Weekly Talks

by Rev Charles Vesely | Galatians 1: 1-10 Galatians 1: 1-10 (NIV) Christianity stands out from all the religions and ideologies of the world.  In a world that is becoming increasingly violent – Christianity provides the only real hope there is.

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Mark 10: 46-52 Mark 10: 46-52 (NIV) Jesus asked blind Bartimaeus the question: What Do You Want Me to Do For You? It’s a question that Jesus continues to ask us, even though he’s already done  immeasurably more for us than we could ever hope for or imagine.

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Mark 8: 34-38 Mark 8: 34-38 (NIV) Jesus' invitation to deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow him is daunting and demanding, but it's also the most wonderful invitation we will ever receive.  We must be prepared to give everything in order to gain everything.

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Mark 16: 1-8 Mark 16: 1-8 (NIV) Today we celebrated the most hopeful, exciting, and impactful event in all of human history - the resurrection of Jesus!  In recent weeks we’ve been looking at some of the questions that Jesus asked. Today we’re focused on a question that was asked by a group of women as they approached the tomb where Jesus’ dead body was laid.

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Isaiah 53: 1-7, Mark 15: 1-20, Mark 15: 25-46 Isaiah 53: 1-7 Mark 15: 1-20 Mark 15: 25-46 (NIV) When Jesus cried out on the cross, 'Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?' (My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?') - it sounded like a desperate cry for help, and it was - but it was also the first line of Psalm 22, which prophesied Jesus' crucifixion in detail. ...

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Mark 14:1-50 Mark 14:1-50 (NIV) In Mark 14, we see human opposition to God manifested in a number of ways: those who wish God dead; rejection of God in favour of materialism; and simply failing to fulfill the tasks that God gives us.

by Rev Charlie Lacey | Mark 12: 13-17 Mark 12: 13-17 (NIV) When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the crowds welcomed him as their King, with shouts of joy and great excitement.  But the mood soon began to change.  The chief priests and teachers of the law were determined to arrest Jesus, so they sent the Pharisees with a question that they believed would trap him.  Jesus gave what was perhaps the cleveres...

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Mark 7: 14-23 Mark 7: 14-23 (NIV) Jesus loved the disciples, but he didn’t mollycoddle them, and sometimes he could be extremely direct, especially when they were being slow to understand.  Today we see the disciples struggling with the concept that we’re not made right with God by doing outward religious stuff.

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Mark 3: 20-30 Mark 3: 20-30 (NIV) Continuing with our 'Questions Jesus Asked' series, today we looked at a question Jesus asked the religious leaders when they accused him of being demonic.

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Mark 1: 16-20 Mark 1: 16-20 (NIV) We began a new series today in Mark’s Gospel called, 'Questions Jesus Asked.'  Today we looked at a command that was, in a sense, also a question - "Come, follow me."  In this episode, we explore what it means to hear those words as a personal invitation.  

By Rev Charlie Lacey | 2 Timothy 3: 14-17 2 Timothy 3: 14-17 (NIV) Reading God’s Word is unlike reading anything else, because through it God speaks to us, giving us everything we need to know for salvation. It’s not about collecting more information; it’s about coming to know a person. From beginning to end, the whole Bible points us to Jesus.

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Matthew 9:14-17 Matthew 9:14-17 (NIV) Today we looked at something that you might be surprised to find on a list of spiritual disciplines, namely, Celebration.  It’s a good reminder that none of the spiritual disciplines ought to feel like chores, rather they’re something that we joyfully look forward to as we draw ever closer to Jesus.

By Rev Charlie Lacey Psalm 51: 1-17 Psalm 51: 1-17 (NIV) We see so much evil in the world around us, and even in our own hearts, but what can be done to counter it?  We must turn away from sin and towards Jesus, and encourage society to do the same.

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Matthew 4:1-4, Matthew 6:16-18, Acts13:2=3 Matthew 4:1-4, Matthew 6:16-18, Acts13:2=3 (NIV) Of all the spiritual disciplines, fasting is probably the one we struggle with the most. Fasting has fallen out of mode with Christians in the West, but are we in danger of losing something important for our spiritual growth?  When do we fast?  Why do we fast?  Do we have to fast? The...

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Matthew 22: 34-40 Matthew 22: 34-40 (NIV) Jesus teaches that the most important thing we can do in life is to love God with all that we are. That single commitment shapes so much of our lives now and everything about the life to come. And without that love and devotion to God, the spiritual disciplines we’re exploring in this series lose their purpose entirely.

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Matthew 6: 5-15 Matthew 6: 5-15 (NIV) We started a new series today all about Spiritual Disciplines to help get us in the right mindset for the season of Lent.  We started by looking at prayer, without which we do not have a relationship with God.

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Revelation 21: 1-7 Revelations 21:1-7 (NIV) So far in our 'Glory' series, we’ve seen that God’s glory is best seen through His character – and God’s character is best seen in the person of Jesus.  But we’ve also seen that God wants us to reflect his glory, in preparation for the day when Jesus returns and God’s people are perfected and fully glorified.

By Rev Carlie Lacey | Psalm 8 Psalm 8 (NIV) We can’t fail to notice that there’s a huge gulf between the best and worst of human behaviour.  And, if we’re honest, we’d have to admit that there’s a huge gulf between the best and worst of our own behaviour.  In many ways human beings can be glorious – but often we’re quite the opposite – we can be extremely inglorious.  Today we found out why.

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Matthew 17: 1-13 Matthew 17:1-13 (NIV) We’ve come to week two of our first series of the year, which is called ‘Glory’.  Last week we saw that God’s glory is best expressed through his character – and this week we’re going to see that God’s character has been perfectly expressed in and through the person of Jesus.

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Exodus 33: 12-23 Exodus 33: 12-23 (NIV) Today was The Epiphany of Our Lord.  Epiphany means ‘appearance,' and God has made himself known to us, not only through creation – but by making an appearance and revealing himself to us personally.  We’re started a new series today called ‘Glory,’ and over the next 4 weeks we’re going to explore all the ways that God’s glory is...

by Rev Charlie Lacey | Psalm 90 Psalm 90 (NIV) On the last Sunday of the year, as we headed into 2026, we thought about ‘time’.  What is it? Why does it exist? How do we use it? How should we use it?  And what are we going to do with the 8760 hours that will make up 2026?

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Matthew 1:18-25 Matthew 1:18-25 (NIV) The birth of Jesus is the defining event of human history - God became man and entered into his creation.  To discover why this happened, we don’t need to look beyond the two names that appear in today’s reading: Jesus and Immanuel.

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Luke 2: 22-40 Luke 2: 22-40 (NIV) As part of our ‘Songs of Advent’ series we looked at Simeon’s song, sometimes called the Nunc Dimittis (‘now dismiss’).  It’s a song that reminds us that the whole of history has been moving ever closer to God’s final act of salvation.

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Isaiah 9: 2-7a & Luke 2: 1-21   Isaiah 9: 2-7a & Luke 2: 1-21  (NIV)  Humanity longs for peace, whilst simultaneously making it an impossibility.  There is only one who can bring true and lasting peace to the world and to our individual lives, and his name is Jesus.

By Rev Charlie Lacey | Luke 1: 57-80 Luke 1: 57-80 (NIV) God had been silent for 400 years, and then, all of a sudden, Jesus’ birth narrative begins - and various people are filled with the H/S, burst into song, and prophesy.  Today we focussed on Zechariah (the father of John the Baptiser), who reminds us that Jesus saves us from something, but he also saves us for something.