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WALK WITH PURPOSE Purpose. It's something most of us seek as we navigate the ups and downs of life. To know where we're heading and why. For those of us following Jesus, we might have a vague sense of the direction we're heading, but struggle to know how we're meant to live day-to-day. How does our sense of purpose shape not just our destination, but the manner of our walk towards it? Join us as we seek answers from some of Paul's wise words to the Thessalonian church in our five-week series 'Walk with Purpose'.

WALK WITH PURPOSE Purpose. It's something most of us seek as we navigate the ups and downs of life. To know where we're heading and why. For those of us following Jesus, we might have a vague sense of the direction we're heading, but struggle to know how we're meant to live day-to-day. How does our sense of purpose shape not just our destination, but the manner of our walk towards it? Join us as we seek answers from some of Paul's wise words to the Thessalonian church in our five-week series 'Walk with Purpose'.

WALK WITH PURPOSE Purpose. It's something most of us seek as we navigate the ups and downs of life. To know where we're heading and why. For those of us following Jesus, we might have a vague sense of the direction we're heading, but struggle to know how we're meant to live day-to-day. How does our sense of purpose shape not just our destination, but the manner of our walk towards it? Join us as we seek answers from some of Paul's wise words to the Thessalonian church in our five-week series 'Walk with Purpose'.

FACE TO FACE Sometimes we can step back and look at our friendships, our relationships with our partners or families and feel like we’re drifting apart. We can relationships which we care about but which aren’t as deep or healthy as we would like them to be, and wonder why that is. In a busy world packed with meetings, appointments, team practises, events and responsibilities, unfortunately it’s often our time with those we care most about which is pushed out of the diary. Why is this? How do we maintain healthy relationships in a busy life? How much time does it actually take for our relationships to thrive? Join us today as Chris tackles some of these questions and wraps up our Face to Face series.

FACE TO FACE Every day we cross paths with people we don’t yet know. We meet them at supermarkets, cafés, social event, workplaces and at church. The Bible tells us that every person we will ever meet is known by God and loved by God, yet for some reason we often see something else. When we meet someone new, how often do we keep the door to our lives closed? Is it possible that God might want us to open the door to someone new? If so, how do we do that? Join us today as Mandy Stark helps us consider what it might mean to extend the welcome of God to the people who might cross our path in the days and weeks to come.

FACE TO FACE Have you ever found yourself lost for words as someone shares their pain and grief with you? It can be so hard to know what to do or say when those you care about are suffering. Many of us fear saying the wrong thing and doing more harm than good. We hope you can join us this Sunday as Bill explores what it means to care well for those experiencing pain and grief.

FACE TO FACE Someone once said, “Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.”* As life goes on, we all find ourselves facing changes which can bring fear,uncertainty, confusion and pain. It can feel like the rug has been pulled out from under our feet and we are left trying to navigate unfamiliar territory. So what can we do when we find ourselves facing such times? Is there a way to handle change well? How can we find our way through change without losing ourselves? Join us today as Chris Danes helps us consider these very questions and the role Jesus has to play in navigating change well.

FACE TO FACE At some point, all of us find ourselves hurt by others, and are guilty of hurting others. This hurt can stay with us in ways we may never have even realised. It can be easy to throw around the idea of forgiveness, yet forgiveness can be one of the hardest things to offer someone or accept ourselves. Why is it so difficult? Is it ever ok to not forgive? Is it something which you do once and then move on? What if the person doesn’t deserve to be forgiven?We hope you can join us today as Bill Brown tackles some of these tricky questions and considers what wisdom Jesus has to offer us as we wrestle with forgiveness.

FACE TO FACE Since human beings don’t all think or act the same way, conflict is likely to be part of every significant relationship at some point. Some of us run away at the slightest hint of it, others run towards it, and still others like to pretend it doesn’t exist. How we handle conflict can have a huge impact on our relationships - how deep, resilient, honest and safe they are - yet many of us struggle to know how to do it well. Join us today as Chris Danes explores how we can make the most of conflict to strengthen the relationships in our life.

FACE TO FACE Every day we can speak thousands of words to those around us, but are we using those words as well as possible? We can say a lot to someone, but still know so little about them. We can tell people all sorts of things, but leave out the stuff which really matters. We can meet someone new and find ourselves struggling to find the words to connect with them. Join us today as Bill Brown explores why our conversations matter so much and how we can make the most of them.

Today, we will be hearing from special guest Mark Purser, from Baptist World Aid.

AMAZING GRACE God’s grace is amazing – for all the reasons we have explored over the last three weeks and more. How does that grace change our own hearts? How does it impact the way we live and love? Is it possible to imitate God’s grace to us in our relationships with others? It’s so hard to love and forgive those who have hurt us the most. So how do we do it? Join us today as Chris Danes wraps up our series ‘Amazing Grace’.

AMAZING GRACE Have you ever struggled to break a behaviour or habit which you know God doesn’t approve of? One of those things you keep apologising to God for, only to do again the next day or week? Have you wondered if there’s some timer counting down to the moment when God will no longer forgive you for those things? Is there a limit to his grace? How do you know if you’ve reached it? If you apologise for these things but keep doing them, do you wonder if you’re truly sorry? Join us today as Mike Riddell considers these questions in light of what the Bible teaches and we continue to explore God’s Amazing Grace.

AMAZING GRACE A confusing part of the whole grace conversation is the issue of obedience. If grace is all encompassing, and also unmerited, then why was Jesus so insistent on obedience? Why would a gracious God ask his people to take up their cross to follow him? If grace and obedience are both important to understanding life to the full how can we strike balance between the two? Join us today as Chris Danes explores what answers the Bible offers to these questions, as we continue looking at God’s Amazing Grace.

AMAZING GRACE “God loves you.” We hear that phrase a lot – and we might even believe it most of the time. Yet we find ourselves wondering how much God really loves us, whether he still loves us when we do things he disapproves of, and whether there are limits to his forgiveness. We talk and sing about the grace of God, but do we really understand what it means for our lives? Do we understand its incredible power and beauty? Join us over the next four weeks as we take a look at what makes the grace of God so amazing.

Today we have special guests Mark and Jodie Simmonds from MAF coming to share with us about their work with people in South Sudan.

GOING VIRAL Every week we are surrounded by all sorts of people – friends, family, co-workers and neighbours who we would love to introduce to Jesus, but we get stuck in what to say, when to say it and how to say it. We can often be trapped in the fear that we will do more harm than good and hold back when we’d love to speak up. Today, Paul and Sharon from the Ugly Duckling Co. in the UK are joining us in all services, and will be helping guide us through some ways we can engage effectively in faith conversations. We’d love to see you there as we wrap up our ‘Going Viral’ series!

GOING VIRAL It’s great when the people we know and love come to know and love Jesus. After Jesus died and rose again, his followers got to see and hear about hundreds of thousands of people responding to the good news. But what happened after the message of Jesus went viral? Was that the end of the story, or the beginning of a new one? What do we, or those we love, do after we first put our faith in Jesus? There’s a lot to be learned from the example of the leaders in the early Church, which we read about in Acts. Join us today as Bill Brown helps us ask “what next”?

GOING VIRAL Sometimes it can feel like the cards are stacked against us when it comes to sharing our faith in our current social and political climate. Whether we are facing religious restrictions in schools and workplaces, experiencing social disapproval of the Christian message, or even where finding ourselves sinking into a comfortable existence where sharing Jesus doesn’t seem that urgent. How much does our context impact the spread of the message of Jesus? Are we living in a time where it’s all too hard, or all too easy? Does it really make a difference? Join us as Chris Danes examines the context of the early church when the message of Jesus went viral – and asks whether we can hope for a similar movement in a new context.

MOTHERS' DAY Join us today as Mandy Stark shares with us this Mother's Day.