Hope Community Church Basingstoke

David Nkemka unpacked what it means to be ‘Imitators of God’, from the first part of Ephesians 5. This is done by being Jesus focused and copying the character of God.

Andy Taylor spoke from Ephesians 4 unpacking how God’s people (His church) should live. He concluded on looking at what it means to grieve the Holy Spirit.

A One Church Basingstoke evening of praise, worship and prayer for our council and our community. We heard from Cllr Paul Harvey, Leader of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, before praying together.

Cheryl O’Byrne shared her story of how God has guided her and the Bible verse which has been the ‘drum beat’ throughout her Christian life.

David Lambourn addressed the problem of ‘futile living’ and its consequences, then revealed God’s wonderful, hope filled remedy.

Gary Bastin unpacked the second part of Ephesians 4 revealing God’s ultimate goal of the Christian church: spiritual maturity, unity in faith, and complete Christlikeness.

Guest speaker, Tim Lockwood, preached at the annual gathering of Community Churches Connected on three elements for spiritual fire: trust, hunger and surrender.

Guest speaker, Tim Lockwood, preached at the annual gathering of Community Churches Connected on three elements for spiritual fire: trust, hunger and surrender.

Andy Winser spoke from the first part of Ephesians chapter 4. He reminded us that we are called to love God and love people and that God blesses unity.

A very special morning, as we had the joy of baptising seven people! Each person shared their story of how they came to this momentous occasion. It was a wonderful occasion.

Simon Aspray concluded our ‘Great Big God’ summer series looking at generosity. He guided us through the entire Bible revealing how generous God is!

Biggsy (AKA Simon Biggs) spoke about God’s Great Big Love! We saw the difference to what the world and the Bible says about love.

Dorcas Oredoyin continued our summer series, sharing her journey of faith and the faithfulness of our ‘Great Big God’!

Sha Adebesin launched our summer series, ‘Great Big God’ looking at the vastness of His creation and how God knows us so intimately.

David Nkemka unpacked the second part of Ephesians 3, which is a prayer. He reminded us of the importance of life a life of prayer and to focus on the ‘inner-person’.

Priscilla Zhou preached a powerful message about identity, reminding us that it was never meant to be built from the outside in, but revealed from the inside out: "Know whose you are, and you will know who you are."

Wunmi Olopade unpacked the Ephesians 3:1-13, revealing the mystery of God’s plan for His church, and how we can play our part.

David Robotham led us through the second part Ephesians 2 (verses 11-22). He left us to consider: Good works prepared for you in advance to be your way of life? Breaking down the dividing walls of hostility?

Terry Huggett spoke about a ‘City’ and reminded us that God has called us as Hope Community Church to be ‘a City of Refuge’.

David Robotham led us through the first part of Ephesians 2 (verses 1-10) He unpacked who we were and who we are, now in Christ – we are who he says we are!

Team Bower (Isaac & Celeste) led our morning and spoke peace and unity.

Celebrating the birthday of the church with an all age, intercultural, prayerful gathering!

Guest speaker, Tim Lockwood (Gateway Church) unpacked the story of the ‘Prodigal Son’ (Luke 15:11-31), focusing on the older brother. He revealed how all was not quite as it seemed, and what lessons we can learn from this.

Andy Taylor unpacked Ephesians 1:15-23, known as Paul’s first ‘Apostolic Prayer’. We saw Paul’s heart and passion for Jesus as he prayed that they (and us) ‘may know him better.’

David Lambourn opened up the first section of Ephesians 1 with a great preach, looking at the power of ‘identity’, ‘already’ and ‘fulfilment’.