Amblecote Community Church

Jesus and Addiction part 2: Recovery and the Grace of God delivered by Tim Murray at our Sunday service 17th July 2022. This week we had the second part of our series on addiction; considering recovery and change. All the material for Whole Church Teaching series on How we change when change is hard that Tim mentions can be found here . For more information about who we are, what we believe and ho...

In our fourth and final podcast we explore the common metaphor used by New Testament writers of the church as a family. What kind of family is the church meant to be? How did the New Testament writers understand family? And how does this reshape our view of church today? You can find all our current and previous ‘Whole Church Teaching’ material  here . For more information about who we are, w...

In the third podcast of our Following Jesus Together series we take a look at the Temple and a body as metaphors for the church. Where does the presence of God dwell now that Christ has come? How do we find our place and purpose as a Christian? And how does the church become both united and diverse? You can find all our current and previous ‘Whole Church Teaching’ material here . For more informat...

Jesus and Addiction part 1: Facing up to Addiction delivered by Tim Murray at our Sunday service 10th July 2022 .  On Sunday we started a two part series on addiction. This is an important topic for us to consider in following Jesus. We looked at facing up to addiction, its power but also the great hope we have in Jesus in dealing with this. Join us next week to hear part 2.  For more in...

The Parable of the Growing Seed from our Sunday service 3rd July 2022. This Sunday Tim Barton spoke on the parable of the growing seed, from Mark 4:26-29, continuing our Jesus series. You can see The Muppets video that Tim references here   All our latest Whole Church Teaching material is accessible here   For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involve...

In our second podcast we look together at the metaphor of the church as ‘The people of God’. What does this mean for how we see our identity as Christians? And how does the local church help us maintain this identity? You can find all our current and previous ‘Whole Church Teaching’ material here . For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit ou...

In this first podcast Tim B introduces why we’re looking at the topic of the local church. We take a look at the word we translate as church in the New Testament, and then begin to look at how our understanding of church shapes the way we engage in it.  You can find all our current and previous ‘Whole Church Teaching’ material  here . For more information about who we are, what we believ...

The Kingdom Of Heaven Is Like A Mustard Seed from our Sunday service 26th June 2022. This Sunday we were delighted to welcome guest speaker Martin Young. Martin has been senior leader of Rising Brook church in Stafford for over 20 years. He continued our Jesus series by speaking on the parable of the mustard seed and the kingdom of God.  For more information about who we are, what we believe...

Mike Crook started our new series, focusing on the person of Jesus, by speaking on John 21 at our Sunday service 19th June 2022.  For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Why Worship? from our Sunday service 12th June 2022.  This week we looked at worship, opening the subject up and considering what worship is. Vanessa interviewed two people, Franky and Sophie, who often lead worship at ACC. They spoke on the role of sung worship in our corporate gatherings and worship as a lifestyle, how our whole lives should be surrendered to God as an act of worship. ...

Technology and the war on reality part 2 from our Sunday service 29th May 2022. In its fullest sense Jesus' resurrection is about the re-humanisation of the dehumanised. The issue we face with technology is it is largely de-humanising. This Sunday Adrian talked more practically about its impact and offered some ways we can protect our humanity. If you missed part 1, you can listen here .  For...

On Sunday 22nd May 2022, Tim Barton brought an introduction to our newest Whole Church Teaching series on Following Jesus Together - local church: what it is and why it matters.  You can find all our latest Whole Church Teaching Material here For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Technology and the war on reality from our Sunday service 15th May 2022.  In its fullest sense Jesus' resurrection is about the re-humanisation of the dehumanised. The issue we face with technology is it is largely de-humanising. On Sunday Adrian talked about three main impacts of technology; addiction, subversion and comprehension. For more information about who we are, what we believe and h...

On Sunday 8th May 2022 Tim Barton and Vanessa led us through an opportunity to consider together the last two years and what God is saying to us here at Amblecote Christian Centre. We reflected, took stock of where we are now and looked to the future. We believe that God is building his Kingdom here.  For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please...

Body, Soul and Spirit message from our Sunday service 1st May 2022. Hugh looked at Hebrews 4:12 and considered how these three aspects (body, soul and spirit) of our being fit together and what the spiritual implications are for us.  For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Easter Sunday: The Resurrection of Jesus from our Sunday service, Sunday 17th April 2022 .  Tim Barton brings us a message celebrating the fact that death no longer holds the victory, Jesus has conquered death and now gives that victory to all who put their faith in Him. He highlighted how the resurrection changes everything; despair turns into hope, guilt and shame turn into forgiveness and...

Whole Church Teaching: A Theology of Suffering podcast 12. This is the twelfth, and final podcast, in our Whole Church Teaching series on a Theology of Suffering and helps to build a picture of eternity, providence and grace.  You can find all our current and previous ‘Whole Church Teaching’ material  here . For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get invol...

Whole Church Teaching: A Theology of Suffering podcast 11. This podcast is the eleventh part of our Whole Church Teaching series on a Theology of Suffering and helps to build a picture of suffering and mission. You can find all our current and previous ‘Whole Church Teaching’ material  here . For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our...

Whole Church Teaching: A Theology of Suffering podcast 10. This podcast is the tenth part of our Whole Church Teaching series on a Theology of Suffering and helps to build a picture of suffering and the cross. You can find all our current and previous ‘Whole Church Teaching’ material  here . For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our...

Whole Church Teaching: A Theology of Suffering podcast 9. This podcast is the ninth part of our Whole Church Teaching series on a Theology of Suffering and helps to build a picture of suffering and healing. You can find all our current and previous ‘Whole Church Teaching’ material  here . For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our web...

Phil Cook looks at Psalm 32 as we continue to journey towards Easter at our Sunday service, Sunday 10th April 2022. Phil spoke on Psalm 32 and drew out some valuable, life changing lessons King David learnt and what they mean for us today.  For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Whole Church Teaching: A Theology of Suffering podcast 8. This podcast is the eighth part of our Whole Church Teaching series on a Theology of Suffering and helps to build a picture of suffering, mystery and trust. You can find all our current and previous 'Whole Church Teaching' material here . For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our w...

Whole Church Teaching: A Theology of Suffering podcast 7.  This podcast is the seventh part of our Whole Church Teaching series on a Theology of Suffering and helps to build a picture of suffering and sanctification.  You can find all our current and previous 'Whole Church Teaching' material here . For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, pleas...

Jesus The Coming King message and reflections from our Sunday service, Sunday 3rd April 2022. Tim Murray read a passage associated with Palm Sunday then spoke on it. Lee Brookes and Tim Fellows also offered a reflection each that tied in with the theme and the whole service. You can see the whole service and hear everything that got shared here .  We know it isn't Palm Sunday until next week,...

The Servant King (John 13), from our Sunday service Sunday 27th March 2022. The first message in our three week series in the lead up to Easter. Tim Barton spoke about why Jesus washed his disciples feet and what this teaches us about the events we celebrate at Easter. As well as asking what does this mean for us today? For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get inv...