Hope Baptist Church, Plymouth

Recapping back to Sunday 29th June, Luke read from Acts 10:1-48. Looking at the topic ‘the walls come down’, this week’s question; are we ready for what God wants to do?. If you missed it, catch up here

Luke continues our ‘Empowered’ sermon series, reading from Acts 13:1-12 and thinking about how, up until now, the gospel has spread organically but now we see a church intentionally listening to the spirit, marking the first missionary journey. Luke asks the question; what kind of church do we want to be?

Zoe led us through Acts 9:1-31 this week, continuing our Empowered sermon series. Looking at the life of Saul, giving us hope for the world we live in today

We continue to push through the book of Acts, this week looking at Acts 8:26-40. God has been moving throughout this series and it’s been great to hear how the Holy Spirit is at work. This week’s topic was ‘The Gospel Breaks Boundaries’

What a weekend! We spent both our Sunday services waiting on the Holy Spirit, reading through Acts 7 (yes, the whole chapter!) and recounting the story of Stephen, a spirit filled follower of Christ

Zoe read from Acts chapter 6:1-7, opening up and reviewing the first few chapters of Acts and how it’s all about growth. Yes, the linking thread is the Holy Spirit and the acts of the obedient apostles but the repeating structure is a repetition on Luke’s commentary on the growth of the church

This Sunday, Luke took us through the next stage of our sermon series; ‘Empowered; The movement of the Spirit in the early church’ - this week’s topic was ‘a Spirit formed community’, read from Acts 2:42-47

Reading through Acts chapter 2, Zoe Lane continues our sermon series; “Empowered’ looking at the movement of the Spirit in the early church”. Looking specifically at when the Spirit comes, how it’s a big full circle moment and how the promise of the spirit is fulfilled

For the next 12 weeks, we’ll be focusing on our sermon series called ‘Empowered; The movement of the Spirit in the early church’. This week, reading from Acts 1:1-11, Luke looks at how the ‘waiting room’ is a place of preparation for the plans God has for us

When life can feel like it’s been turned upside down, and you question all you believe about God - like in the book of Luke 24 - Luke talks us through the Road to Emmaus; all the emotions and struggles they felt on that resurrection Sunday but reminds us that the Lord isn’t just present in the miraculous, he’s present in the mundane too and you don’t have to have it all figured out to encounter Go...

This post may be a week late but it is worth the wait! We had a fantastic time on Easter Sunday, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus and also celebrating new life with a baptism. Zoe led the service, reading from Matthew 28:1-10 and Luke 24:36-49

It was great to welcome Stephen Beach to lead us through our Palm Sunday service. Stephen read from Matthew 21:1-17, with the challenge of how, more than anything else, we desperately need the presence of God in our lives

This week, we were joined by Mike Robbins from Compassion UK. Mike kindly shared a word with us, reading from John 15:9-15

A slight change to the schedule saw Luke Mansfield conclude our latest sermon series; Stop. Start. Continue.  Luke looked at how God is a God who works in seasons, how there is a time for everything but it’s good to reflect and review to allow God to do new things. ‘Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.’ What a wonderful challeng...

Following on from the wonderful Just Living event on Saturday, we welcomed Dr Ruth Valerio who spoke from Psalm 146, talking further about environmental issues and how we live them out in our lives

Reading from Isaiah 43:19, Luke continued our Stop. Start. Continue. series. Luke questioned ‘what if the greatest move that we are to expect of God is on the other side of something new?’ Is God calling us to experience a new move of his spirit? Are we ready for the new thing that he’s about to share with us?

As we start a new month and prepare for Lent, Luke Mansfield leads us into our new sermon series; ‘Stop. Start. Continue.’ Luke read from Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, and asked ‘What if there are things that we need to give up in order to embrace something new together’

What a fantastic service we shared yesterday, baptising 4 of our church family and celebrating new life with them. Luke shared a short message on hope. Hope is something that can feel uncertain, but hope is not dead! God is still moving and he’s not finished with you yet!

Zoe concluded our sermon series: ‘Go: Living out the great commission - Living a life that speaks’. Recapping on the past few weeks, Zoe shared 3 clear descriptions of who Jesus says we are and looking at how we live a life that speaks of Christ?

Luke Mansfield continues our ‘Go: Living out the great commission’ series and reading from John 4:4-26 and 1 Corinthians 9:19-23. This week’s topic was ‘Building Bridges to Share the Gospel’ and Luke asked where and who is God calling you and us to reach, what bridge is he asking us to build today so we can be a church that grows and shares the gospel

Continuing our ‘Go: Living out the great commission’ series and reading from Matthew 10:16-20, Zoe looks at the question; ‘How does Jesus say we will be received as we step out in sharing our faith?’

A change of plan this week had Zoe stepping in to preach, continuing the sermon series; ‘Go: Living Out The Great Commission’ - Zoe read from Romans 1:16-17 and 1 Peter 3:15

Preaching on 2 Corinthians 5:14-21, Luke continued the sermon series; ‘Go: Living Out The Great Commission’. Luke was looking at how our actions in life are always motivated by something, looking at what the heart of evangelism truly is

As we embrace the start of the new year and a new term, Luke Mansfield kicked things off with our first sermon series of the year ‘Go: Living Out The Great Commission’

Luke continued our short sermon series; ‘Where Heaven meets Earth’ reading from Luke 57-66, looking at the story of Elizabeth and Zechariah and how we fit into this story. Luke spoke about how we should be reminded that God is at work in our lives beyond our human limitations, despite the challenge to trust in his promises when the circumstances in front of us seem impossible