It's Time To Shine

Matthew 5:14-16

Jesus calls his followers to let their light shine. Owen explains Churchcentral’s vision and how this is being outworked at West site over the coming term.

September

Speaker
Owen O'Brien

Why Do We Worship The Way We Do?

1 Corinthians 14

What is the point of a worship time? How should it look? What is a "good" worship time? Where should spiritual gifts fit in? Jonathan explores in this stand-alone talk.

September

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

The Power Of Thankfulness (South Site Baby Thanksgiving)

Various

What is thankfulness and why does it matter? How do we become thankful? We explored these questions at our Baby Thanksgiving service. Technical difficulties mean the quality of the recording is poor, apologies.

September

Speaker
Rich Pitt

What Does The Worshipping Church Look Like?

1 Peter 2

What happens when a lot of living sacrifices come together? This passage explains; we form the temple of God and serve as priests of God, resulting in others seeing the goodness of God. This has huge implications for how we each approach Sunday mornings.

September

Speaker
Owen O'Brien

The Great Need Of The Hour: Shepherds!

Hebrews 13:17-21

If we’re going to persevere to the end in our faith, we have to have shepherds in our life. In this final talk in the series, we examine why we need shepherds, who they should be and what they do.

August

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

Current Series

One-Off Talks

[ 31 Episodes ] 07 February 2010 - 16 September 2018

These talks are not part of a series, they just stand alone!

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West Site Talks

[ 12 Episodes ]

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Hebrews

[ 21 Episodes ]

Jesus Is Greater

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Big Questions

[ 14 Episodes ]

Exploring questions about faith in God

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Judges

[ 8 Episodes ]

The Search For A Saviour

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Acts

[ 31 Episodes ]

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The Kingdom of God

[ 3 Episodes ]

At our 2017 Weekend Away, we spent three sessions exploring how a true understanding of the Kingdom of God should impact our lives, both together as a church and as we relate to the world.

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Colossians

[ 11 Episodes ]

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Wish You Were Here

[ 4 Episodes ]

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Elisha

[ 4 Episodes ]

Elisha was an ordinary guy from an ordinary background. Yet he performed more miracles than anyone else in the Bible, except for Jesus. In this series we learn a host of lessons from his incredible faith.

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Elijah

[ 6 Episodes ]

An angry king. Devastating drought. Epic opposition. And one man who overcomes it all! When the world around us is spinning out of control, where do we turn? Join us for this series as we learn from Elijah.

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Luke

[ 93 Episodes ]

Luke invested a lot of time and energy putting together a thorough work for us from things he’d read and from eyewitnesses of Jesus. He researched it, tested his findings, picked it all apart and found that it stood up to the most rigorous scrutiny. Luke’s Gospel is perfect for anyone who is serious about getting to know the authentic Jesus.

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Prayer = Life

[ 13 Episodes ]

Prayer’s all about relationship. It’s our response to a living God who speaks, acts and comes close to us. It has the potential to change our life. This series looks at a number of examples from the Bible in which people prayed and encountered God in the midst of everyday life.

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The Big Story

[ 18 Episodes ]

The Bible is hard to get your head round. 2000 pages. 66 books. And if you get lost in the detail you can lose sight of the Big Story. This series is accompanied by an art project. Some of the artists are just starting out on their creative journey, others are more experienced. You can view it at bigstorybible.tumblr.com.

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What kind of Church?

[ 8 Episodes ]

This series explores the kind of Church we want to be.

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I believe in God but

[ 7 Episodes ]

Maybe like so many, you’re a member of a church, but you’re secretly ashamed of your past. Perhaps you’ve heard about the love of God, but you’re still not convinced that God totally loves you. This series addresses these struggles with the aim of closing the gap between our behaviour and beliefs.

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Habukkuk

[ 8 Episodes ]

In this series we get to eavesdrop on Habukkuk's no-holds-barred conversations with God.

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Destinations

[ 4 Episodes ]

Is what we are experiencing of God and his work in bringing about his kingdom now in the UK 'Normal'? Is it actually that we're stuck in traffic and that Normal Service is yet to resume? In this series we explore what 'Normal Service' looks like in the Bible and what application that has for us today.

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Where's God?

[ 3 Episodes ]

We all face times when it feels like God is far away; our prayers are unanswered and our circumstances go from bad to worse. In this series we explore the lives of three characters from the New Testament - each faced circumstances which suggested that God was absent.

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Nehemiah - Building for the future

[ 8 Episodes ]

Nehemiah's wise leadership got a seemingly impossible task done in record time. There are huge lessons and encouragements for us in this series as we seek to do something great for God in our city.

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Finding Joy (Philippians)

[ 11 Episodes ]

We live in a society that's obsessed with trying to find joy. This series on the book of Philippians shows us how to find joy in the midst of some of the main pressure points of life.

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Esther

[ 7 Episodes ]

There's much to learn in this series on the story of Esther about how to face difficulties in life without losing confidence in God. The message is simple; despite appearances, God is still at work!

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James

[ 9 Episodes ]

What we believe and what we do often differ. There is no benefit to our faith if we do not apply it to our lives. The book of James gives us practical direction on how to use our faith.

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Genesis

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Easter Sunday

2 Timothy 2:8

In 2 Timothy 2:8 Paul says that Jesus risen from the dead is good news. But why? We need to go back to the garden of Eden to understand the full meaning of the good news and follow the story from there.

One-off Talks

April

Speaker
Andy Martin

Devotion & Multiplication

Acts 13:1-3

The early church experienced phenomenal multiplication. But preceding the call to ‘go’ was the invitation to ‘come’. This sermon explains our reason for existing as a church and is an appeal to prioritise devotion to Jesus above all else!

One-off Talks

January

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

Finding Your Place In The Body Of Christ

1 Corinthians 12:4-14

Jesus gave up his body willingly because he knew God had a plan, to give him a new body that would continue his ministry on earth. That’s us, the church of Jesus; the Body of Christ. It’s important that we find our place in the body through getting to know the Holy Spirit, discovering our gifts, and playing our part.

One-off Talks

January

Speaker
Owen O'Brien

Loving the Whole City

Acts 10

Birmingham is one of the most diverse communities in the UK but what does it mean to love the whole city - especially when there are so many cultural and social differences? In Acts Chapter 10, the Holy Spirit shows Peter how the gospel overcomes barriers and takes Peter out of his comfort zone. We need to do the same and the Holy Spirit will help us as we do so.

One-off Talks Community

June

Speaker
Andy Martin

‘Parenting made simple!’

Ephesians 6:4

Parents have a vital role in training and instructing their kids. In this talk we look at how best to do this, without exasperating our kids in the process!

One-off Talks Family

April

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

The importance of remembering

Joshua 4:5-7

In order to get faith for the journey ahead, it can be helpful to pause and remember what God has done already. In this talk, Jonathan looks back over the last year and shares some stories of God’s goodness to encourage us to keep going!

One-off Talks

February

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

Needs of the city - who we are.

Matthew 25:31-40

One-off Talks

June

Speaker
Adrian Hurst

Vision and goals

1 Corinthians 9

One-off Talks

February

Speaker
Jonathan Bell

Relationship breakdown and reconciliation

Genesis 4:1-16

One-off Talks

November

Speaker
David Devenish

Lesson to learn

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

One-off Talks

May

Speaker
Neil Powell

Mission practicalities

Acts 13

Matt Partridge from Emmanuel Church Oxford joins Churchcentral for our ONE church together event to talk about the practicalities of what it means to be on mission together as a church.

One-off Talks

March

Speaker
Matt Partridge

The Church is central

Ephesians 3:10

One-off Talks

September

Speaker
Mbonisi Malaba

Holiness

One-off Talks

March

Speaker
Matt Partridge

Biblical World View

Genesis 10 & 11

Dave Devenish takes us through Genesis chapters 10 and 11 which provide for us a biblical world view of race and of culture, answering; who are we? where are we? what's wrong? and what is the solution?

One-off Talks

December

Speaker
David Devenish

Look at the cross

Numbers 21:4-9

Martin White from The Crown church speaks from the book of Numbers about the Israelite's rebellion, their encounter with venomous snakes, their rescue from death and what the significance is for us today.

One-off Talks

July

Speaker
Martin White

The Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:1-17

As Christians, we know what we have been saved from, but do we know as much about what we have been saved for? We know that God is a God of rescue, but this rescue is for a purpose - not now for rules - but for relationship.