St Aldates Church

How can you trust that God has created you and your life has a purpose? This first Advent Sunday, Stephen takes a look at the life of Mary, explaining how trusting in God’s love for you enables you to step with obedience into His purpose for your life.Luke 1:26-38

The only way to be a humble person is to be made secure - secure in Jesus, and in his love for you. Dan encourages us to allow Jesus to see us as we are, in all our faults, and to let him love us.John 13:1-17

Are you into titles, or are you into towels? Shumi brings a powerful word, reminding us to keep Jesus’ loving humility as our model for loving those around us.John 13:1-17

As Jesus washes his disciples’ feet, we see the upside down Kingdom of God: a kingdom where love rules and empowers us to humbly serve the people around us. Nemi Wilton shares of the power of the love of God.John 13:1-17

“If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit.” All true fruitfulness comes from proximity to Jesus, and our fruitfulness grows as God prunes us. Stephen reminds us of God’s kindness in times of pruning, and that we are deeply connected with each other and with Christ through the storms of life.

Jesus destroys our final enemy: death. Dan explores how God, who suffered for us, gives ultimate meaning and hope to our suffering today.

Jesus says “I am the resurrection and the life”. What does that mean for us as followers of Jesus today? Mark explores how Jesus’ power to defeat death gives comfort, meaning and hope to the darkest and most difficult moments of our lives.

“Don’t live for anything other than an encounter with Jesus.” Will reminds us that loving Jesus and living to please him is the ultimate aim of our lives.John 5:39-44

Simon encourages us to break out of the approval junkie mentality, instead spending our lives receiving the honour of our Heavenly Father as we in turn honour his son Jesus as our Lord.John 5:39-44

How do we love like Jesus? How do we show his truth and compassion? Emily explores how we need to continually come as we are to him, living under the waterfall of his grace and love.

“The Christian life is predicated on the understanding that Jesus has the authority to teach us and direct us and for us to obey.” But obedience isn’t easy: so why do we obey God, and how can we do it well? John 2.1-11

"Truth isn’t a concept to be debated, it’s a person to be encountered." Stephen encourages us to look to the truth that sets us free from the lies that cripple us.

Behold the lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.John 1:29-34

“Behold the lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.” Here is Jesus, the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world and meets our deepest needs in the process.

Generosity is one of the marks of a follower of Jesus: but we can only give because God has given so outrageously generously to us. Simon unpacks the marks of the generous Macedonian church in 2 Corinthians 8:1-16.

In a time of great uncertainty, the thing that marks us out as Christians is our confidence in the unshakable Kingdom, and the almighty King who reigns. Stephen reminds us that we can have confidence in King Jesus, and know him closely wherever he has called us to.Matthew 28:16-20

Simon Ponsonby reflects on the extraordinary life of Queen Elizabeth II and the eternal King she so faithfully served. Psalm 116:13-16

Prayer is the most important thing we can do with our lives, and when we pray we become peace-filled people, whose peace flows over into people around us. Stephen encourages us to return to prayer, and be amazed by what God does as a result of our prayers.